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- Alexander McCall Smith has written several distinct series, but every book features the richly drawn characters, engaging prose, and vivid settings that have earned him a loyal following. Characters' thoughts and perspectives are central to his novels, their whims guiding plot and pacing. The settings are described in detail, with frequent references to art and culture. Attention to word choice and a gentle, often warm tone typify his mysteries and literary fiction. Younger readers will enjoy the prequel to his No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Start with: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Adults); The Great Cake Mystery (Older Kids)
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- McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
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- Alexander McCall Smith has written several distinct series, but every book features the richly drawn characters, engaging prose, and vivid settings that have earned him a loyal following. Characters' thoughts and perspectives are central to his novels, their whims guiding plot and pacing. The settings are described in detail, with frequent references to art and culture. Attention to word choice and a gentle, often warm tone typify his mysteries and literary fiction. Younger readers will enjoy the prequel to his No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Start with: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Adults); The Great Cake Mystery (Older Kids)
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- true44 Scotland Street
- trueAkimbo series
- trueCorduroy mansions
- trueDetective Varg novels
- trueHarriet Bean mysteries
- trueIsabel Dalhousie mysteries
- trueNo. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- truePaul Stewart
- truePortuguese irregular verbs series
- truePrecious Ramotswe's first cases
- trueSchool Ship Tobermory
- true44 Scotland Street
- true44 Scotland Street
- 44 Scotland Street
- trueA Time of Love and Tartan
- trueA conspiracy of friends
- trueA conspiracy of friends
- trueA conspiracy of friends
- trueA conspiracy of friends
- trueA distant view of everything
- A distant view of everything
- trueA distant view of everything
- A time of love and tartan
- trueA time of love and tartan
- A time of love and tartan [mp3]
- trueAkimbo and the elephants
- trueAt the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
- At the reunion buffet
- trueAt the villa of reduced circumstances
- trueBertie plays the blues
- trueBertie plays the blues
- trueBertie plays the blues
- trueBertie plays the blues
- trueBertie plays the blues
- trueBertie's guide to life and mothers
- trueBertie's guide to life and mothers
- trueBertie's guide to life and mothers
- trueBertie's guide to life and mothers : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- trueBertie's guide to life and mothers : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- trueBlue Shoes and Happiness
- trueBlue shoes and happiness
- Blue shoes and happiness
- trueBlue shoes and happiness
- trueChance developments
- trueChance developments
- trueChance developments
- Chance developments : stories
- trueCorduroy mansions
- trueCorduroy mansions
- trueCorduroy mansions
- trueCorduroy mansions
- trueCorduroy mansions
- trueCorduroy mansions
- trueEmma : a modern retelling
- trueEmma : a modern retelling
- trueEmma : a modern retelling
- trueEspresso tales
- Espresso tales
- trueEspresso tales : [the new 44 Scotland Street novel]
- trueFatty O'Leary's dinner party : a Vintage short
- trueFreddie Mole, lion tamer
- trueFriends, lovers, chocolate
- trueFriends, lovers, chocolate
- trueHeavenly date and other flirtations
- trueIn the company of cheerful ladies
- trueIn the company of cheerful ladies
- trueLa's orchestra saves the world
- trueLove over Scotland
- trueMorality for beautiful girls
- trueMorality for beautiful girls
- Morality for beautiful girls
- trueMy Italian bulldozer : a novel
- trueMy Italian bulldozer : a novel
- truePortuguese irregular verbs
- truePrecious and Grace
- truePrecious and Grace
- truePrecious and Grace
- truePrecious and Grace
- truePrecious and Grace
- trueSchool Ship Tobermory
- trueSchool ship Tobermory
- trueSunshine on Scotland Street
- trueSunshine on Scotland Street
- trueSunshine on Scotland Street : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- Tea time for the traditionally built
- trueTea time for the traditionally built
- Tea time for the traditionally built
- trueTea time for the traditionally built
- trueTears of the giraffe
- trueTears of the giraffe
- Tears of the giraffe
- trueThe Bertie Project
- trueThe Bertie project
- trueThe Careful Use of Compliments
- trueThe Charming Quirks of Others
- trueThe Department of Sensitive Crimes
