Alexander McCall Smith Books In Order
Publication Order of No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Books
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tears of the Giraffe | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Morality for Beautiful Girls | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Kalahari Typing School for Men | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Full Cupboard of Life | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blue Shoes and Happiness | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Miracle at Speedy Motors | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Double Comfort Safari Club | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Precious and Grace | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The House of Unexpected Sisters | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Colors of all the Cattle | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
To the Land of Long Lost Friends | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to Raise an Elephant | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Collections
Publication Order of Professor Dr von Igelfeld Books
Portuguese Irregular Verbs | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unusual Uses for Olive Oil | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Isabel Dalhousie Books
The Sunday Philosophy Club | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Right Attitude to Rain | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Careful Use of Compliments | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lost Art of Gratitude | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Charming Quirks of Others | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Novel Habits of Happiness | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Distant View of Everything | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Quiet Side of Passion | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Geometry of Holding Hands | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Isabel Dalhousie Short Stories/Novellas
The Perils of Morning Coffee | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
At the Reunion Buffet | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sweet, Thoughtful Valentine | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of 44 Scotland Street Books
44 Scotland Street | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Espresso Tales | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Love Over Scotland | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World According to Bertie | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Unbearable Lightness Of Scones | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Importance of Being Seven | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bertie Plays the Blues | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sunshine on Scotland Street | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Revolving Door of Life | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bertie Project | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Time of Love and Tartan | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Peppermint Tea Chronicles | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Promise of Ankles | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Myths Books
Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fire Gospel | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Corduroy Mansions Books
Corduroy Mansions | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dog Who Came in from the Cold | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Conspiracy of Friends | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The School Ship Tobermory Books
School Ship Tobermory | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sands of Shark Island | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Race to Kangaroo Cliff | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Paul Stuart Books
My Italian Bulldozer | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Second-Worst Restaurant in France | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Detective Varg Books
The Department of Sensitive Crimes | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Talented Mr. Varg | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Detective Varg Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Akimbo Books
Akimbo and the Lions | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Akimbo and the Crocodile Man | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Akimbo and the Elephants | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Akimbo and the Snakes | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Akimbo and the Baboons | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Harriet Bean Books
The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Max & Maddy Books
Max & Maddy and the Bursting Balloons Mystery | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Max & Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Precious Ramotswe's Very First Cases Books
The Great Cake Mystery | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Precious and the Monkeys | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Precious and the Zebra Necklace | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Young Corgi Books
Alix and the Tigers | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Suzy Magician | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tin Dog | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Uncle Gangster | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
La's Orchestra Saves the World | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Forever Girl | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Emma: A Modern Retelling | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hari & His Electric Feet | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Max Champion and the Great Race Car Robbery | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Your Inner Hedgehog | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Children's Books
White Hippo | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Film Boy | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Joke Machine | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The girl who changed the weather | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Marzipan Max | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Calculator Annie | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Springy Jane | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Who Invented Peanut Butter? | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My Chameleon Uncle | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Doughnut Ring | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Princess Trick | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Paddy and the Ratcatcher | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Banana Machine | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Billy Rubbish | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bubblegum Tree | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Watermelon Boys | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Popcorn Pirates | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Monkey Boy | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Teacher Trouble | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spaghetti Tangle | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Muscle Machine | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Boing Boing | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Freddie Mole | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Great Clown Conundrum | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Children of Wax: African Folk Tales | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
"Trouble at the North Pole" and Other Stories | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Perfect Hamburger and Other Delicious Stories | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Baboons Who Went This Way and That: Folktales from Africa | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book That Changed My Life | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trains and Lovers | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chance Developments | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pianos and Flowers | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Marvellous Mix-ups | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
What W. H. Auden Can Do for You | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Who Built Scotland | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Austen Project Books
Sense & Sensibility | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Northanger Abbey | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Emma | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eligible | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
One City | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A New Omnibus of Crime | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best British Mysteries IV | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ox-Tales | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crimespotting | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Imagined Lives | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Rest for the Dead | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What You Wish For: A Book for Darfur | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales From Great Fiction Writers | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Who Built Scotland | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alexander McCall Smith also known as Sandy was born in 24th August in 1948. He was born in Africa, Bulawayo Rhodesia present day Zimbabwe. He holds a United Kingdom citizenship and is a British National. Alexander McCall Smith is an academic who writes Fiction books specifically crime fiction. He also writes children’s books and academic non-fiction books.
