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Updated 2026-07-11 / 207 books / 27 series
Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith is best known for *The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency* series. His books have sold over 20 million copies worldwide and earned him multiple literary awards. This page provides the Alexander McCall Smith books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All Alexander McCall Smith Books in Chronological Order
1980
White Hippo
POoCB / 1
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1988
Alix and the Tigers
POoYCB / 1
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1988
Film Boy
POoCB / 2
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1989
Children of Wax: African Folk Tales
POoSSC / 1
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1989
Uncle Gangster
POoSN / 1
Buy
1990
The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
POoHBB / 1
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1990
Suzy Magician
POoYCB / 2
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1990
The Joke Machine
POoCB / 3
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1990
The Tin Dog
POoYCB / 3
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1991
Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats
POoHBB / 2
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1991
Marzipan Max
POoCB / 4
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1991
The Girl Who Changed the Weather
POoCB / 5
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1992
Akimbo and the Lions
POoAB / 1
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1992
Calculator Annie
POoCB / 6
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1992
Springy Jane
POoCB / 7
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1993
Akimbo and the Crocodile Man
POoAB / 2
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1993
The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean
POoHBB / 3
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1993
Who Invented Peanut Butter?
POoCB / 8
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1993
My Chameleon Uncle
POoCB / 9
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1994
The Doughnut Ring
POoCB / 10
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1994
The Princess Trick
POoCB / 11
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1994
Paddy and the Ratcatcher
POoCB / 12
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1994
The Banana Machine
POoCB / 13
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1995
Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations
POoSSC / 2
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1995
Billy Rubbish
POoCB / 14
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1996
"Trouble at the North Pole" and Other Stories
POoSSC / 3
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1996
The Bubblegum Tree
POoCB / 15
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1996
The Watermelon Boys
POoCB / 16
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1997
Max & Maddy and the Bursting Balloons Mystery
POoM&MB / 1
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1998
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
POoN1LDAB / 1
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1999
Max & Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery
POoM&MB / 2
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1999
The Popcorn Pirates
POoCB / 17
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2000
Tears of the Giraffe
POoN1LDAB / 2
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2000
Monkey Boy
POoCB / 18
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2000
Teacher Trouble
POoCB / 19
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2001
Morality for Beautiful Girls
POoN1LDAB / 3
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2001
The Perfect Hamburger and Other Delicious Stories
POoSSC / 4
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2002
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
POoN1LDAB / 4
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2003
Portuguese Irregular Verbs
POoPDVIB / 1
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2003
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
POoPDVIB / 2
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2003
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
POoPDVIB / 3
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2003
The Full Cupboard of Life
POoN1LDAB / 5
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2004
The Sunday Philosophy Club
POoIDB / 1
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2004
The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa
POoSSC / 5
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2004
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
POoN1LDAB / 6
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2005
44 Scotland Street
POo4SSB / 1
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2005
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
POoIDB / 2
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2005
Espresso Tales
POo4SSB / 2
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2005
Akimbo and the Elephants
POoAB / 3
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2005
The Spaghetti Tangle
POoCB / 20
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2006
Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams
POoMB / 1
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2006
The Fire Gospel(By: Michel Faber)
POoMB / 2
