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Books By Alexander McCall Smith

The Winds From Further West
Looking for You
How to Raise an Elephant
The Joy and Light Bus Company
A Song of Comfortable Chairs
From a Far and Lovely Country
The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
The Double Comfort Safari Club
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
The Handsome Man's de Luxe Café
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Precious and Grace
Tears of the Giraffe
The House of Unexpected Sisters
Morality for Beautiful Girls
The Colors of All the Cattle
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
To the Land of Long Lost Friends
The Full Cupboard of Life
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Blue Shoes and Happiness
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
The People's City
The Great Hippopotamus Hotel
The Conditions of Unconditional Love
Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams
The Girl who Married a Lion
The Perfect Passion Company
Precious Ramotswe: A Mysterious Profile
Precious and the Monkeys
Mystery of Meerkat Hill
The Mystery of the Missing Lion
Precious and the Zebra Necklace
Young Precious: the Collected Adventures
The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case
The Akimbo Adventures
School Ship Tobermory
The Sands of Shark Island
The Race to Kangaroo Cliff
The Secret of the Dark Waterfall
The Case of the Vanishing Granny
The Great Clown Conundrum
Akimbo and the Crocodile Man
Akimbo and the Lions
Akimbo and the Snakes
Akimbo and the Baboons
Akimbo and the Elephants
Pianos and Flowers: Brief Encounters of the Romantic Kind
Tiny Tales
In a Time of Distance
I Think of You
Emma: A Modern Retelling
What W. H. Auden Can Do for You
My Italian Bulldozer: A Paul Stuart Novel
The Second-Worst Restaurant in France: A Paul Stuart Novel
Chance Developments: Unexpected Love Stories
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
Unusual Uses for Olive Oil
Your Inner Hedgehog
Corduroy Mansions
The Dog Who Came in from the Cold
A Conspiracy of Friends
La's Orchestra Saves the World
Trains and Lovers
The Forever Girl
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party
The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists
The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse
Cook for Me
The Pavilion in the Clouds
A Laborer in the Vineyard of Love
The Private Life of Spies and The Exquisite Art of Getting Even
Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations
Portuguese Irregular Verbs
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
The Peppermint Tea Chronicles
A Promise of Ankles
Love in the Time of Bertie
The Enigma of Garlic
The Stellar Debut of Galactica Macfee
The 44 Scotland Street Cookbook
Love Over Scotland
The Department of Sensitive Crimes
The World According to Bertie
The Talented Mr. Varg
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
The Man with the Silver Saab
The Importance of Being Seven
The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf
Bertie Plays the Blues
Sunshine on Scotland Street
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
The Revolving Door of Life
The Bertie Project
A Time of Love and Tartan
The Perils of Morning Coffee
The Sunday Philosophy Club
At the Reunion Buffet: An Isabel Dalhousie Story
Friends
Sweet
The Right Attitude to Rain
44 Scotland Street
The Careful Use of Compliments
Espresso Tales
The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
The Lost Art of Gratitude
The Charming Quirks of Others
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
The Novel Habits of Happiness
A Distant View of Everything
The Quiet Side of Passion
The Geometry of Holding Hands
The Sweet Remnants of Summer

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For over 20 years, the humour, compassion, and occasional cup of tea that Precious Ramotswe brings to the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency have delighted millions of people. Do you count yourself among the fans of Botswana’s premier lady detective? Or are you more a fan of the residents and neighbours of 44 Scotland Street? Perhaps you prefer the mysteries the philosopher and amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie solves? There are so many stories – long and short – from Alexander McCall Smith to discuss, let’s get to it!

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Recommended Books From Alexander McCall Smith Fans

