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Books by Alexander McCall Smith

Every Alexander McCall Smith book VibeReads knows about, 112 in total, most popular first. We describe books by the vibe they deliver rather than by genre, so you can tell which one to start with.

  1. Morality for Beautiful Girls

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #3 · 2001

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  2. The Kalahari Typing School for Men

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #4 · 2002

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  3. The Full Cupboard of Life

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #5 · 2003

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  4. Blue Shoes and Happiness

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #7 · 2006

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  5. The Miracle at Speedy Motors

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #9 · 2008

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  6. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #10 · 2009

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  7. To the Land of Long Lost Friends

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #20 · 2019

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  8. The Joy and Light Bus Company

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #22 · 2021

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  9. Portuguese Irregular Verbs

    Portuguese Irregular Verbs #1 · 2003

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  10. A Song of Comfortable Chairs

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #23 · 2022

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  11. From a Far and Lovely Country

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #24 · 2023

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  12. The Peppermint Tea Chronicles: A Scotland Street Novel

    44 Scotland Street #13 · 2019

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  13. The Talented Mr. Varg

    2020

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  14. The Talented Mr. Varg: A Detective Varg Novel

    Detective Varg #2 · 2020

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  15. The Geometry of Holding Hands

    Isabel Dalhousie #13 · 2020

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  16. In the Time of Five Pumpkins

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #26 · 2025

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  17. Love in the Time of Bertie

    44 Scotland Street #15 · 2021

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  18. The Man with the Silver Saab

    Detective Varg #3 · 2021

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  19. The Pavilion in the Clouds: A Knopf Canada E-Original

    2021

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  20. The Sweet Remnants of Summer

    Isabel Dalhousie #14 · 2022

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  21. The Winds from Further West

    2024

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  22. The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee

    44 Scotland Street #17 · 2023

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  23. The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists

    Detective Varg · 2019

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  24. The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf

    Detective Varg #4 · 2023

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  25. The Perfect Passion Company

    The Perfect Passion Company #1 · 2024

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  26. The Private Life of Spies and The Exquisite Art of Getting Even: Stories of Espionage and Revenge

    2023

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  27. Cook For Me

    2023

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  28. School Ship Tobermory

    The School Ship Tobermory #1 · 2015

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  29. A Laborer in the Vineyard of Love

    The Perfect Passion Company #2 · 2023

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  30. Bertie's Theory of Ice Cream

    44 Scotland Street #18 · 2024

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  31. Race to Kangaroo Cliff

    The School Ship Tobermory #3 · 2018

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  32. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #6 · 2004

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  33. The Enigma of Garlic

    44 Scotland Street #16 · 2022

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  34. Corduroy Mansions

    Corduroy Mansions #1 · 2009

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  35. The Importance of Being Seven: 44 Scotland Street Series

    44 Scotland Street #6 · 2010

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  36. Akimbo and the Baboons

    Akimbo #5 · 2008

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  37. The Bertie Project

    44 Scotland Street #11 · 2016

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  38. Your Inner Hedgehog

    Portuguese Irregular Verbs #5 · 2021

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  39. The Waters of Eternal Youth

    2023

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  40. The Careful Use of Compliments: Book 4

    Isabel Dalhousie #4 · 2007

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  41. Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers

    44 Scotland Street #9 · 2013

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  42. The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

    44 Scotland Street #5 · 2008

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  43. The Colours of all the Cattle

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #19 · 2018

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  44. The right attitude to rain

    Isabel Dalhousie #3 · 2007

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  45. The House of Unexpected Sisters: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #18 · 2017

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  46. The comfort of Saturdays

    2008

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  47. 44 Scotland Street

    44 Scotland Street #1 · 2004

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  48. Teacher trouble

    2006

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  49. Chance developments

    2015

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  50. The handsome man's De Luxe café

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #15 · 2014

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  51. The Lost Art of Gratitude

    Isabel Dalhousie #6 · 2009

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  52. The Perfect Hamburger

    2001

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  53. The Girl Who Married a Lion: And Other Tales from Africa