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2006
Love Over Scotland
POo4SSB / 3
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2006
The Right Attitude to Rain
POoIDB / 3
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2006
Akimbo and the Snakes
POoAB / 4
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2006
The Baboons Who Went This Way and That: Folktales from Africa
POoSSC / 6
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2006
Blue Shoes and Happiness
POoN1LDAB / 7
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2006
The Book That Changed My Life
POoSSC / 7
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2006
The Muscle Machine
POoCB / 21
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2007
The Careful Use of Compliments
POoIDB / 4
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2007
The World According to Bertie
POo4SSB / 4
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2007
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
POoN1LDAB / 8
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2008
La's Orchestra Saves the World
POoSN / 2
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2008
The Unbearable Lightness Of Scones
POo4SSB / 5
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2008
Akimbo and the Baboons
POoAB / 5
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2008
The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday / The Comfort Of Saturdays
POoIDB / 5
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2008
The Miracle at Speedy Motors
POoN1LDAB / 9
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2009
The Great Cake Mystery
POoPRVFCB / 1
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2009
Corduroy Mansions
POoCMB / 1
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2009
Notes on Sontag(By: Phillip Lopate)
POoWoWB / 1
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2009
The Dog Who Came in from the Cold
POoCMB / 2
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2009
The Lost Art of Gratitude
POoIDB / 6
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2009
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
POoN1LDAB / 10
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2010
Precious and the Monkeys
POoPRVFCB / 2
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2010
On Whitman(By: C.K. Williams)
POoWoWB / 2
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2010
A Conspiracy of Friends
POoCMB / 3
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2010
The Importance of Being Seven
POo4SSB / 6
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2010
The Charming Quirks of Others
POoIDB / 7
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2010
The Double Comfort Safari Club
POoN1LDAB / 11
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2010
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
POoN1LDAB / 12
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2011
The Perils of Morning Coffee
POoIDSS / 1
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2011
On Conan Doyle(By: Michael Dirda)
POoWoWB / 3
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2011
Unusual Uses for Olive Oil
POoPDVIB / 4
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2011
Bertie Plays the Blues
POo4SSB / 7
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2011
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
POoIDB / 8
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2012
The Cleverness of Ladies
POoN1LDAC / 1
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2012
Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill
POoPRVFCB / 3
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2012
Sunshine on Scotland Street
POo4SSB / 8
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2012
Trains and Lovers
POoSSC / 8
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2012
The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
POoIDB / 9
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2012
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
POoN1LDAB / 13
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2013
Sense & Sensibility(By: Joanna Trollope)
POoAPB / 1
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2013
Varg in Love
POoDVB / 1
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2013
What W. H. Auden Can Do for You
POoWoWB / 4
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2013
Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion
POoPRVFCB / 4
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2013
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
POo4SSB / 9
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2013
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
POoN1LDAB / 14
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2014
Good Dog Lion(With: David Dean)
POoSS / 1
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2014
A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh
POoNB / 1
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2014
Northanger Abbey(By: Val McDermid)
POoAPB / 2
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2014
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party
POoSN / 3
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2014
The Forever Girl
POoSN / 4
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2014
The Handsome Man's De Luxe Caf’
POoN1LDAB / 15
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2015
School Ship Tobermory
POoTSSTB / 1
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2015
At the Reunion Buffet
POoIDSS / 2
