Alexander McCall Smith bibliography

The bibliography of Alexander McCall Smith, a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages.

''Professor Dr von Igelfeld Entertainments'' series

1997: Portuguese Irregular Verbs
2003: The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
2003: At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
2011: Unusual Uses for Olive Oil
2021: Your Inner Hedgehog
2025: The Lost Language of Oysters

2004: The 2 Pillars of Wisdom – An omnibus edition of the first three von Igelfeld titles

''[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
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
2011: The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
2012: The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
2013: The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
2014: The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café
2015: The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
2016: Precious and Grace
2017: The House of Unexpected Sisters
2018: The Colours of All the Cattle
2019: To the Land of Long Lost Friends
2020: How to Raise an Elephant
2021: The Joy and Light Bus Company
2022: A Song of Comfortable Chairs
2023: From a Far and Lovely Country
2024: The Great Hippopotamus Hotel
2025: In the Time of Five Pumpkins

Extra: 2013: ''The Slice of No. 1 Celebration Storybook''

''[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 or: The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
2009: The Lost Art of Gratitude
2010: The Charming Quirks of Others
2011: The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
#2011: The Perils of Morning Coffee
2012: The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
2015: The Novel Habits of Happiness
#2015: At the Reunion Buffet
#2016: Sweet, Thoughtful Valentine
2017: A Distant View of Everything
2018: The Quiet Side of Passion
2020: The Geometry of Holding Hands
2022: The Sweet Remnants of Summer
2024: ''The Conditions of Unconditional Love''

''[44 Scotland Street]'' series

See also: Bertie Pollock, 44 Scotland Street

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
2011: Bertie Plays The Blues
2012: Sunshine on Scotland Street
2013: Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
2015: The Revolving Door of Life
2016: The Bertie Project
2017: A Time of Love and Tartan
2019: The Peppermint Tea Chronicles
2020: A Promise of Ankles
2021: Love in the Time of Bertie
2022: The Enigma of Garlic
2023: ''The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee''

''[Corduroy Mansions]'' series

2009: Corduroy Mansions
2009: The Dog Who Came in from the Cold
2011: ''A Conspiracy of Friends''

''Paul Stuart'' series

2016: My Italian Bulldozer
2019: ''The Second Worst Restaurant in France''

''Detective Varg'' series

2019: The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists
2019: The Department of Sensitive Crimes
2019: Varg in Love
2020: The Talented Mr. Varg
2021: The Man with the Silver Saab
2023: ''The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf''

''Perfect Passion Company'' series

2023: Cook for Me
2024: The Perfect Passion Company
2025: ''Looking For You: A Novel''

Other novels

2008: La's Orchestra Saves the World
2012: Trains and Lovers
2014: The Forever Girl
2014: Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party
2015: Emma: A Modern Retelling
2017: The Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse
2022: The Pavilion in the Clouds
2023: The Private Life of Spies
2024: The Love Story of Herb la Fouche
2024: The Winds from Further West
2025: ''The Private Side of Friendship''

Short stories

2011: "The Strange Story of Bobby Box"

Short story collections

1989: Children of Wax: African Folk Tales
1995: Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations
2004: The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa
2006: Baboons Who Went This Way and That
2015: Chance Developments: Unexpected Love Stories
2016: Marvellous Mix-ups
2019: Pianos and Flowers
2020: Tiny Tales
2022: ''The Exquisite Art of Getting Even''

Anthologies

2006: ''One City''

Chapbooks

2022: ''The Captain's Cabin''

Children's novels

Source:

1980: The White Hippo
1982: The Little Theatre
1984: The Perfect Hamburger
1987: On the Road
1988: Alix and the Tigers
1988: Film Boy
1988: Mike's Magic Seeds
1989: Uncle Gangster
1990: Jeffrey's Joke Machine
1990: Suzy's Magician
1990: The Ice-Cream Bicycle
1990: The Tin Dog
1991: Marzipan Max
1991: The Spaghetti Tangle
1992: Calculator Annie
1992: Springy Jane
1992: The Doughnut Ring
1992: The Princess Trick
1993: My Chameleon Uncle
1993: The Muscle Machine
1994: Crazy Crocs
1994: Paddy and the Ratcatcher
1994: Teacher Trouble
1994: The Banana Machine
1994: Who Invented Peanut Butter?
1995: Billy Rubbish
1996: The Bubblegum Tree
1996: The Watermelon Boys
1999: The Popcorn Pirates
2000: Monkey Boy
2006: Dream Angus
2014: Good Dog lion
2015: Explosive Adventures
2016: Boing Boing
2016: Marvellous Mix-ups
2016: Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer
2018: Hari and his Electric Feet
2018: Max Champion and the Great Race Car Robbery
2020: ''Noah Wild and the Floating Zoo''

Akimbo

1990: Akimbo and the Elephants
1992: Akimbo and the Lions
1993: Akimbo and the Crocodile Man
2007: Akimbo and the Snakes
2008: ''Akimbo and the Baboons''

Harriet Bean

1990: The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
1991: Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats
1993: ''The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean''

Max & Maddy

1997: Max & Maddy and the Bursting Balloons Mystery
1999: ''Max & Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery''

Young Precious Ramotswe

2010: Precious and the Puggies
2012: Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill
2013: Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion
2015: Precious and the Zebra Necklace

2021: Young Precious- The Collected Adventures, omnibus collecting all Young Precious stories

School Ship Tobermory

2015: School Ship Tobermory
2016: The Sands of Shark Island
2018: The Race to Kangaroo Cliff
2019: ''The Secret of the Dark Waterfall''

Big-Top Mysteries

2019: The Case of the Vanishing Granny
2019: ''The Great Clown Conundrum''

Memoir/literary appreciation

2013: ''What Auden Can Do for You''

Poetry

2020: In a Time of Distance: And Other Poems
2023: ''I Think of You and Other Poems''

Anthologies

2018: A Gathering: A Personal Anthology of Scottish Poems, ed.

Other

2014: A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh
2017: Who Built Scotland: Twenty-Five Journeys in Search of a Nation
2018: ''The Tumbling Lassie''

Academic texts

1978: Power and Manoeuvrability
1983: Law and Medical Ethics
1987: Butterworths Medico-Legal Encyclopaedia
1990: Family Rights: Family Law and Medical Advances
1991: All About Drink and Drug Abuse
1992: Scots Criminal Law
1992: The Criminal Law of Botswana
1993: Duty to Rescue: the Jurispendence of Aid
1997: Forensic Aspects of Sleep
2000: Justice and the Prosecution of Old Crimes
2001: Errors, Medicine and the Law
2003: A Draft Criminal Code for Scotland
2004: ''Creating Humans: Ethical Questions where Reproduction and Science Collide''