Alexander McCall Smith has written at least 204 books. Their most popular book is The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency with 222 saves with an average rating of 3.51⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Fiction, Mystery, and Botswana.
lighthearted, mysterious, and funny are their most common moods.
 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
| 3.51 | 136 reads | |
 Morality for Beautiful Girls
| 3.67 | 35 reads | |
 Tears of the Giraffe
| 3.9 | 30 reads | |
 The Kalahari Typing School for Men
| 3.72 | 29 reads | |
 The Sunday Philosophy Club
| 2.75 | 21 reads | |
 44 Scotland Street
| 3.47 | 23 reads | |
 The Full Cupboard of Life
| 3.57 | 23 reads | |
 The Department of Sensitive Crimes
| 3.29 | 7 reads | |
 Emma
| 3.25 | 11 reads | |
 Blue Shoes and Happiness
| 3.5 | 17 reads | |
 In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
| 3.82 | 17 reads | |
 The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
| 3.6 | 15 reads | |
 The Miracle at Speedy Motors
| 3.38 | 14 reads | |
 The Double Comfort Safari Club
| 3.82 | 16 reads | |
 Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
| 3.8 | 15 reads | |
 Quartet in Autumn
| 3.5 | 4 reads | |
 The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
| 3.73 | 13 reads | |
 Precious and Grace
| 3.33 | 8 reads | |
 My Italian Bulldozer
| 3.6 | 8 reads | |
 The House of Unexpected Sisters
| 3.67 | 9 reads | |
 The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
| 4 | 7 reads | |
 The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
| 3.86 | 9 reads | |
 The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café
| 3.5 | 9 reads | |
 Portuguese Irregular Verbs
| 3.33 | 11 reads | |
 Corduroy mansions
| 3.38 | 9 reads | |
 The woman who walked in sunshine
| 3.5 | 8 reads | |
 To the Land of Long Lost Friends
| 3.4 | 8 reads | |
 No Rest for the Dead
| 2.25 | 5 reads | |
 Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
| 3 | 8 reads | |
 The Right Attitude to Rain
| 3.29 | 8 reads | |
 Tears of the Giraffe
| 3.83 | 4 reads | |
 The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
| 3.8 | 6 reads | |
 At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
| 3.5 | 6 reads | |
 The Bertie Project
| 3.5 | 4 reads | |
 Dream Angus
| 3.25 | 4 reads | |
 La's Orchestra Saves the World
| 3.33 | 4 reads | |
 How to Raise an Elephant
| 3 | 3 reads | |
 Espresso Tales
| 3.75 | 5 reads | |
 The Second-Worst Restaurant in France:
| 4 | 3 reads | |
 The uncommon appeal of clouds
| 3 | 3 reads | |
 The Joy and Light Bus Company
| 4 | 3 reads | |
 A Song of Comfortable Chairs
| 4 | 2 reads | |
 Love Over Scotland
| 3.5 | 3 reads | |
 The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
| 4.5 | 3 reads | |
 The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency
| 3.5 | 2 reads | |
 Precious and the Monkeys
| 3.67 | 3 reads | |
 The importance of being seven
| 4 | 2 reads | |
 Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
| 3.5 | 2 reads | |
 Bertie plays the blues
| 3.5 | 2 reads | |
 The Geometry of Holding Hands
| 4 | 1 read | |
 What W. H. Auden Can Do for You
| 3.33 | 3 reads | |
 The Enigma of Garlic
| 4.25 | 4 reads | |
 The Careful Use of Compliments
| 4 | 4 reads | |
 The Colours of All the Cattle
| 3.5 | 4 reads | |
 The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
| 4 | 3 reads | |
 A Promise of Ankles
| 4.25 | 4 reads | |
 The Perfect Passion Company
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 The Talented Mr. Varg
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 The Dog Who Came in from the Cold The Dog Who Came in from the Cold
| 4.5 | 2 reads | |
 The Lost Art of Gratitude
| 3.5 | 3 reads | |
 The revolving door of life
| 4 | 1 read | |
 The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf
| 4 | 2 reads | |
 The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee
| 4 | 3 reads | |
 In the company of cheerful ladies
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Sunshine on Scotland Street
| 4 | 1 read | |
The Perils of Morning Coffee The Perils of Morning Coffee
| 4 | 2 reads | |
 Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm
| 4 | 2 reads | |
 A Distant View of Everything A Distant View of Everything
| 4 | 1 read | |
 Vittoria Cottage
| 3 | 2 reads | |
 The novel habits of happiness
| 4 | 2 reads | |
 Unusual Uses for Olive Oil Unusual Uses for Olive Oil
| 4 | 3 reads | |
 The handsome man's De Luxe café
| 3 | 3 reads | |
 The forgotten affairs of youth
| 4 | 2 reads | |
 Fatty O'Leary's dinner party
| 3.5 | 2 reads | |
 The World According to Bertie
| 4 | 1 read | |
 The Sunday Philosophy Club
| 2 | 2 reads | |
 A Time of Love and Tartan
| 4 | 1 read | |
 Imagine a Country: Ideas for a Better Future | 0 | 0 reads | |
 The Sweet Remnants of Summer
| 4 | 1 read | |
 The Saturday big tent wedding party
| 3 | 2 reads | |
 Emma: A Modern Retelling
| 2 | 1 read | |
 Pianos and Flowers: Brief Encounters of the Romantic Kind
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Emma
| 2.5 | 2 reads | |
 Chance Developments Chance Developments: Unexpected Love Stories
| 4 | 1 read | |
 The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists
| 4 | 1 read | |
 The Quiet Side of Passion
| 4 | 2 reads | |
 The charming quirks of others
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Your Inner Hedgehog
| 4 | 2 reads | |
The Peppermint Tea Chronicles The Peppermint Tea Chronicles
| 3 | 2 reads | |
 A conspiracy of friends
| 5 | 1 read | |
 The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
| 3 | 2 reads | |
 Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill
| 4 | 2 reads | |
 Trains and Lovers
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 100 Journeys for the Spirit: Sacred, Inspiring, Mysterious, Enlightening | 0 | 0 reads | |
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Set The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Set: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency/Tears of the Giraffe/Morality for Beautiful Girls/The Kalahari Typing School For Men/The Full Cupboard of Life
| 0 | 1 read | |
 From a Far and Lovely Country
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations
| 3.5 | 1 read | |
 Akimbo and the Baboons
| 5 | 1 read | |
 The Great Cake Mystery The Great Cake Mystery
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Freddie Mole: Lion Tamer
| 0 | 0 reads |