The Murder Book
The Cabinet of Dr. Leng
Winter in Madrid: A Novel
The Ghost Fields
The Crossing Places
An Incomplete Revenge
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Doctored Evidence
Hunting Season
The Subtle Serpent
The Dream Stalker
Designated Daughters
Nothing But Trouble
The Scam
As the Pig Turns
The Killing Doll
Knife Creek
Penance of the Damned
A Heart Full of Headstones
Stone Rain
Bloodmoon
All the Colors of the Dark
Heaven's Prisoners
A Grave Denied
Moscow Rules
This Tender Land
The Perfect Paragon
The Genius
Homecoming: A Historical Mystery
The Serpent on the Crown
A Dying Light in Corduba
The Rembrandt Affair
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast: A Mysterious Profile
The Girl with Braided Hair
Riptide
Treasure State
I Will Find You
The Bone Bed
Chasing the Dime
The Perfect Son
The Brimstone Wedding
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
Acqua Alta
Mount Dragon
A Thief of Time
The Amersham Rubies
To the Land of Long Lost Friends
Bad Love
The Last Ballad
The Painted Queen
Street of the Five Moons: A Vicky Bliss Novel of Suspense
An Evil Heart
The Ice Limit
Pieces of Her: A Novel
Kissed a Sad Goodbye
You Will Never Be Me
Twilight
Missing and Endangered
Knock
In Like Flynn
The Department of Sensitive Crimes
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Telling Tales
But For The Grace: A DC Smith Investigation
Bridesmaid
Diamond and the Eye
Three-Day Town
A Prey to Murder
A Christmas Journey
The Language of Bees
Cadillac Jukebox
Bullseye: An Original Will Robie / Camel Club Short Story
Duma Key
The Waiting
Walking Shadows
Saving Faith
Funeral in Blue: A William Monk Novel
The Secret House Of Death
The Ambitious City
Here One Moment
Hornet's Nest
The Best Man to Die
Beautiful Ugly
Dead to Rights
Twisted Twenty-Six
Angle of Investigation
The Confession
Sanctuary: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
The Gods of Guilt
Prom Mom
The Next Accident
The Dark on the Other Side
Inherit the Dead
Full House
Dolores Claiborne
A Fatal Grace
Pardonable Lies
The Girls in the Garden
Find Her
Milk and Honey: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
The Convenience Boy: A Short Story
Brat Farrar
The Chase
Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation
The Stills
Deliver Us from Evil
The Kizuna Coast
Foul Matter
Dead by Dawn
Now or Never
The Edge of Dreams
Death of a Greedy Woman
The Housemaid's Wedding: A Short Story
The Lantern Men
The Black Ice
Slow Dollar
Easy as A-B-C
The Legacy
Critical Mass: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
End of Watch
Web of Evil
The Punishment She Deserves
Dangerous Waters
The Colorado Kid
B is for Burglar
Blood Hunt
Wobble to Death
They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy's Story
A Christmas Escape: A Novel
A Fine Summer's Day
Cimarron Rose
The Black Ascot
The Washington Decree
Evan and Elle
Bethlehem Road
Deep Storm
The Overlook
The Grave Maurice
Dreaming of the Bones
The Edge
Earthly Delights
Silent in the Grave
The Ink Black Heart
The Narrows
The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie: A Satirical Novella
The Endless Knot
Our Lady of Darkness
Payment in Blood
Death of a Gentle Lady
Agatha Raisin and The Day the Floods Came
Fair Warning
Bad Boy: An Inspector Banks Novel
So Sure of Death
Seeds of Deception: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
What Child Is This
Cold Wind
The Marco Effect
I Know a Secret: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
The Fallen Curtain and Other Stories
Body Double
Next to Last Stand: A Longmire Mystery
The Jupiter Myth
Dark August
The Horse You Came in On
The Circle
Too Close for Comfort: The Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series
Death of a Scriptwriter
The Masterpiece
Rather be the Devil
The Council of the Cursed
Kaleidoscope
Taking the Veil: MatchUp Collection
Need You Dead
About Face
The Shapeshifter's Lair
The Body on the T
Depraved Heart
The Golem of Hollywood
Game On
The Impossible Dead
Light of the World
Long Lost: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
Heartstone
The Husband's Secret
Edge of Eternity
A Sunlit Weapon
Judgment Call
Field of Bones
Journey to Munich
Moriarty
The Three Monarchs: A Sherlock Holmes Short Story
One False Move
The Longmire Defense
This Is What Happened
False Witness: A Novel
Scarpetta
Zero Day
Eye of the Needle
Evan Help Us
A Taste for Death
Eyes of Prey
Never Lie
Rupture
Still Dead: A J.P. Beaumont Novella
Butchers Hill
Perfect People
Sleeping in the Ground: An Inspector Banks Novel
The Good
The Iron Hand of Mars
Death of Riley
The Red Room
Prepared for Rage
The Lost Bird
Killing Grounds
Man in the Queue
The Simple Truth
Death of a Bore
The Mosquito
Strange Affair: An Inspector Banks Novel
Precious and Grace
Play with Fire
The Maharani's Pearls: A Bess Crawford Story
Wednesday's Child: An Inspector Banks Novel
The Shoeshine Man's Regrets
Exit Wounds
The Prisoner of Castillac
Day of the Dead
Assumption
206 Bones
The Judas Battalion
Electra
Midnight Rendezvous
Broken Ground
Dolphin Junction: Stories
A Twist of the Knife
The Wife Upstairs
The Face of a Stranger: A William Monk Novel
Masked Prey
The Woman in Blue
No More Dying Then
The Housemaid Is Watching
The Perils of Morning Coffee
Going Wrong
Death in Brittany: A Mystery
Birds of Prey
Elevation
Winter of the World
Common Murder
Picture You Dead
Mystery: An Alex Delaware Novel
Speaking from Among the Bones
The Secret Place
Firestorm
Port Mortuary
The Blood of an Englishman
The Kept Woman: A Will Trent Thriller
Bare Bones
Revenge
The Thief
Take Your Breath Away
The Vinegar Mother
Pros and Cons: A Short Story
Brain Damage
The Ritual Bath
Started Early
A Cold Day for Murder
Crack Down
Burial of Ghosts
A Comedy of Terrors
Winter's Child
The Long Way Home
The Master Falconer
All That Remains
Winter's Child
Later
Silent In The Sanctuary
A Refiner’s Fire
A More Perfect Union
Prophet of Blood
Cleanskin
Listen to Me
The Crash
The Babysitter's Code
Darkest Before the Dawn
The Wrong Side of Goodbye
Right Behind You
The Black Widow
The Finisher
Night Moves: An Alex Delaware Novel
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
Past Prologue: MatchUp Collection
Naked Prey
A Superior Death
Dust
Apostle's Cove
Liberty Falling
Third Twin
Diamond Solitaire
One Virgin Too Many

“You can go through life and make new friends every year – every month practically – but there was never any substitute for those friendships of childhood that survive into adult years. Those are the ones in which we are bound to one another with hoops of steel.”

Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
RJ Martin
“If you’ve never read a book in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series you are in for a treat. I love the gentle humour and wisdom of detective Precious Ramotswe. The series is one of my favourites and every outing is a delight. I also love Isabel Dalhousie. In fact, I pretty much love anything and everything Alexander McCall Smith writes.”

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