Alexander McCall Smith Books in Order
Alexander McCall Smith is a celebrated author of numerous international bestsellers, including the beloved <em>The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series</em>, the <em>Isabel Dalhousie Series</em>, the <em>Portuguese Irregular Verbs series</em>, and the <em>44 Scotland Street series</em>. As a professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh, he brings a unique perspective to his writing. His diverse expertise in bioethics has also led to involvement in various national and international bodies. Born in what is now Zimbabwe, he later taught law at the University of Botswana. McCall Smith resides in Scotland and engages with his global audience through his website, <a href="http://www.alexandermccallsmith.com" rel="nofollow">www.alexandermccallsmith.com</a>, as well as on social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Alexander McCall Smith
- #1Amazon44 Scotland Street(2005)
- #2AmazonEspresso Tales(2005)
- #3AmazonLove Over Scotland(2006)
- #4AmazonThe World According to Bertie(2007)
- #5AmazonThe Unbearable Lightness Of Scones(2008)
- #6AmazonThe Importance of Being Seven(2010)
- #7AmazonBertie Plays the Blues(2011)
- #8AmazonSunshine on Scotland Street(2012)
- #9AmazonBertie's Guide to Life and Mothers(2013)
- #10AmazonThe Revolving Door of Life(2015)
- #11AmazonThe Bertie Project(2017)
- #12AmazonA Time of Love and Tartan(2017)
- #13AmazonThe Peppermint Tea Chronicles(2019)
- #14AmazonA Promise of Ankles(2020)
- #15AmazonLove in the Time of Bertie(2021)
- #16AmazonThe Enigma of Garlic(2023)
- #17AmazonThe Stellar Debut of Galactica Macfee(2024)
- #18AmazonBertie's Theory of Ice Cream(2025)
- #1AmazonWhite Hippo(1980)
- #2AmazonFilm Boy(1988)
- #3AmazonThe Joke Machine(1990)
- #4AmazonMarzipan Max(1991)
- #5AmazonThe Girl Who Changed the Weather(1991)
- #6AmazonCalculator Annie(1992)
- #7AmazonSpringy Jane(1992)
- #8AmazonWho Invented Peanut Butter?(1993)
- #9AmazonMy Chameleon Uncle(1993)
- #10AmazonThe Doughnut Ring(1994)
- #11AmazonThe Princess Trick(1994)
- #12AmazonPaddy and the Ratcatcher(1994)
- #13AmazonThe Banana Machine(1994)
- #14AmazonBilly Rubbish(1995)
- #15AmazonThe Bubblegum Tree(1996)
- #16AmazonThe Watermelon Boys(1996)
- #17AmazonThe Popcorn Pirates(1999)
- #18AmazonMonkey Boy(2000)
- #19AmazonTeacher Trouble(2000)
- #20AmazonThe Spaghetti Tangle(2005)
- #21AmazonThe Muscle Machine(2006)
- #22AmazonBoing Boing(2016)
- #23AmazonHari & His Electric Feet(2017)
- #24AmazonMax Champion and the Great Race Car Robbery(2018)
- #25AmazonFreddie Mole(2018)
- #26AmazonThe Great Clown Conundrum(2019)
- #27AmazonNoah Wild and the Floating Zoo(2020)
- #1AmazonThe Sunday Philosophy Club(2004)
- #2AmazonFriends, Lovers, Chocolate(2005)
- #3AmazonThe Right Attitude to Rain(2006)
- #4AmazonThe Careful Use of Compliments(2007)
- #5AmazonThe Comforts of a Muddy Saturday / The Comfort Of Saturdays(2008)
- #6AmazonThe Lost Art of Gratitude(2009)
- #7AmazonThe Charming Quirks of Others(2010)
- #8AmazonThe Forgotten Affairs of Youth(2011)
- #9AmazonThe Uncommon Appeal of Clouds(2012)
- #10AmazonThe Novel Habits of Happiness(2015)
- #11AmazonA Distant View of Everything(2017)
- #12AmazonThe Quiet Side of Passion(2018)
- #13AmazonThe Geometry of Holding Hands(2020)
- #14AmazonThe Sweet Remnants of Summer(2022)