    2004

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  54. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12 · 2011

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  55. The five lost aunts of Harriet Bean

    2006

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  56. Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams

    2006

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  57. The Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse

    2017

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  58. The Department of Sensitive Crimes

    Detective Varg #1 · 2019

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  59. The Prime of Bertie Pollock

    44 Scotland Street #19 · 2026

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  60. Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion

    Precious Ramotswe's Very First Cases #3 · 2013

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  61. The good pilot Peter Woodhouse

    2017

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  62. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

    1998

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  63. Dream Angus

    Canongate's The Myths #6 · 2006

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  64. The forgotten affairs of youth

    Isabel Dalhousie #8 · 2011

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  65. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #13 · 2012

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  66. The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café

    2014

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  67. Emma: A Modern Retelling

    2014

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  68. A Time of Love and Tartan

    44 Scotland Street #12 · 2017

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  69. The mystery of Meerkat Hill

    2013

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  70. The World According to Bertie

    44 Scotland Street #4 · 2007

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  71. Emma

    2015

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  72. A Conspiracy of Friends

    Corduroy Mansions #3 · 2010

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  73. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #8 · 2007

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  74. Tears of the Giraffe

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #2 · 2000

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  75. Precious and the Monkeys

    Precious Ramotswe's Very First Cases #1 · 2010

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  76. La's Orchestra Saves the World

    2008

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  77. The House of Unexpected Sisters

    2017

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  78. The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #14 · 2013

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  79. The Sunday Philosophy Club

    Isabel Dalhousie #1 · 2004

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  80. Chance Developments: Stories

    2015

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  81. The great cake mystery

    2012

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  82. The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #1 · 1998

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  83. Chance Developments: Unexpected Love Stories

    2015

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  84. Trains and Lovers

    2012

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  85. Sunshine on Scotland Street

    44 Scotland Street #8 · 2012

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  86. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

    Isabel Dalhousie #2 · 2005

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  87. The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe

    2015

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  88. Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill

    Precious Ramotswe's Very First Cases #2 · 2012

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  89. Precious and the Zebra Necklace

    Precious Ramotswe's Very First Cases #4 · 2015

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  90. How to Raise an Elephant

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #21 · 2020

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  91. The charming quirks of others

    Isabel Dalhousie #7 · 2010

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  92. Bertie Plays the Blues

    44 Scotland Street #7 · 2011

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  93. Trains and Lovers: The Heart's Journey

    2012

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  94. Precious and Grace

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #17 · 2016

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  95. The chocolate money mystery

    2006

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  96. The forever girl

    2014

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  97. A Promise of Ankles

    44 Scotland Street #14 · 2020

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  98. The Enigma of the Pink Underwear

    The Perfect Passion Company #3 · 2023

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  99. The Girl Who Married a Lion

    2005

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  100. The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday

    Isabel Dalhousie #5 · 2008

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  101. The Great Dhofar Scam

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #25 · 2021

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  102. The revolving door of life

    44 Scotland Street #10 · 2015

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  103. The Double Comfort Safari Club

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #11 · 2010

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  104. The Dog Who Came in from the Cold

    Corduroy Mansions #2 · 2009

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  105. The Sands of Shark Island

    The School Ship Tobermory #2 · 2016

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  106. The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse: A Novel

    2017

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  107. One city

    2006

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  108. Love Over Scotland

    44 Scotland Street #3 · 2006

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  109. The Bells of Bruges

    Detective Varg #6 · 2022

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  110. The woman who walked in sunshine

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #16 · 2015

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  111. At the Reunion Buffet

    Isabel Dalhousie #10 · 2015

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  112. Espresso tales

    44 Scotland Street #2 · 2006

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Series by this author

No. 1 Ladies' Detective AgencyPortuguese Irregular Verbs44 Scotland StreetDetective VargIsabel DalhousieThe Perfect Passion CompanyThe School Ship TobermoryCorduroy MansionsAkimboPrecious Ramotswe's Very First CasesCanongate's The Myths