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Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over one hundred books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the world's longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been translated into forty-six languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from thirteen universities. He was knighted by the King in 2024.

Author's Website: https://www.alexandermccallsmith.co.uk/

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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book 26

Alexander McCall Smith

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The Lost Language of Oysters

Alexander McCall Smith

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Looking for You

Alexander McCall Smith

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The Great Hippopotamus Hotel

Alexander McCall Smith

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From a Far and Lovely Country

Alexander McCall Smith

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The Winds From Further West

Alexander McCall Smith

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The Private Life of Spies

Alexander McCall Smith

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The Perfect Passion Company

Alexander McCall Smith

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A Labourer in the Vineyard of Love

Alexander McCall Smith

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A Song of Comfortable Chairs

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The Enigma of Garlic

Alexander McCall Smith

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I Think of You

Alexander McCall Smith

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The Sweet Remnants of Summer

Alexander McCall Smith

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Private Life of Spies and The Exquisite Art of Getting Even

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Enigma of Garlic

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Cook for Me

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Sphinx

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The Joy and Light Bus Company

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Sweet Remnants of Summer

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Tiny Tales

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Precious Ramotswe

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Love in the Time of Bertie

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Your Inner Hedgehog

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Pavilion in the Clouds

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Joy and Light Bus Company

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How to Raise an Elephant

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The Pavilion in the Clouds: A new stand-alone novel

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Man with the Silver Saab

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The Geometry of Holding Hands

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A Promise of Ankles

Alexander McCall Smith

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The Man With the Silver Saab

Alexander McCall Smith

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The Talented Mr Varg

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Pianos and Flowers

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Promise of Ankles

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Great Clown Conundrum

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In a Time of Distance

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Geometry of Holding Hands

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The Peppermint Tea Chronicles

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Talented Mr. Varg

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Peppermint Tea Chronicles

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Secret of the Dark Waterfall

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Second-Worst Restaurant in France

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The Second Worst Restaurant in France

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Second Worst Restaurant in France

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Department of Sensitive Crimes

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Race to Kangaroo Cliff

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Dream Angus

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Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists

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The Quiet Side of Passion

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Colors of All the Cattle

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The Colours of All the Cattle

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Quiet Side of Passion

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Freddie Mole: Lion Tamer

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A Time of Love and Tartan

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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Box Set (Books 2-4)

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Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse

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A Distant View of Everything

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Time of Love and Tartan

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House of Unexpected Sisters

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My Italian Bulldozer

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RSMEYFS

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Sands of Shark Island

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The Bertie Project

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Precious and Grace

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Bertie Project

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School Ship Tobermory

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The Revolving Door of Life

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Chance Developments

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Sweet, Thoughtful Valentine

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The Novel Habits of Happiness

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A Work of Beauty

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Revolving Door of Life

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Woman Who Walked in Sunshine

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Deep South

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Novel Habits of Happiness

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Emma

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At the Reunion Buffet

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Isabel Dalhousie Series--Novels 1, 2 & 3

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Emma: A Modern Retelling

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The Forever Girl

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Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe

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Mystery of the Missing Lion

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Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party

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Forever Girl

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Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon

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Mystery of Meerkat Hill

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Akimbo 2-Book Omnibus

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Bertie Plays the Blues

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What W. H. Auden Can Do for You

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The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds

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Sunshine on Scotland Street

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Trains and Lovers

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The Sunday Philosophy Club

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The Sunday Philosophy Club

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The Sunday Philosophy Club

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The Sunday Philosophy Club

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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

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Unusual Uses for Olive Oil

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Trains and Lovers

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Uncommon Appeal of Clouds

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Importance of Being Seven

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Conspiracy of Friends

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A Conspiracy of Friends

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Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case

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Limpopo Academy of Private Detection

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Forgotten Affairs of Youth

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Perils of Morning Coffee

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Dog Who Came in from the Cold

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The Importance of Being Seven

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Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

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Charming Quirks of Others

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The Lost Art of Gratitude : An Isabel Dalhousie Novel

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The Lost Art of Gratitude : An Isabel Dalhousie Novel

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The Lost Art of Gratitude : An Isabel Dalhousie Novel

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The Lost Art of Gratitude : An Isabel Dalhousie Novel

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Comforts of a Muddy Saturday

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Good Husband of Zebra Drive

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Sunday Philosophy Club

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Full Cupboard of Life

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Kalahari Typing School for Men

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World According to Bertie

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Corduroy Mansions

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Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

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Portuguese Irregular Verbs

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At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances

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Double Comfort Safari Club

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Unbearable Lightness of Scones

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The Comfort of Saturdays

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Baboons Who Went This Way And That: Folktales From Africa

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Girl Who Married A Lion

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Lost Art of Gratitude

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2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom

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Love Over Scotland

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Right Attitude to Rain

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Espresso Tales

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Careful Use of Compliments

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Miracle at Speedy Motors

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The Miracle at Speedy Motors

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The World According to Bertie

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The Right Attitude to Rain

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Blue Shoes and Happiness

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44 Scotland Street

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The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom

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The Full Cupboard of Life

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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

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Morality For Beautiful Girls

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Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations

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Tears of the Giraffe

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