The Sunday Philosophy Club is a series of novels and novellas by Alexander McCall Smith. It is also the name of the first novel in the series, and an informal talking group founded by the main character Isabel Dalhousie. The series is set in Edinburgh. The title of the first book and of the series was suggested by McCall Smith's editor. Books Novels The series includes: The Sunday Philosophy Club (2004) Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (2005) The Right Attitude to Rain (2006) The Careful Use of Compliments (2007) The Comfort of Saturdays (2008); U.S. title: The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday The Lost Art of Gratitude (2009) The Charming Quirks of Others (2010) The Forgotten Affairs of Youth (2011) The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (2012) The Novel Habits of Happiness (2015) A Distant View of Everything (2017) The Quiet Side of Passion (2018) The Geometry of Holding Hands (2020) The Sweet Remnants of Summer (2022) Novellas There are also three novellas, published only as ebooks: The Perils of Morning Coffee (2011) At the Reunion Buffet (2015) Sweet, Thoughtful Valentine (2016) Characters Major and recurring characters Isabel Dalhousie is in her early forties and is a philosopher, the editor of the journal "Review of Applied Ethics". Her father was a Scotsman and her mother was American, from Mobile, Alabama. Due to an inheritance left to her by her late mother, she can work for a nominal fee. She lives alone in a large ageing house in Merchiston in Edinburgh. Isabel is "a good person, a kind soul. She’s very thoughtful, obviously." However, she often lets her personal feelings about various issues get in the way of more rational judgement. Cat, Isabel's niece, is a young attractive woman who runs a delicatessen in the Bruntsfield neighborhood of Edinburgh. Cat has a habit of falling for inappropriate men and refusing to listen to Isabel's advice about them. Grace, Isabel's housekeeper, an outspoken Scotswoman with an interest in spiritualism and an opinion on everything. Jamie, Cat's ex-boyfriend who is a "fatally attractive" bassoonist. Becomes Isabel's husband and father to her sons. Like Isabel, Jamie is kind-hearted and enjoys helping others; however, he tends to be the more grounded, sensible, and less emotional of the two. Charlie, Isabel and Jamie's first-born son. Magnus, Isabel and Jamie's younger son. Eddie, Cat's assistant at the delicatessen, who has experienced "something traumatic" in his past and is therefore very