Reading Order
28 series · 219 booksNo. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Collections
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| 1 | The Cleverness of Ladies | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
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| 1 | Portuguese Irregular Verbs | 2003 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs | 2003 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances | 2003 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | Unusual Uses for Olive Oil | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | Your Inner Hedgehog | 2021 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Isabel Dalhousie Short Stories/Novellas
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| 1 | The Perils of Morning Coffee (Short Story) | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | At the Reunion Buffet | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | Sweet, Thoughtful Valentine (Short Story) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Myths Series
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| 1 | Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams | 2006 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Fire Gospel ( By: Michel Faber) | 2006 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Corduroy Mansions Series
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| 1 | Corduroy Mansions | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Dog Who Came in from the Cold | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | A Conspiracy of Friends | 2010 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
The School Ship Tobermory Series
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| 1 | School Ship Tobermory | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Sands of Shark Island | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | The Race to Kangaroo Cliff | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | The Secret of the Dark Waterfall ( With: Iain Mcintosh) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
The Perfect Passion Company Series
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| 1 | Cook For Me | 2023 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | A Laborer in the Vineyard of Love | 2023 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | The Girl From Melbourne | 2024 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Paul Stuart Series
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| 1 | My Italian Bulldozer | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Second-Worst Restaurant in France | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
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| 1 | Varg in Love (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Department of Sensitive Crimes | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | The Talented Mr. Varg | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | The Man with the Silver Saab | 2021 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf | 2023 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Detective Varg Short Stories/Novellas
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| 1 | The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
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| 1 | Akimbo and the Lions (Short Story) | 1992 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Akimbo and the Crocodile Man | 1993 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | Akimbo and the Elephants | 2005 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | Akimbo and the Snakes | 2006 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | Akimbo and the Baboons (Short Story) | 2008 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Harriet Bean Series
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| 1 | The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean | 1990 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats | 1991 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean | 1993 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Max & Maddy Series
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| 1 | Max & Maddy and the Bursting Balloons Mystery | 1997 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Max & Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery (Short Story) | 1999 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
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| 1 | The Great Cake Mystery | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Precious and the Monkeys | 2010 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill (Short Story) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion | 2013 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | Precious and the Zebra Necklace | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Young Corgi Series
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| 1 | Alix and the Tigers | 1988 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Suzy Magician | 1990 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | The Tin Dog | 1990 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
The Big-Top Mysteries Series
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| 1 | The Big-Top Mysteries – The Case of the Vanishing Granny (Short Story) ( With: Sam Usher) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Alexander McCall Smith Other Novels
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| 1 | Uncle Gangster | 1989 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | La's Orchestra Saves the World | 2008 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | The Forever Girl | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | The Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 6 | The Pavilion in the Clouds | 2022 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 7 | The Perfect Passion Company | 2024 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 8 | Looking for You | 2025 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Alexander McCall Smith Children's Books
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Alexander McCall Smith Short Story Collections
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Alexander McCall Smith Non-Fiction Books
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| 1 | A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Who Built Scotland ( With: Kathleen Jamie, James Robertson, James Crawford, Alistair Moffat) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Alexander McCall Smith Short Stories/Novellas
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| 1 | Good Dog Lion ( With: David Dean) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer ( With: Kate Hindley) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Austen Project Series
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| 1 | Sense & Sensibility ( By: Joanna Trollope) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Northanger Abbey ( By: Val McDermid) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | Emma | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | Eligible ( By: Curtis Sittenfeld) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Mysterious Profiles Series
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| 1 | Notes on Sontag ( By: Phillip Lopate) | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | On Whitman ( By: C.K. Williams) | 2010 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | On Conan Doyle ( By: Michael Dirda) | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | What W. H. Auden Can Do for You | 2013 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | On Elizabeth Bishop ( By: Colm Tóibín) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 6 | On Empson ( By: Michael Wood) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 7 | On Henry Miller: Or, How to Be an Anarchist ( By: John Burnside) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 8 | On Seamus Heaney ( By: Roy Foster) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Alexander McCall Smith Anthologies
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About the Author
Alexander McCall Smith is a British author, best known for his series of novels set in Botswana featuring the character Precious Ramotswe, the proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. He was born in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1948 and studied law in Edinburgh, Scotland. After working as a lawyer and then a university professor for many years, he began writing fiction in the 1990s. Smith's novels have been translated into over 40 languages and have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. He has also written several other series of novels, including the Isabel Dalhousie mysteries and the 44 Scotland Street series. Smith has received numerous awards for his writing, including the British Book Awards Author of the Year Award in 2005 and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in 2006. He has also been awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to literature. Smith's novels have been praised for their humor, warmth, and insight into human nature. He is considered one of the most popular and successful contemporary British authors.