Books written by Alexander McCall Smith

Man in the Silver Saab: Ulf Varg Bk 2

"Life, and crime, is not always as it seems for Ulf Varg and the other fearless detectives in Malmo's Department of Sensitive Crimes.
Trains and Lovers: A Novel

Here is Alexander McCall Smith at his most enchanting, exploring the nature of love—and trains—in a collection of romantic, intertwined stories. This eBook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
Crazy Crocs

Crazy Crocs is for Year 4/P5 shared, guided and independent reading.
A Distant View of Everything

"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Little, Brown, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, a Hachette U. K. company, London, and subsequently published in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random ...
The Kalahari Typing School for Men

After the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is firmly established, founder Precious Ramotswe faces new challenges at home and at work, from problems with her adopted son to an assistant...
The Sands of Shark Island

The rip-roaring excitement continues in the second volume of this adventure-mystery series set on the high seas, from the author of the beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series for adults.
The Peppermint Tea Chronicles

To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose; it is summer in Scotland Street (as it always is) and for the habitués of Edinburgh's favourite street some extraordinary adventures lie in waiting.
The Geometry of Holding Hands

The Geometry of Holding Hands
Precious and the Monkeys

The first in the series, a must-read for Precious's many fans, old and new, young and old. Illustrated with evocative colour illustrations throughout.
The Revolving Door of Life

"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., in Edinburgh, in 2015."
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers: A 44 Scotland Street Novel (9)

While sleepwalker Angus Lordie gets into trouble for his activities at a local bar, long-suffering septuagenarian Bertie dreams about his 18th birthday and Matthew and Espeth struggle to care for their triplets.
Max & Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery

Asked by a Swiss banker to investigate a series of bank robberies committed by dogs, young detectives Max and Maddy Twist travel to Switzerland, where they discover that the man behind the robberies is none other than Professor Sardine.
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

Hoping to reclaim a van that was featured in a possible prophetic dream, Precious and Grace find themselves helping an apprentice of Phuti Radiphuti, investigating a cattle poisoning, and considering Grace's possible marriage to Phuti.
Blue Shoes and Happiness

This newest entry in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series continues the adventures of Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's leading, and only, female private detective.
Girl Who Married a Lion Audio Dd

Mma Ramotswe reads the foreword she has written to these tales, then goes on to narrate them all herself, passing them on to us verbally as did her father's aunt to her.
Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer

Roll up, roll up for a sensational circus story from the bestselling author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Alexander McCall Smith, with fun, energetic illustrations by Kate Hindley throughout.
Precious Ramotswe, detective

Precious Ramotswe, detective
The Revolving Door of Life

From what happens behind Edinburgh Airport's luggage carousel to Machiavellian manoeuvrings at the Association of Scottish Nudists, Alexander McCall Smith guides us through the brighter, lighter and frankly unexpected side of Edinburgh life ...
Mike's Magic Seeds

Mike's Magic Seeds
Villa of Reduced Circumstances Audio Download

The third novel in the 'Portuguese Irregular Verbs' trilogy sees von Igelfeld suffering the slings of academic intrigue as a visiting fellow at Cambridge, and the arrows of outrageous fortune in an eventful Columbian adventure.