Anita Amirrezvani, The Blood of Flowers.
In 17th century Persia, a girl is sent to live with her wealthy uncle after her father's death and learns the art of rug-making from him.

Sarah Atwell, Through a Glass Deadly. Paperback Mystery
A glassblower in Tucson befriends a young woman and then finds a dead man in her studio. First in a series.

Heather Barbieri, The Lace Makers of Glenmara.
A heartbroken American fashion designer visits a small Irish town and is drawn into a group of lace makers.

Anne Bartlett, Knitting.
Two women with different personalities form a bond when they work on a knitting project together.

Vanora Bennett, Figures in Silk.
In 15th century England, two sisters take different paths as one becomes the King’s mistress and the other rises to prominence in the silk industry.

Heidi Betts, Tangled up in Love. Paperback Romance
A reporter dares a man who is a rival newspaper columnist to learn knitting.

Marie Bostwick, A Single Thread.
A divorced woman moves from Texas to Connecticut to open a quilt shop and meets three women who become her support system when she learns she has cancer.

Geraldine Brooks, People of the Book.
A rare book conservator traces the history of an illuminated Haggadah through the many people who guarded it since the Middle Ages.

Anne Canadeo, While My Pretty One Knits. Mystery
The Black Sheep Knitters of Plum Harbor, Massachusetts, are horrified when their teacher becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a rival knitting shop owner. First in a series.

Elizabeth Casey, Sew Deadly. Paperback Mystery
A librarian relocates to South Carolina and joins a sewing circle but finds herself the prime suspect when she discovers a dead body behind the library.

Tracy Chevalier, The Lady and the Unicorn.
In the Middle Ages, an artist is commissioned by a French nobleman to design a series of tapestries and becomes smitten with the man’s daughter.

Jennifer Chiaverini, The Quilter’s Apprentice.
The tale of two women, one young and one old, who learn to mend their lives as they work on quilts. First in a series.

Laura Childs, Keepsake Crimes. Paperback Mystery
A woman who runs a scrapbooking shop in the French Quarter of New Orleans gets involved in a murder investigation when her ex becomes a suspect. First in a series.

Deborah Crombie, Where Memories Lie. Mystery
A woman who escaped Nazi Germany seeks help from her neighbor, DI Gemma Kincaid, when a brooch stolen from her years ago is up for auction.

Sandra Dallas, The Persian Pickle Club.
During the Depression in Kansas, a woman from the city joins a farm wives’ quilting circle and tries to uncover a secret they’ve all been keeping.

Monica Ferris, Crewel World. Paperback Mystery
A woman trying to sort out her life moves in with her sister who runs a needlecraft shop but tragedy strikes. First in a series.

Marina Fiorato, The Glassblower of Murano.
The parallel stories of a modern-day artist who becomes an apprentice glassblower in Italy and her ancestor in the 17th century.

Earlene Fowler, Fool’s Puzzle. Mystery
The curator of a folk art museum discovers an artist’s dead body on the eve of a quilt exhibit opening. First in a series

Janet Gleeson, The Grenadillo Box. Mystery
An apprentice to the cabinetmaker Chippendale discovers the body of a lord holding an elaborately carved wooden box.

Sally Goldenbaum, Death by Cashmere. Mystery
A lawyer quits her job to open a knitting studio in a Massachusetts fishing town and rents the apartment upstairs to a woman who is found dead in the harbor. First in a series.

Margaret Grace, Murder in Miniature. Paperback Mystery
A woman investigates the strange behavior of a member of her dollhouse committee who disappears and then reappears at a murder scene. First in a series.

Laura Hendrie, Remember Me.
A woman in a small New Mexico town who makes a living selling embroidery must face her ghosts to find belonging, identity and love.

Tobias Hill, The Love of Stones.
In an epic story spanning six centuries, a jewel dealer traces the history of a legendary brooch.

Ann Hood, The Knitting Circle.
After losing her 5-year-old daughter to meningitis, a woman joins a knitting circle and meets other women who have experienced tragedy.

Kate Jacobs, The Friday Night Knitting Club.
A woman with a 12-year-old daughter runs a yarn shop in Manhattan frequented by a variety of customers from different walks of life. First in a series.

Guy Gabriel Kay, Sailing to Sarantium. Science Fiction
A mosaicist travels to a distant land to work on a monument commissioned by a dangerous emperor to immortalize his reign. Sequel is Lord of Emperors.

Mary Kruger, Died in the Wool. Paperback Mystery
A knitting shop owner discovers the body of a customer strangled with her yarn. First in a series.

Jeffrey Lent, A Peculiar Grace.
A blacksmith who creates custom ironwork encounters a troubled young woman in the woods behind his home in rural Vermont.

Debbie Macomber, The Shop on Blossom Street.
A cancer survivor opens a knitting shop in Seattle and starts a weekly knitting class, hoping to improve business and make friends in the area. First in a series.

Sujata Massey, The Flower Master. Mystery
A Japanese-American antique dealer living in Tokyo investigates when the teacher of her ikebana—or flower arranging—class is murdered.

Gil McNeil, The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club.
A recently widowed woman moves from London with her two sons to a seaside town and takes over her grandmother’s knitting shop.

Clare O’Donohue, The Lover’s Knot. Mystery
After a broken engagement, a woman leaves New York to help out at her grandmother’s quilting shop and gets involved in a murder investigation. First in a series.

Whitney Otto, How to Make an American Quilt.
Meeting at their quilting circle every week, the women in a small town share their personal stories, beginning a tradition that covers half a century.

Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red.
In 16th century Istanbul, a sultan commissions an illuminated manuscript celebrating himself, but one of the artists disappears leaving behind only half-finished illustrations as clues.

Emilie Richards, Wedding Ring.
Three generations of women clear out their family home in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley and bond over a vintage quilt they all had a hand in making. First in a series.

Alyson Richman, The Mask Carver’s Son.
In 19th century Japan, a master carver of masks for Noh theater is disappointed when his son doesn’t follow in his footsteps but instead becomes a painter in the Western style.

Christie Ridgway, How to Knit a Wild Bikini. Paperback Romance
A personal chef working for a magazine editor joins a knitting group at a Malibu beachfront store.

S.J. Rozan, The Shanghai Moon. Mystery
New York P.I. Lydia Chin is hired to track down stolen jewelry belonging to a woman who escaped Nazi Austria and fled to Shanghai.

Maggie Sefton, Knit One, Kill Two. Paperback Mystery
A woman who returns to Colorado for her aunt’s funeral suspects foul play and investigates with the help of a knitting circle. First in a series.

Brenda Vantrease, The Illuminator.
In 14th century England, a widow trying to protect her home and sons from the demands of the King and the Church takes in an illuminator as a lodger.

Lea Wait, Shadows at the Fair. Mystery
An antique prints dealer assists police at the Spring Antique Fair after several fellow dealers die in suspicious ways. First in a series.