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2015
On Elizabeth Bishop(By: Colm T’ib’n)
POoWoWB / 5
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2015
Precious and the Zebra Necklace
POoPRVFCB / 5
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2015
The Revolving Door of Life
POo4SSB / 10
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2015
The Novel Habits of Happiness
POoIDB / 10
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2015
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
POoN1LDAB / 16
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2016
The Sands of Shark Island
POoTSSTB / 2
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2016
Sweet, Thoughtful Valentine
POoIDSS / 3
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2016
Eligible(By: Curtis Sittenfeld)
POoAPB / 4
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2016
Chance Developments
POoSSC / 9
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2016
Precious and Grace
POoN1LDAB / 17
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2016
Boing Boing
POoCB / 22
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2017
My Italian Bulldozer
POoPSB / 1
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2017
Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer(With: Kate Hindley)
POoSS / 2
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2017
The Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse
POoSN / 5
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2017
On Empson(By: Michael Wood)
POoWoWB / 6
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2017
A Distant View of Everything
POoIDB / 11
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2017
The Bertie Project
POo4SSB / 11
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2017
A Time of Love and Tartan
POo4SSB / 12
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2017
The House of Unexpected Sisters
POoN1LDAB / 18
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2017
Hari & His Electric Feet
POoCB / 23
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2018
On Henry Miller: Or, How to Be an Anarchist(By: John Burnside)
POoWoWB / 7
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2018
The Quiet Side of Passion
POoIDB / 12
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2018
The Colors of All the Cattle
POoN1LDAB / 19
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2018
Max Champion and the Great Race Car Robbery
POoCB / 24
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2018
Freddie Mole
POoCB / 25
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2019
The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists
POoDVSS / 1
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2019
The Second-Worst Restaurant in France
POoPSB / 2
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2019
The Department of Sensitive Crimes
POoDVB / 2
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2019
The Race to Kangaroo Cliff
POoTSSTB / 3
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2019
The Secret of the Dark Waterfall(With: Iain Mcintosh)
POoTSSTB / 4
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2019
Pianos and Flowers
POoSSC / 10
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2019
The Peppermint Tea Chronicles
POo4SSB / 13
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2019
To the Land of Long Lost Friends
POoN1LDAB / 20
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2019
The Great Clown Conundrum
POoCB / 26
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2020
The Big-Top Mysteries’ The Case of the Vanishing Granny(With: Sam Usher)
POoTBMB / 1
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2020
The Talented Mr. Varg
POoDVB / 3
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2020
On Seamus Heaney(By: Roy Foster)
POoWoWB / 8
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2020
Marvellous Mix-ups
POoSSC / 11
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2020
In a Time of Distance and Other Poems
POoSSC / 12
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2020
The Geometry of Holding Hands
POoIDB / 13
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2020
A Promise of Ankles
POo4SSB / 14
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2020
How to Raise an Elephant
POoN1LDAB / 21
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2020
Noah Wild and the Floating Zoo
POoCB / 27
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2021
The Man with the Silver Saab
POoDVB / 4
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2021
Your Inner Hedgehog
POoPDVIB / 5
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2021
Tiny Tales: Stories of Romance, Ambition, Kindness, and Happiness
POoSSC / 13
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2021
Love in the Time of Bertie
POo4SSB / 15
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2021
The Joy and Light Bus Company
POoN1LDAB / 22
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2022
Rambo(By: David Morrell)
POoMPB / 1
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2022
Elvis Cole and Joe Pike(By: Robert Crais)
POoMPB / 2
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2022
Jack Taylor(By: Ken Bruen)
POoMPB / 3
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2022
Jack Reacher(By: Lee Child)
POoMPB / 4
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2022
Charlie Parker(By: John Connolly)
POoMPB / 5
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2022
Hieronymus Bosch(By: Michael Connelly)
POoMPB / 6
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2022
