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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series
27 primary works • 40 total works
Featuring Precious Ramotswe – Botswana's leading, and only, female private detective.
Note:
Precious Ramotswe's Very First Cases
is a children's book series featuring young Precious Ramotswe.
BBC Afternoon Drama: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series
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Book 1
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by
Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 2
Tears of the Giraffe
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 3
Morality for Beautiful Girls
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 4
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 5
The Full Cupboard of Life
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 6
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 6.5
The Sunday Night Book Club
by
Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 6.6
The Problem of Men
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 6.7
Doctors, Detectives, Common Sense
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 7
Blue Shoes and Happiness
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 8
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 9
The Miracle at Speedy Motors
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 10
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
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Book 10.5
Men Don't Wear Pink
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Book 10.6
Special Seasonal No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Story
by
Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 11
The Double Comfort Safari Club
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 12
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
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At a remote cattle post south of Gaborone two cows…
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Book 12.5
A Precious Christmas
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 12.6
The Cleverness of Ladies
by
Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 13
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
by
Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 14
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 15
The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 16
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 17
Precious and Grace
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 17.5
Mma Ramotswe and Rra Burns
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Book 17.6
The No. 1 Lady Detective's New Year Resolutions
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Book 18
The House of Unexpected Sisters
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Book 19
The Colors of All the Cattle
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Book 20
To the Land of Long Lost Friends
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Book 21
How to Raise an Elephant
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Book 21.5
From Mma Ramotswe, for Mother’s Day
by
Alexander McCall Smith
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A gift for Mothers everywhere...
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Book 21.6
Under The Acacia
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Book 22
The Joy and Light Bus Company
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Book 23
A Song of Comfortable Chairs
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Book 24
From a Far and Lovely Country
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Book 25
The Great Hippopotamus Hotel
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Book 26
In the Time of Five Pumpkins
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The Big Cats Dance Party
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Mma Ramotswe's Cookbook: Nourishment for the Traditionally Built
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Precious Ramotswe: A Mysterious Profile
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