- #15AmazonThe Conditions of Unconditional Love(2024)
- #16AmazonThe Perils of Morning Coffee(2011)
- #17AmazonAt the Reunion Buffet(2015)
- #18AmazonSweet, Thoughtful Valentine(2016)
- #1AmazonRambo (By: David Morrell)(2022)
- #2AmazonElvis Cole and Joe Pike (By: Robert Crais)(2022)
- #3AmazonJack Taylor (By: Ken Bruen)(2022)
- #4AmazonJack Reacher (By: Lee Child)(2022)
- #5AmazonCharlie Parker (By: John Connolly)(2022)
- #6AmazonHieronymus Bosch (By: Michael Connelly)(2022)
- #7AmazonLincoln Rhyme (By: Jeffery Deaver)(2022)
- #8AmazonAlex Delaware (By: Jonathan Kellerman)(2022)
- #9AmazonTess Monaghan (By: Laura Lippman)(2022)
- #10AmazonCharlie Resnick (By: John Harvey)(2022)
- #11AmazonPeter Decker and Rina Lazarus (By: Faye Kellerman)(2022)
- #12AmazonInspector Morse (By: Colin Dexter)(2022)
- #13AmazonDismas Hardy (By: John Lescroart)(2022)
- #14AmazonBob Lee Swagger (By: Stephen Hunter)(2022)
- #15AmazonAloysius X. L. Pendergast (By: Douglas Preston)(2022)
- #16AmazonLou Boldt (By: Ridley Pearson)(2022)
- #17AmazonSpenser (By: Robert B. Parker)(2022)
- #18AmazonCharlotte and Thomas Pitt (By: Anne Perry)(2022)
- #19AmazonJohn Rebus (By: Ian Rankin)(2022)
- #20AmazonMallory (By: Carol O'Connell)(2022)
- #21AmazonJane Whitefield (By: Thomas Perry)(2022)
- #22AmazonIan Rutledge (By: Charles Todd)(2022)
- #23AmazonAmos Walker (By: Loren D. Estleman)(2022)
- #24AmazonPrecious Ramotswe(2022)
- #25AmazonMaisie Dobbs (By: Jacqueline Winspear)(2022)
- #26AmazonThe Lincoln Lawyer (By: Michael Connelly)(2022)
- #27AmazonCondor (By: James Grady)(2023)
- #28AmazonBen Kincaid (By: William Bernhardt)(2023)
- #29AmazonRepairman Jack (By: F. Paul Wilson)(2023)
- #30AmazonJoe Pickett (By: C.J. Box)(2024)
- #31AmazonPeter Diamond (By: Peter Lovesey)(2024)
- #32AmazonNathan Heller (By: Max Allan Collins)(2024)
- #1AmazonThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency(1998)
- #2AmazonTears of the Giraffe(2000)
- #3AmazonMorality for Beautiful Girls(2001)
- #4AmazonThe Kalahari Typing School for Men(2002)
- #5AmazonThe Full Cupboard of Life(2003)
- #6AmazonIn the Company of Cheerful Ladies(2004)
- #7AmazonBlue Shoes and Happiness(2006)
- #8AmazonThe Good Husband of Zebra Drive(2007)
- #9AmazonThe Miracle at Speedy Motors(2008)
- #10AmazonTea Time for the Traditionally Built(2009)
- #11AmazonThe Double Comfort Safari Club(2010)
- #12AmazonThe Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party(2010)
- #13AmazonThe Limpopo Academy of Private Detection(2012)
- #14AmazonThe Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon(2013)
- #15AmazonThe Handsome Man's De Luxe Café(2014)
- #16AmazonThe Woman Who Walked in Sunshine(2015)
- #17AmazonPrecious and Grace(2016)
- #18AmazonThe House of Unexpected Sisters(2017)
- #19AmazonThe Colors of All the Cattle(2018)
- #20AmazonTo the Land of Long Lost Friends(2019)
- #21AmazonHow to Raise an Elephant(2020)
- #22AmazonThe Joy and Light Bus Company(2021)
- #23AmazonA Song of Comfortable Chairs(2022)
- #24AmazonFrom a Far and Lovely Country(2023)
- #25AmazonThe Great Hippopotamus Hotel(2024)
- #26AmazonIn the Time of Five Pumpkins(2025)
- #27AmazonThe Cleverness of Ladies(2012)
- #1AmazonA Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh(2014)
- #1AmazonUncle Gangster(1989)
- #2AmazonLa's Orchestra Saves the World(2008)
- #3AmazonFatty O'Leary's Dinner Party(2014)