- The Department of Sensitive Crimes
- trueThe Department of Sensitive Crimes
- trueThe Department of Sensitive Crimes
- trueThe Double Comfort Safari Club
- trueThe Double Comfort Safari Club
- trueThe Double Comfort Safari Club
- trueThe Double Comfort Safari Club
- trueThe Handsome Man's De Luxe Café
- trueThe Handsome Man's De Luxe Café
- trueThe Handsome Man's De Luxe Café
- trueThe Handsome Man's De Luxe Café
- trueThe Importance of Being Seven
- trueThe Kalahari typing school for men
- trueThe Kalahari typing school for men
- The Kalahari typing school for men
- trueThe Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
- trueThe Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
- trueThe Lost Art of Gratitude
- trueThe Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
- trueThe Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
- trueThe Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon : No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- trueThe Mystery of Meerkat Hill : a Precious Ramotswe Mystery for Young Readers
- trueThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- trueThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- trueThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- trueThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- trueThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- trueThe Peppermint Tea Chronicles
- trueThe Sands of Shark Island
- trueThe Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
- trueThe Saturday big tent wedding party
- trueThe Saturday big tent wedding party
- trueThe Saturday big tent wedding party
- trueThe Saturday big tent wedding party
- trueThe Saturday big tent wedding party
- trueThe Sunday philosophy club
- trueThe Sunday philosophy club
- trueThe Sunday philosophy club
- trueThe Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
- trueThe careful use of compliments
- trueThe careful use of compliments
- trueThe charming quirks of others
- trueThe charming quirks of others
- trueThe charming quirks of others
- trueThe charming quirks of others
- trueThe colors of all the cattle
- trueThe colors of all the cattle
- trueThe colors of all the cattle
- trueThe colors of all the cattle
- trueThe colors of all the cattle [mp3]
- trueThe colors of all the cattle [playaway]
- trueThe comforts of a muddy Saturday
- trueThe comforts of a muddy Saturday
- trueThe cowgirl aunt of Harriet Bean
- The dog who came in from the cold
- trueThe dog who came in from the cold
- trueThe dog who came in from the cold [playaway] : a Corduroy Mansions novel
- trueThe finer points of sausage dogs
- trueThe five lost aunts of Harriet Bean
- trueThe forever girl
- trueThe forever girl
- trueThe forever girl
- trueThe forever girl
- trueThe forever girl
- trueThe forgotten affairs of youth
- trueThe forgotten affairs of youth
- The full cupboard of life
- trueThe full cupboard of life
- trueThe full cupboard of life
- The girl who married a lion
- trueThe girl who married a lion and other tales from Africa
- trueThe girl who married a lion and other tales from Africa
- trueThe good husband of Zebra Drive
- trueThe good husband of Zebra Drive
- trueThe good pilot Peter Woodhouse
- trueThe good pilot Peter Woodhouse
- The good pilot Peter Woodhouse : a novel
- trueThe good pilot Peter Woodhouse : a novel
- The good pilot Peter Woodhouse [mp3] : a novel
- trueThe great cake mystery : Precious Ramotswe's very first case
- trueThe great cake mystery : Precious Ramotswe's very first case
- The great cake mystery : Precious Ramotswe's very first case
- trueThe house of unexpected sisters
- trueThe house of unexpected sisters
- trueThe house of unexpected sisters
- trueThe house of unexpected sisters [mp3]
- trueThe importance of being seven
- trueThe importance of being seven
- trueThe importance of being seven : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- trueThe lost art of gratitude
- trueThe minor adjustment beauty salon
- trueThe miracle at Speedy Motors
- trueThe miracle at Speedy Motors
- The miracle at Speedy Motors
- trueThe mystery of Meerkat Hill : [a Precious Ramotswe mystery for young readers]
- trueThe mystery of Meerkat Hill : a Precious Ramotswe mystery for young readers
- trueThe mystery of the missing lion : a Precious Ramotswe mystery for young readers
- The mystery of the missing lion : a Precious Ramotswe mystery for young readers
- trueThe novel habits of happiness
- trueThe novel habits of happiness
- trueThe novel habits of happiness
- trueThe novel habits of happiness
- trueThe novel habits of happiness
- The peppermint tea chronicles
- trueThe peppermint tea chronicles : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- The peppermint tea chronicles [playaway]
- trueThe perfect hamburger and other delicious stories
