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In chronological order.

• Killing Floor (1997)
• Die Trying (1998)
• Tripwire (1999)
• Running Blind (2000)
• Echo Burning (2001)
• Without Fail (2002) †
• Persuader § (2003) †
• The Enemy (2004) †‡
• One Shot (2005) § - due for re-release in paperback on 10/27/09
• The Hard Way (2006) †
• Bad Luck and Trouble (2007) †
• Nothing to Lose (2008) †
• Gone Tomorrow (2009) §
• 61 Hours (2010) º

† = acquired, but not yet read
§ = unowned
‡ = prequel, time frame occurs before Killing Floor
º = not yet released.

• Black Out
• Old Flames
• A Little White Death
• Bluffing Mr. Churchill †
• Flesh Wounds §
• Second Violin §

† = acquired, but not yet read
§ = unowned
º = not yet released.

• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
• Tears of the Giraffe
• Morality for Beautiful Girls
• The Kalahari Typing School for Men
• The Full Cupboard of Life
• In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
• Blue Shoes and Happiness †
• The Good Husband of Zebra Drive §
• The Miracle at Speedy Motors §
• Tea Time for the Traditionally Built §

† = acquired, but not yet read
§ = unowned
º = not yet released.

In chronological order:

• The Cater Street Hangman (1979)
• Callander Square (1980)
• Paragon Walk (1981)
• Resurrection Row (1981)
• Bluegate Fields (1984)
• Rutland Place (1983)
• Death in Devil's Acre (1985)
• Cardington Crescent (1987)
• Silence in Hanover Close (1988)
• Bethlehem Road (1990)
• Highgate Rise (1991) - June-July, 2008
• Belgrave Square (1992)
• Farrier's Lane (1993)
• The Hyde Park Headsman (1994)
• Traitors Gate (1995) - read July, 2009
• Pentecost Alley (1996)
• Ashworth Hall (1997) §
• Brunswick Gardens (1998) §
• Bedford Square (1999) §
• Half Moon Street (1998) §
• The Whitechapel Conspiracy (2001) §
• Southampton Row (2002) §
• Seven Dials (2003) §
• Long Spoon Lane (2005) §
• Buckingham Palace Gardens (was Africa Passage) (2008) §

† = acquired, but not yet read
§ = unowned

Lindsey Davis' series on the informer (private detective) Marcus Didius Falco and his lovely wife Helena during Vespasian's reign in ancient Rome.

• The Silver Pigs (1989)
• Shadows in Bronze (1990)
• Venus in Copper (1991)
• The Iron Hand of Mars (1992)
• Poseidon's Gold (1993)
• Last Act in Palmyra (1994)
• Time to Depart (1995)
• A Dying Light in Corduba (1996)
• Three Hands in the Fountain (1997)
• Two for the Lions (1998)
• One Virgin Too Many (1999)
• Ode to a Banker (2000)
• A Body in the Bath House (2001)
• The Jupiter Myth (2002)
• The Accusers (2003)
• Scandal Takes a Holiday (2004)
• See Delphi and Die (2005)
• Saturnalia (2007)
• Alexandria (2009) †
• Nemesis (June 2010) º

† = acquired, but not yet read
§ = unowned
º = not yet released.

The Sunday Philosophy Club is a series of books by Alexander McCall-Smith, featuring Isabelle Dalhousie as a philosophically bent amateur detective in Edinburgh.

• The Sunday Philosophy Club
• Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
• The Right Attitude to Rain
• The Careful Use of Compliments
• The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
• The Lost Art of Gratitude †

&dagger - Scheduled for release on September 22, 2009.

Originally a serial in the The Scotsman newspaper, Alexander McCall-Smith's series is a light-hearted and compassionate look at life in and around an apartment building in Edinburgh.

• 44 Scotland Street
• Espresso Tales
• Love Over Scotland
• The World According to Bertie
• The Unbearable Lightness of Scones