24 Top fiction books like The Pavilion in the Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith

Cover of The Pavilion in the Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith

The Pavilion in the Clouds

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.95

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

It is 1938 and the final days of the British Empire. In a bungalow high up in the green hills above…

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Cover of Tyler's Row (Fairacre, #9) by Miss Read

1. Tyler's Row (Fairacre, #9)

By: Miss Read

3.83

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Miss Read, whose real name is Dora Jessie Saint, has been producing these delightful novels of Engl… read more

Similar categories in Miss Read's Tyler's Row (Fairacre, #9) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature

2. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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3. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

Similar categories in Pip Williams's The Bookbinder book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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4. The Pavilion in the Clouds

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.95

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

It is 1938 and the final days of the British Empire. In a bungalow high up in the green hills above… read more

Similar categories in Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • british literature
  • historical
  • asia
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.01

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Ann Cleeves― New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, b… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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6. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

7. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

Cover of A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17) by Jacqueline Winspear

8. A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.27

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Yet the alternative he had suggested smacked of privilege, and wasn't privilege always bolstered by a discrimination of sorts?"

-Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

"...places leave their mark in the same way that a human being can touch us. We have to make our peace with place, with the locations where we have spent time. We consider how we've been affected by b…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

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9. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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10. The White Lady

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.07

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine/sleuth from Jacqueline Winspear, creato… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The White Lady book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Give me strong young womenfolk with sharp elbows, Charlotte, my dear, and they will make a good account of themselves in this world."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

"And then there's that double-barreled name a lot of them toffs have, like they have to drag their ancestors up from the grave so we all know who they're related to."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

". . . it was known German soldiers would go door-to-door to take males of working age, or boys on the cusp of manhood. They always took the men, leaving only the women, children and elderly. Women we…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

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11. Safe Haven

By: Shankari Chandran

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. It was… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Safe Haven book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Best Wishes

By: Richard Glover

3.81

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Making the world a better, less annoying place one wish at a time. Do you hate gambling ads, pre-r… read more

Similar categories in Richard Glover's Best Wishes book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) by Richard Osman

13. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

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14. So Shall You Reap

By: Donna Leon

4.07

Format: 262 pages, ebook

In the thirty-second installment of Donna Leon’s bestselling series, a connection to Guido Brunetti… read more

Similar categories in Donna Leon's So Shall You Reap book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Given Loreti's position in society, the press had followed, panting. But they were to be disappointed by the police's failure to find any sign of what the English call "foul play," and so the investi…"

-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap

"Brunetti, no fan of television, did occasionally watch nature documentaries, and so he was familiar with the pose cobras took when they were preparing to attack. They somehow managed to raise their h…"

-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap

Cover of Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4) by Vaseem Khan

15. Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.25

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

*** SHORTLISTED FOR HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR at the FINGERPRINT AWARDS ***In the fourth rip-roa… read more

Similar categories in Vaseem Khan's Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Long Odds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 13) by Harriet Steel

16. Long Odds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 13)

By: Harriet Steel

4.39

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

When Nuala’s premier race meeting ends in controversy and a tragic death, Inspector Shanti de Silva… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Steel's Long Odds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 13) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) by Elly Griffiths

17. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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18. The Sea Captain's Wife

By: Jackie French

4.36

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From bestselling author Jackie French comes a compelling story of murder, mystery, and mutiny on th… read more

Similar categories in Jackie French's The Sea Captain's Wife book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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19. Bonjour, Sophie

By: Elizabeth Buchan

4.15

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1959 and eighteen-year-old Sophie is determined that now is the time for her real life to star… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Buchan's Bonjour, Sophie book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • historical fiction
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20. A Court of Betrayal

By: Anne O'Brien

4.49

Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition

ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR... The Welsh Marches, 1301 Strong-willed heiress Joan de Geneville… read more

Similar categories in Anne O'Brien's A Court of Betrayal book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
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21. Spring Magic

By: D.E. Stevenson

4.13

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

Frances was free. She had enough money for her holiday, and when it was over she would find useful … read more

Similar categories in D.E. Stevenson's Spring Magic book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • british literature
  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes

22. The Painter's Daughters

By: Emily Howes

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A story of love, madness, sisterly devotion, and control, about the two beloved daughters of renown… read more

Similar categories in Emily Howes's The Painter's Daughters book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rat Catcher: A Love Story by Kim  Kelly

23. The Rat Catcher: A Love Story

By: Kim Kelly

3.96

Format: 117 pages, Kindle Edition

LONGLISTED FOR THE ARA HISTORICAL NOVEL PRIZE 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR VIVA LA NOVELLA 2021 In the … read more

Similar categories in Kim Kelly's The Rat Catcher: A Love Story book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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24. The Radio Hour

By: Victoria Purman

4.24

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Nurses' War comes this charming, funny, pointed look at the gold… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Purman's The Radio Hour book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Too many women kept too many secrets. For too long, women had buried their ambitions and their intelligence, succumbed to the law of the land made by men, and put up with behaviour and situations no …"

-Victoria Purman, The Radio Hour

Cover of The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

25. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Break from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 11) by Harriet Steel

26. Break from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 11)

By: Harriet Steel

4.38

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

It is autumn 1940, and Inspector de Silva and his wife Jane are looking forward to a well-earned ho… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Steel's Break from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 11) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) by Donna Leon

27. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)

By: Donna Leon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more

Similar categories in Donna Leon's A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Trace by Petronella McGovern

28. The Last Trace

By: Petronella McGovern

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

What if you're scared you committed a crime but can't remember? From the bestselling author of Six … read more

Similar categories in Petronella McGovern's The Last Trace book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth Ward

29. The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

By: Gareth Ward

4.11

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

“When we opened Sherlock Tomes people warned us that we’d made a terrible mistake. People warned us… read more

Similar categories in Gareth Ward's The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Vincent & Sien by Silvia Kwon

30. Vincent & Sien

By: Silvia Kwon

3.72

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Hague, 1882, a howling winter's night, Sien and her daughter are on the brink of surrendering t… read more

Similar categories in Silvia Kwon's Vincent & Sien book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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31. Nobody's Perfect

By: Stephanie Butland

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Does your past define your future? When her daughter was born with cystic fibrosis, Kate Micklet… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Butland's Nobody's Perfect book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Pavilion in the Clouds

  • fiction
  • audiobook

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4.01

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Elly Griffiths

3.92

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Shankari Chandran

4.18

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Kristin Hannah

4.14

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Fiona McIntosh

3.89

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Rachael Johns

4.16

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Tricia Stringer

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