- The perils of morning coffee : an Isabel Dalhousie ebook original story
- trueThe quiet side of passion
- trueThe quiet side of passion
- trueThe quiet side of passion
- The quiet side of passion [mp3]
- trueThe revolving door of life
- trueThe revolving door of life : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- trueThe revolving door of life : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- trueThe revolving door of life : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- trueThe revolving door of life : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- trueThe right attitude to rain
- The right attitude to rain
- trueThe sands of Shark Island
- The second worst restaurant in France [playaway]
- trueThe second-worst restaurant in France
- The second-worst restaurant in France
- trueThe second-worst restaurant in France
- trueThe unbearable lightness of scones
- trueThe unbearable lightness of scones
- trueThe uncommon appeal of clouds
- trueThe uncommon appeal of clouds
- The uncommon appeal of clouds : [sound recording]
- trueThe uncommon appeal of clouds : an Isabel Dalhousie novel
- trueThe woman who walked in sunshine
- trueThe woman who walked in sunshine
- trueThe woman who walked in sunshine
- trueThe woman who walked in sunshine
- trueThe woman who walked in sunshine
- trueThe world according to Bertie
- trueThe world according to Bertie
- trueThe world according to Bertie
- trueThe world according to Bertie : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- trueTo the Land of Long Lost Friends
- To the land of long lost friends
- trueTo the land of long lost friends
- trueTrains and lovers
- trueTrains and lovers
- trueUnusual uses for olive oil
- trueUnusual uses for olive oil : a Professor Dr von Igelfeld entertainment novel
- What W.H. Auden can do for you
Contributor of
- 44 Scotland Street series
- 44 Scotland Street series (Recorded Books, Inc), 12
- 44 Scotland Street series (Recorded Books, Inc.)
- 44 Scotland Street series (Recorded Books, Inc.), 2
- 44 Scotland Street series (Recorded Books, Inc.), 4
- 44 Scotland Street series (Recorded Books, Inc.), bk. 8
- 44 Scotland Street series, 1
- 44 Scotland Street series, 10
- 44 Scotland Street series, 11
- 44 Scotland Street series, 12
- 44 Scotland Street series, 13
- 44 Scotland Street series, 2
- 44 Scotland Street series, 3
- 44 Scotland Street series, 4
- 44 Scotland Street series, 5
- 44 Scotland Street series, 6
- 44 Scotland Street series, 7
- 44 Scotland Street series, 8
- 44 Scotland Street series, [7]
- 44 Scotland Street series, bk. 08
- 44 Scotland Street series, bk. 10
- 44 Scotland Street series, book 7
- 44 Scotland Street, [bk. 13]
- Corduroy Mansions (Sound recording), 1
- Corduroy Mansions (eBook), 1
- Corduroy Mansions novel
- Corduroy Mansions novel (Recorded Books, LLC), 2
- Corduroy Mansions novel (Recorded Books, LLC), 3
- Corduroy Mansions novel, 1
- Corduroy Mansions novel, 2
- Corduroy Mansions novel, 3
- Detective Varg novel
- Detective Varg novel, 1
- Detective Varg novel, [1]
- Isabel Dalhousie novel, 11
- Isabel Dalhousie series
- Isabel Dalhousie series, #2
- Isabel Dalhousie series, 01
- Isabel Dalhousie series, 1
- Isabel Dalhousie series, 10
- Isabel Dalhousie series, 11
- Isabel Dalhousie series, 12
- Isabel Dalhousie series, 2
- Isabel Dalhousie series, 3
- Isabel Dalhousie series, 4
- Isabel Dalhousie series, 5
- Isabel Dalhousie series, 6
- Isabel Dalhousie series, 7
- Isabel Dalhousie series, 8
- Isabel Dalhousie series, 9
- Isabel Dalhousie series, bk. 12
- Isabel Dalhousie series;, bk. 10
- Isabel Dalhousie, [bk. 12]
- Isabel Dalhousie, bk. 12
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 01
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 05
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 10
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 11
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 12
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 13
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 14
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 16
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 17
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 18
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 19
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 2
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 3
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 4
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 6
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 7
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 8
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, 9
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, bk. 19
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, bk. 19
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series (Recorded Books, Inc.)
