Bibliography

Alexander Mccall Smith signing books in Helsinki April 2007

[edit]The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series

 1998 The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency

 2000 Tears of the Giraffe

 2001 Morality for Beautiful Girls

 2002 The Kalahari Typing School for Men

 2003 The Full Cupboard of Life

 2004 In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (also known as The Night-Time Dancer.)

 2006 Blue Shoes and Happiness

 2007 The Good Husband of Zebra Drive

 2008 The Miracle at Speedy Motors

 2009 Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

 2010 The Double Comfort Safari Club

 2010 Precious and the Puggies (novella for younger readers, first published in a Scots translation
by James Robertson.)

 2011 Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

[edit]The 2½ Pillars of Wisdom

 2003 Portuguese Irregular Verbs

 2003 The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

 2003 At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances

[edit]The Sunday Philosophy Club Series
also known as Isabel Dalhousie Mysteries

 2004 The Sunday Philosophy Club

 2005 Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

 2006 The Right Attitude to Rain

 2007 The Careful Use of Compliments

 2008 The Comfort of Saturdays (UK title) or The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday (American title)

 2009: The Lost Art of Gratitude

 2010: The Charming Quirks of Others

[edit]44 Scotland Street Series

 2005 44 Scotland Street

 2005 Espresso Tales

 2006 Love over Scotland

 2007 The World According to Bertie

 2008 The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

 2010 The Importance of Being Seven

[edit]Corduroy Mansions

 2009 Corduroy Mansions

 2009 The Dog Who Came in from the Cold (published online daily in serial form at [1]; also
published as a hard cover book on 1 May 2010).
[edit]Other novels

 2008 La's Orchestra Saves the World

[edit]Short story collections

 1991 Children of Wax: African Folk Tales

 1995 Heavenly Date: And Other Flirtations

 2004 The Girl Who Married a Lion: And Other Tales from Africa