Alexander McCall Smith books in order
35 books in the catalogue, about 160 hours of reading in all; the shortest takes 1 hour and the longest 6 hours.
5 series and 6 standalone books in the catalogue.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
21 books 1 
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 4.4 h 2 
Tears of the Giraffe 4.3 h 3 
Morality for Beautiful Girls 4.5 h 4 
The Kalahari Typing School for Men 3.8 h 5 
The Full Cupboard of Life 4.1 h 6 
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies 4.6 h 7 
Blue Shoes and Happiness 4.7 h 
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built 4.6 h 11 
The Double Comfort Safari Club 4.4 h 12 
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party 4.5 h 13 
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection 5.3 h 14 
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon 4.5 h 
Precious and Grace 4.4 h 18 
The House of Unexpected Sisters 4.7 h 
To the Land of Long Lost Friends 4.4 h 21 
How to Raise an Elephant 4.7 h
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 4.4 h 2 Tears of the Giraffe 4.3 h 3 Morality for Beautiful Girls 4.5 h 4 The Kalahari Typing School for Men 3.8 h 5 The Full Cupboard of Life 4.1 h 6 In the Company of Cheerful Ladies 4.6 h 7 Blue Shoes and Happiness 4.7 h 8 The Good Husband of Zebra Drive length not known
9 The Miracle at Speedy Motors length not known
10 Tea Time for the Traditionally Built 4.6 h 11 The Double Comfort Safari Club 4.4 h 12 The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party 4.5 h 13 The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection 5.3 h 14 The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon 4.5 h 15 The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café length not known
16 The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine length not known
17 Precious and Grace 4.4 h 18 The House of Unexpected Sisters 4.7 h 19 The Colours of All the Cattle length not known
20 To the Land of Long Lost Friends 4.4 h 21 How to Raise an Elephant 4.7 h The Sunday Philosophy Club
10 books 1 The Sunday Philosophy Club length not known
2 
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate 5.3 h 3 The Right Attitude to Rain length not known
4 The Careful Use of Compliments length not known
5 The Comfort of Saturdays length not known
6 
The Lost Art of Gratitude 4.8 h 7 
The Charming Quirks of Others 4.7 h 8 The Forgotten Affairs of Youth length not known
10 The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds length not known
11 The Novel Habits of Happiness length not known
44 Scotland Street
6 books 1 44 Scotland Street length not known
2 
Espresso Tales 6.4 h 3 Love over Scotland length not known
4 The World According to Bertie length not known
5 
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones 6.3 h 6 
The Importance of Being Seven 5.7 h 1 
Portuguese Irregular Verbs 2.4 h 2 
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs 2.4 h 
Unusual Uses for Olive Oil 3.8 h
Portuguese Irregular Verbs 2.4 h 2 The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs 2.4 h 3 At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances length not known
4 Unusual Uses for Olive Oil 3.8 h 44 Scotland Street
11 books 7 Bertie Plays The Blues length not known
8 Sunshine on Scotland Street length not known
9 
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers 5.8 h 10 The Revolving Door of Life length not known
11 
The Bertie Project 5.9 h 12 
A Time of Love and Tartan 4.8 h 13 
The Peppermint Tea Chronicles 5.9 h 14 A Promise of Ankles length not known
15 Love in the Time of Bertie length not known
16 
The Enigma of Garlic 9.2 h 17 The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee length not known