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series (Recorded Books, Inc.), 1
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series (Recorded Books, Inc.), 10
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, 13
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, 15
- Paul Stuart series
- Paul Stuart series, 1
- Paul Stuart series, 2
- Paul Stuart, [bk. 2]
- Portuguese irregular verbs
- Portuguese irregular verbs, 1
- Portuguese irregular verbs, 2
- Professor Dr. von Igelfeld entertainment novel
- trueA child's garden of verses
- trueA child's garden of verses
- trueA child's garden of verses
- trueA child's garden of verses
- trueAt the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
- trueAt the villa of reduced circumstances
- trueBetter than fiction : true travel tales from great fiction writers
- Botswana. : In the footsteps of the No. 1 ladies detective with Alexander McCall Smith
- trueChristmas at Cold Comfort Farm
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency : season 1
Focus of
Author of
- trueA distant view of everything
- A distant view of everything
- trueA distant view of everything
- trueA time of love and tartan
- At the reunion buffet
- trueBertie plays the blues
- trueBertie's guide to life and mothers : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- trueChance developments
- trueChance developments
- trueChance developments
- trueEmma : a modern retelling
- trueEmma : a modern retelling
- trueFatty O'Leary's dinner party : a Vintage short
- trueFreddie Mole, lion tamer
- trueMy Italian bulldozer : a novel
- trueMy Italian bulldozer : a novel
- truePrecious and Grace
- truePrecious and Grace
- truePrecious and Grace
- trueSchool ship Tobermory
- trueSunshine on Scotland Street
- trueSunshine on Scotland Street : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- trueThe Bertie project
- trueThe Department of Sensitive Crimes
- The Department of Sensitive Crimes
- trueThe Department of Sensitive Crimes
- trueThe Department of Sensitive Crimes
- trueThe Handsome Man's De Luxe Café
- trueThe Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
- trueThe Mystery of Meerkat Hill : a Precious Ramotswe Mystery for Young Readers
- trueThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- trueThe colors of all the cattle
- trueThe colors of all the cattle
- trueThe colors of all the cattle
- trueThe colors of all the cattle
- trueThe colors of all the cattle [mp3]
- trueThe full cupboard of life
- trueThe good pilot Peter Woodhouse
- trueThe good pilot Peter Woodhouse
- The good pilot Peter Woodhouse : a novel
- trueThe good pilot Peter Woodhouse : a novel
- The good pilot Peter Woodhouse [mp3] : a novel
- trueThe house of unexpected sisters
- trueThe house of unexpected sisters
- trueThe house of unexpected sisters
- trueThe mystery of the missing lion : a Precious Ramotswe mystery for young readers
- The mystery of the missing lion : a Precious Ramotswe mystery for young readers
- trueThe novel habits of happiness
- trueThe novel habits of happiness
- The peppermint tea chronicles
- trueThe peppermint tea chronicles : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- The peppermint tea chronicles [playaway]
- trueThe quiet side of passion
- trueThe quiet side of passion
- trueThe quiet side of passion
- The quiet side of passion [mp3]
- trueThe revolving door of life : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- trueThe revolving door of life : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- trueThe revolving door of life : a 44 Scotland Street novel
- trueThe sands of Shark Island
- The second worst restaurant in France [playaway]
- trueThe second-worst restaurant in France
- The second-worst restaurant in France
- trueThe second-worst restaurant in France
- trueThe woman who walked in sunshine
- To the land of long lost friends
- trueTo the land of long lost friends
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