- #4AmazonThe Forever Girl(2014)
- #5AmazonThe Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse(2017)
- #6AmazonThe Pavilion in the Clouds(2022)
- #7AmazonThe Winds from Further West(2024)
- #8AmazonGood Dog Lion (With: David Dean)(2014)
- #9AmazonFreddie Mole, Lion Tamer (With: Kate Hindley)(2017)
- #10AmazonChildren of Wax: African Folk Tales(1989)
- #11AmazonHeavenly Date and Other Flirtations(1995)
- #12Amazon"Trouble at the North Pole" and Other Stories(1996)
- #13AmazonThe Perfect Hamburger and Other Delicious Stories(2001)
- #14AmazonThe Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa(2004)
- #15AmazonThe Baboons Who Went This Way and That: Folktales from Africa(2006)
- #16AmazonThe Book That Changed My Life(2006)
- #17AmazonTrains and Lovers(2012)
- #18AmazonChance Developments(2016)
- #19AmazonPianos and Flowers(2019)
- #20AmazonMarvellous Mix-ups(2020)
- #21AmazonIn a Time of Distance and Other Poems(2020)
- #22AmazonTiny Tales: Stories of Romance, Ambition, Kindness, and Happiness(2021)
- #23AmazonThe Private Life of Spies and the Exquisite Art of Getting Even(2023)
- #1AmazonThe Big-Top Mysteries– The Case of the Vanishing Granny (With: Sam Usher)(2020)
- #1AmazonNotes on Sontag (By: Phillip Lopate)(2009)
- #2AmazonOn Whitman (By: C.K. Williams)(2010)
- #3AmazonOn Conan Doyle (By: Michael Dirda)(2011)
- #4AmazonWhat W. H. Auden Can Do for You(2013)
- #5AmazonOn Elizabeth Bishop (By: Colm Tóibín)(2015)
- #6AmazonOn Empson (By: Michael Wood)(2017)
- #7AmazonOn Henry Miller: Or, How to Be an Anarchist (By: John Burnside)(2018)
- #8AmazonOn Seamus Heaney (By: Roy Foster)(2020)
- #9AmazonA Treasury of Five-Minute Stories(2000)
- #10AmazonOne City(2005)
- #11AmazonThe Sunday Night Book Club(2006)
- #12AmazonThe Best British Mysteries IV(2007)
- #13AmazonMidsummer Nights(2009)
- #14AmazonOx-Tales(2009)
- #15AmazonCrimespotting(2009)
- #16AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7(2010)
- #17AmazonImagined Lives(2010)
- #18AmazonNo Rest for the Dead(2011)
- #19AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8(2011)
- #20AmazonWhat You Wish For(2011)
- #21AmazonBetter Than Fiction: True Travel Tales From Great Fiction Writers(2012)
- #22AmazonHow Rude! Modern Manners Defined(2012)
- #23AmazonOxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters(2014)
- #24AmazonWho Built Scotland(2017)
About Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is a celebrated author of numerous international bestsellers, including the beloved <em>The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series</em>, the <em>Isabel Dalhousie Series</em>, the <em>Portuguese Irregular Verbs series</em>, and the <em>44 Scotland Street series</em>. As a professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh, he brings a unique perspective to his writing. His diverse expertise in bioethics has also led to involvement in various national and international bodies. Born in what is now Zimbabwe, he later taught law at the University of Botswana. McCall Smith resides in Scotland and engages with his global audience through his website, <a href="http://www.alexandermccallsmith.com" rel="nofollow">www.alexandermccallsmith.com</a>, as well as on social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter.
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