The Pavilion in the Clouds
POoSN / 6
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2022
Lincoln Rhyme(By: Jeffery Deaver)
POoMPB / 7
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2022
Alex Delaware(By: Jonathan Kellerman)
POoMPB / 8
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2022
Tess Monaghan(By: Laura Lippman)
POoMPB / 9
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2022
Charlie Resnick(By: John Harvey)
POoMPB / 10
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2022
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus(By: Faye Kellerman)
POoMPB / 11
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2022
Inspector Morse(By: Colin Dexter)
POoMPB / 12
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2022
Dismas Hardy(By: John Lescroart)
POoMPB / 13
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2022
Bob Lee Swagger(By: Stephen Hunter)
POoMPB / 14
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2022
The Sweet Remnants of Summer
POoIDB / 14
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2022
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast(By: Douglas Preston)
POoMPB / 15
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2022
Lou Boldt(By: Ridley Pearson)
POoMPB / 16
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2022
Spenser(By: Robert B. Parker)
POoMPB / 17
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2022
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt(By: Anne Perry)
POoMPB / 18
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2022
John Rebus(By: Ian Rankin)
POoMPB / 19
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2022
Mallory(By: Carol O'Connell)
POoMPB / 20
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2022
Jane Whitefield(By: Thomas Perry)
POoMPB / 21
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2022
Ian Rutledge(By: Charles Todd)
POoMPB / 22
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2022
Amos Walker(By: Loren D. Estleman)
POoMPB / 23
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2022
A Song of Comfortable Chairs
POoN1LDAB / 23
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2022
Precious Ramotswe
POoMPB / 24
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2022
Maisie Dobbs(By: Jacqueline Winspear)
POoMPB / 25
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2022
The Lincoln Lawyer(By: Michael Connelly)
POoMPB / 26
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2023
Cook For Me
POoTPPCB / 1
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2023
A Laborer in the Vineyard of Love
POoTPPCB / 2
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2023
The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf
POoDVB / 5
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2023
The Private Life of Spies and the Exquisite Art of Getting Even
POoSSC / 14
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2023
The Enigma of Garlic
POo4SSB / 16
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2023
From a Far and Lovely Country
POoN1LDAB / 24
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2023
Condor(By: James Grady)
POoMPB / 27
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2023
Ben Kincaid(By: William Bernhardt)
POoMPB / 28
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2023
Repairman Jack(By: F. Paul Wilson)
POoMPB / 29
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2024
The Perfect Passion Company
POoTPPCB / 3
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2024
The Winds from Further West
POoSN / 7
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2024
The Conditions of Unconditional Love
POoIDB / 15
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2024
The Stellar Debut of Galactica Macfee
POo4SSB / 17
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2024
The Great Hippopotamus Hotel
POoN1LDAB / 25
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2024
Joe Pickett(By: C.J. Box)
POoMPB / 30
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2024
Peter Diamond(By: Peter Lovesey)
POoMPB / 31
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2024
Nathan Heller(By: Max Allan Collins)
POoMPB / 32
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2025
Looking for You
POoTPPCB / 4
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2025
Bertie's Theory of Ice Cream
POo4SSB / 18
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2025
In the Time of Five Pumpkins
POoN1LDAB / 26
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2025
Orphan X(By: Gregg Hurwitz)
POoMPB / 33
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2026
The Lost Language of Oysters
POoPDVIB / 6
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2026
The Subtle Pleasures of Indiscretion
POoIDB / 16
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2026
The Big Cats Dance Party
POoN1LDAB / 27
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Alexander McCall Smith Book Series Reading Orders /
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01
The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
1990
Buy
02
Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats
1991
Buy
03
The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean
1993
Buy
01
44 Scotland Street
2005
Buy
02
Espresso Tales
2005
Buy
03
Love Over Scotland
2006
Buy
04
The World According to Bertie
2007
Buy
05
The Unbearable Lightness Of Scones
2008
Buy
06
The Importance of Being Seven
2010
Buy
07
Bertie Plays the Blues
2011
Buy
08
Sunshine on Scotland Street
2012
Buy
09
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
2013
