Author guide
Ali Smith Books in Order
Ali Smith (born 1962) is a Scottish writer from Inverness whose work includes novels, short-story collections, essays, memoir, plays, and illustrated books. Her fiction is known for linguistic experimentation, formal play, feminist themes, and engagement with contemporary political life. She lives in Cambridge, England.
Ali Smith's Newest Book
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Start with one of these
Free Love and Other Stories
Smith's debut and an introduction to her short fiction.
Like
Her first novel and a concise entry point to her early fiction.
Autumn
The recommended beginning of the Seasonal Quartet.
Artful
The best starting point for her nonfiction and literary essays.
Read in order
Books by series
quartet · complete
Seasonal Quartet
Four interconnected, independently readable novels named for the seasons and written in close engagement with their contemporary political moments.
series · ongoing
Save the Story
A series of illustrated retellings of classic works for younger readers; Ali Smith contributed a retelling of Sophocles' Antigone.
- 1 The Story of AntigoneAmazon ↗
Book 1 · illustrated-fiction · 2011
duology · complete
Gliff and Glyph
Two companion novels whose linked titles and narratives explore surveillance, war, imagination, and the power of art.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (7)
Short fiction (5)
- Free Love and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1995
- Other Stories and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1999
- The Whole Story and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 2003
- The First Person and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 2008
- Public Library and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 2015