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Born: Born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, in 1948. Source: Wikidata and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Alexander McCall Smith was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2001. Source: Wikidata, citing rse.org.uk, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Alexander McCall Smith was made a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2005. Source: Wikidata, citing acmedsci.ac.uk, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Alexander McCall Smith was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2007. Source: Wikidata, citing law.ed.ac.uk, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Wikidata lists the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize (2015) among Alexander McCall Smith's awards and honors. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Wikidata lists the Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation (2004) among Alexander McCall Smith's awards and honors. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Wikidata lists the Dagger in the Library (2004) among Alexander McCall Smith's awards and honors. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Alexander McCall Smith received the Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2014. Source: Wikidata, citing rsliterature.org, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Wikidata lists the Knight Bachelor (2023) among Alexander McCall Smith's awards and honors. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.

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A Is for Alibi
Sue Grafton · 1982 · Adult

about 250 pages

Why: Both are mystery books about women private investigators.
- Mystery
- Women private investigators
What both books share
- mystery
  Tears of the Giraffe: "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "Mystery" (OL subject); "Mystery fiction" (OL subject); "Mystery & Detective" (OL subject)
  A Is for Alibi: "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators" (OL subject); "FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths" (OL subject); "Mystery fiction" (OL subject)
- women private investigators
  Tears of the Giraffe: "Women private investigators" (OL subject); "Women private investigators -- Botswana -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
  A Is for Alibi: "Women private investigators" (OL subject); "Women private investigators in fiction" (OL subject); "Women private investigators -- California -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Tears of the Giraffe; Open Library and Wikidata for A Is for Alibi.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson · Adult

about 580 pages

Why: Both are mystery books.
- Mystery
What both books share
- mystery
  Tears of the Giraffe: "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "Mystery" (OL subject); "Mystery fiction" (OL subject); "Mystery & Detective" (OL subject)
  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: "Mystery" (OL subject); "mystery fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, general" (OL subject); "mystery fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Tears of the Giraffe; Open Library and Wikidata for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
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Naked in Death
J. D. Robb · 1995 · Adult

about 320 pages

Why: Both are detective books.
- Detective
What both books share
- detective
  The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "Detectives" (OL subject); "Mystery & Detective" (OL subject); "detective fiction" (WD genre)
  Naked in Death: "Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "detective fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency; Open Library and Wikidata for Naked in Death.
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Step on a Crack
James Patterson · 2007 · Adult

about 380 pages
Cover from Google Books

Why: Both are mystery books.
- Mystery
What both books share
- mystery
  Tears of the Giraffe: "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "Mystery" (OL subject); "Mystery fiction" (OL subject); "Mystery & Detective" (OL subject)
  Step on a Crack: "Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural" (OL subject); "mystery fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Tears of the Giraffe; Open Library and Wikidata for Step on a Crack.
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The Deep Blue Good-by
John D. MacDonald · 1964 · Adult

about 200 pages
Cover from Google Books

Why: Both are mystery books.
- Mystery
What both books share
- mystery
  Tears of the Giraffe: "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "Mystery" (OL subject); "Mystery fiction" (OL subject); "Mystery & Detective" (OL subject)
  The Deep Blue Good-by: "Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled" (OL subject); "mystery" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, general" (OL subject); "mystery fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Tears of the Giraffe; Open Library and Wikidata for The Deep Blue Good-by.
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The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown · 2003 · Adult

Novel · about 490 pages

Why: Both are detective books.
- Detective
What both books share
- detective
  Tears of the Giraffe: "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "Mystery & Detective" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, general" (OL subject); "detective fiction" (WD genre)
  The Da Vinci Code: "Historical Mystery & Detective Fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, general" (OL subject); "detective fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Tears of the Giraffe; Open Library and Wikidata for The Da Vinci Code.
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