Buy
10
The Revolving Door of Life
2015
Buy
11
The Bertie Project
2017
Buy
12
A Time of Love and Tartan
2017
Buy
13
The Peppermint Tea Chronicles
2019
Buy
14
A Promise of Ankles
2020
Buy
15
Love in the Time of Bertie
2021
Buy
16
The Enigma of Garlic
2023
Buy
17
The Stellar Debut of Galactica Macfee
2024
Buy
18
Bertie's Theory of Ice Cream
2025
Buy
01
My Italian Bulldozer
2017
Buy
02
The Second-Worst Restaurant in France
2019
Buy
01
A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh
2014
Buy
02
A Laborer in the Vineyard of Love
2023
Buy
03
The Perfect Passion Company
2024
Buy
04
Looking for You
2025
Buy
02
The Department of Sensitive Crimes
2019
Buy
03
The Talented Mr. Varg
2020
Buy
04
The Man with the Silver Saab
2021
Buy
05
The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf
2023
Buy
01
Rambo(By: David Morrell)
2022
Buy
02
Elvis Cole and Joe Pike(By: Robert Crais)
2022
Buy
03
Jack Taylor(By: Ken Bruen)
2022
Buy
04
Jack Reacher(By: Lee Child)
2022
Buy
05
Charlie Parker(By: John Connolly)
2022
Buy
06
Hieronymus Bosch(By: Michael Connelly)
2022
Buy
07
Lincoln Rhyme(By: Jeffery Deaver)
2022
Buy
08
Alex Delaware(By: Jonathan Kellerman)
2022
Buy
09
Tess Monaghan(By: Laura Lippman)
2022
Buy
10
Charlie Resnick(By: John Harvey)
2022
Buy
11
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus(By: Faye Kellerman)
2022
Buy
12
Inspector Morse(By: Colin Dexter)
2022
Buy
13
Dismas Hardy(By: John Lescroart)
2022
Buy
14
Bob Lee Swagger(By: Stephen Hunter)
2022
Buy
15
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast(By: Douglas Preston)
2022
Buy
16
Lou Boldt(By: Ridley Pearson)
2022
Buy
17
Spenser(By: Robert B. Parker)
2022
Buy
18
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt(By: Anne Perry)
2022
Buy
19
John Rebus(By: Ian Rankin)
2022
Buy
20
Mallory(By: Carol O'Connell)
2022
Buy
21
Jane Whitefield(By: Thomas Perry)
2022
Buy
22
Ian Rutledge(By: Charles Todd)
2022
Buy
23
Amos Walker(By: Loren D. Estleman)
2022
Buy
24
Precious Ramotswe
2022
Buy
25
Maisie Dobbs(By: Jacqueline Winspear)
2022
Buy
26
The Lincoln Lawyer(By: Michael Connelly)
2022
Buy
27
Condor(By: James Grady)
2023
Buy
28
Ben Kincaid(By: William Bernhardt)
2023
Buy
29
Repairman Jack(By: F. Paul Wilson)
2023
Buy
30
Joe Pickett(By: C.J. Box)
2024
Buy
31
Peter Diamond(By: Peter Lovesey)
2024
Buy
32
Nathan Heller(By: Max Allan Collins)
2024
Buy
33
Orphan X(By: Gregg Hurwitz)
2025
Buy
03
The Joke Machine
1990
Buy
05
The Girl Who Changed the Weather
1991
Buy
06
Calculator Annie
1992
Buy
08
Who Invented Peanut Butter?
1993
Buy
09
My Chameleon Uncle
1993
Buy
10
The Doughnut Ring
1994
Buy
11
The Princess Trick
1994
Buy
12
Paddy and the Ratcatcher
1994
Buy
13
The Banana Machine
1994
Buy
14
Billy Rubbish
1995
Buy
15
The Bubblegum Tree
1996
Buy
16
The Watermelon Boys
1996
Buy
17
The Popcorn Pirates
1999
Buy
19
Teacher Trouble
2000
Buy
20
The Spaghetti Tangle
2005
Buy
21
The Muscle Machine
2006
Buy
23
Hari & His Electric Feet
2017
Buy
24
Max Champion and the Great Race Car Robbery
2018
Buy
26
The Great Clown Conundrum
2019
Buy
27
Noah Wild and the Floating Zoo
2020
Buy
01
The Cleverness of Ladies
2012
Buy
01
Good Dog Lion(With: David Dean)
2014
Buy
02
Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer(With: Kate Hindley)
2017
Buy
01
The Big-Top Mysteries’ The Case of the Vanishing Granny(With: Sam Usher)
2020
Buy
01
School Ship Tobermory
2015
Buy
02
The Sands of Shark Island
2016
Buy
03
The Race to Kangaroo Cliff
2019
Buy
04
The Secret of the Dark Waterfall(With: Iain Mcintosh)
2019
Buy
01
Portuguese Irregular Verbs
2003
Buy
02
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
2003
Buy
03
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
2003
Buy
04
Unusual Uses for Olive Oil
2011
Buy
05
Your Inner Hedgehog
2021
Buy
06
The Lost Language of Oysters
2026
Buy
01
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
1998
Buy
02
Tears of the Giraffe
2000
Buy
03
Morality for Beautiful Girls
2001
Buy
04
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
2002
Buy
05
The Full Cupboard of Life
2003
Buy
06
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
2004
Buy
07
Blue Shoes and Happiness
2006
Buy
08
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
2007
Buy
09
The Miracle at Speedy Motors
2008
Buy
10
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
2009
Buy
11
The Double Comfort Safari Club
2010
Buy
12
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
2010
Buy
13
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
2012
Buy
14
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
2013
Buy
15
The Handsome Man's De Luxe Caf’
2014
Buy
16
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
2015
Buy
17
Precious and Grace
2016
Buy
18
The House of Unexpected Sisters
2017
Buy
19
The Colors of All the Cattle
2018
Buy
20
To the Land of Long Lost Friends
2019
Buy
21
How to Raise an Elephant
2020
Buy
22
The Joy and Light Bus Company
2021
Buy
23
A Song of Comfortable Chairs
2022
Buy
24
From a Far and Lovely Country
2023
Buy
25
The Great Hippopotamus Hotel
2024
Buy
26
In the Time of Five Pumpkins
2025
Buy
27
The Big Cats Dance Party
2026
Buy
01
Notes on Sontag(By: Phillip Lopate)
2009
Buy
02
On Whitman(By: C.K. Williams)
2010
Buy
03
On Conan Doyle(By: Michael Dirda)
2011
Buy
04
What W. H. Auden Can Do for You
2013
Buy
05
On Elizabeth Bishop(By: Colm T’ib’n)
2015
Buy
06
On Empson(By: Michael Wood)
2017
Buy
07
On Henry Miller: Or, How to Be an Anarchist(By: John Burnside)
2018
Buy
08
On Seamus Heaney(By: Roy Foster)
2020
Buy
01
Corduroy Mansions
2009
Buy
02
The Dog Who Came in from the Cold
2009
Buy
03
A Conspiracy of Friends