Alexander McCall Smith’s Life
The author was born in Bulawayo, which was a British colony at the time. The country was known as Southern Rhodesia. Alexander McCall Smith’s father worked as a public prosecutor in British colony of Southern Rhodesia.
He was raised in a Christian family and grew up a God loving son. Most of his books have an African depiction in them with the covers showing his African heritage. All these were influenced by his early life in Africa and his interaction with the natives. The author lives in Scotland.
Alexander McCall Smith lives in Edinburgh Scotland with his wife Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a physician. They have two daughters Lucy and Emily. He is currently an Emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh University School of law.
The academic is known to be an amateur bassoonist and a founding member of the really terrible Orchestra. He has played a significant role in developing the future of Botswana both as a lawyer and through his social skills.
Alexander McCall Smith’s career and education
The author is a Rhodesian born British writer who lived in Zimbabwe before moving to the United Kingdom. He spent most of his lifetime in Africa. He is currently an emeritus profession of medical law. He is a professor at the University of Edinburgh where he still dispenses academic service.
In United Kingdom Alexander McCall Smith is a respected medical law and bioethics professional. He has served in various capacities in his profession including being in the British and International committees that tackle issues relating to medical law and bioethics. In addition to being a professor in these two fields, he is a fiction writer.
Alexander McCall Smith education journey started in Zimbabwe where he studies at the Christian Brothers College. He then moved to Scotland where like his father, He studied law at the University of Edinburgh. He earned his PhD in law from the university and started his teaching career.
Alexander McCall Smith taught at law Queen’s University Belfast. While a teacher at the university, he participated in a literary competition. He entered two books, which were a children’s book and a novel for adults. He won the children’s category in the competition. After winning, Alexander McCall Smith went ahead and published around thirty books between the 1980s and the 1990s.
In 1981, Alexander McCall Smith returned to Southern Africa where he taught law at the University of Botswana which he co-founded. In Botswana, Alexander McCall Smith is credited for co-authoring the only academic book in Botswana’s legal system. The book is called The criminal law of Botswana. The book was published in 1992. After a remarkable life in Botswana, the author retuned to Scotland in 1984 where he lives today.
Alexander McCall Smith was the former chairperson of the British Medical Journal ethics committee until 2002. He is the former vice chairperson of the Human Genetics Commission in UK. He is also a former member of UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee. Currently, the author has relieved himself of these responsibilities and is focusing on his career as a writer.
Alexander McCall Smith’s writing career
As earlier indicated, Alexander McCall Smith has around thirty books to his name. Once he became an avid writer he focused on writing and published many books during that period. His first popular book was the White Hippo. The White Hippo is a children’s novel that was published in 1980. A stream of Children’s book followed as the author relieved himself from academic scripts that he use to write.
Alexander McCall Smith has also done a number of series such as 1. Ladies Detective Agency series that has fourteen books, 44 Scotland street series that has nine books, and the Sunday Philosophy Club series. He also has a number of novels and short stories to his name.
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
The book is based on the life of the people of Botswana. It is about a Precious Ramotswe. Precious Ramotswe is a thrity five year old lady who is intelligent and observant. It is the first book in The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. The book takes you through a journey of life in Africa. It is more of a contest between contemporary medicine and the witchdoctors who still offer medical solutions to people in Africa particularly Botswana.
Mma Ramotswe’s father dies. She inherits the cattle that he owned. Amazingly, she sells the cattle to open a detective agency. It is an agency that is run by a woman. His business is tracking missing husbands, daughters, sons, and witch doctors. The book also depicts the conflict in religion between Christianity and Africa traditional sects.
The main protagonists in the book Precious Ramotswe, is a detective. She solves crimes that have been committed in the Southern African country through her intellect and detailed analysis of events. She is a genius who cannot let any crime evade her intellect.
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
The book The Kalahari Typing School for Men is the fourth book in The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. The story is still about Precious Ramotswe. Precious Ramotswe has been the leading and the only female detective around. However, in this book, she faces competition. Her position as a leading detective is challenged as another detective agency is opened.
This time, a man leads it. Not just any other man, but a man that has international experience. She has to do something about it otherwise her legacy fades. In the book, the author brings an intimate part of Precious Ramotswe.
The book ends well. In the book, McCall Smith brings out the characters in his typical simple fashion. Nevertheless, the books nourish the soul as you get to know the characters intimately. He portrays Africa as a beautiful place with descriptive words that take you there.
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