2010
Buy
01
Alix and the Tigers
1988
Buy
02
Suzy Magician
1990
Buy
01
Max & Maddy and the Bursting Balloons Mystery
1997
Buy
02
Max & Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery
1999
Buy
01
Uncle Gangster
1989
Buy
02
La's Orchestra Saves the World
2008
Buy
03
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party
2014
Buy
04
The Forever Girl
2014
Buy
05
The Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse
2017
Buy
06
The Pavilion in the Clouds
2022
Buy
07
The Winds from Further West
2024
Buy
01
Sense & Sensibility(By: Joanna Trollope)
2013
Buy
02
Northanger Abbey(By: Val McDermid)
2014
Buy
04
Eligible(By: Curtis Sittenfeld)
2016
Buy
01
The Perils of Morning Coffee
2011
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At the Reunion Buffet
2015
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03
Sweet, Thoughtful Valentine
2016
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The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists
2019
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Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams
2006
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02
The Fire Gospel(By: Michel Faber)
2006
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Children of Wax: African Folk Tales
1989
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02
Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations
1995
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03
"Trouble at the North Pole" and Other Stories
1996
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04
The Perfect Hamburger and Other Delicious Stories
2001
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The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa
2004
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The Baboons Who Went This Way and That: Folktales from Africa
2006
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The Book That Changed My Life
2006
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Trains and Lovers
2012
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09
Chance Developments
2016
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10
Pianos and Flowers
2019
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11
Marvellous Mix-ups
2020
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12
In a Time of Distance and Other Poems
2020
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Tiny Tales: Stories of Romance, Ambition, Kindness, and Happiness
2021
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14
The Private Life of Spies and the Exquisite Art of Getting Even
2023
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The Great Cake Mystery
2009
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Precious and the Monkeys
2010
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Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill
2012
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Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion
2013
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Precious and the Zebra Necklace
2015
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Akimbo and the Lions
1992
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Akimbo and the Crocodile Man
1993
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Akimbo and the Elephants
2005
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Akimbo and the Snakes
2006
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Akimbo and the Baboons
2008
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The Sunday Philosophy Club
2004
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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
2005
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The Right Attitude to Rain
2006
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The Careful Use of Compliments
2007
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The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday / The Comfort Of Saturdays
2008
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The Lost Art of Gratitude
2009
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The Charming Quirks of Others
2010
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The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
2011
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The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
2012
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The Novel Habits of Happiness
2015
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A Distant View of Everything
2017
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The Quiet Side of Passion
2018
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The Geometry of Holding Hands
2020
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The Sweet Remnants of Summer
2022
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The Conditions of Unconditional Love
2024
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The Subtle Pleasures of Indiscretion
2026
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Where to start with Alexander McCall Smith
What is the best order to read Alexander McCall Smith books?
Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series,
follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.
Are standalone books and series both included?
Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are
broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.
Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data.
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