Flower Power

Give yourself flowers with these books about blooms and blossoms of all kinds. Plant a seed, read!


Updated May 3, 2026
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Needle lace flowers
Cakir, Figen.
Paper Book
An introduction to the traditional Turkish needlecraft of Oya Clear, step-by-step instructions for making more than 25 needle lace flowers: daffodils, daisies, roses, lilies, chrysanthemums, poinsettias, and more Includes beautiful projects, such as a lace-edge shawl and a...
Chamomile mourning
Childs, Laura.
Paper Book
Fraud, forgery, and a potential murder threaten to spoil the Charleston arts scene in this New York Times bestselling cozy mystery series. Charleston, South Carolina, is alive with music, dancing, and the arts as the Spoleto festival gets underway. But Indigo Tea Shop...
Alice's tulips
Dallas, Sandra.
Paper Book
Rich in details of quilting, Civil War-era America, and the realities of life in the 19th century, Alice's Tulips is the triumphant story of one woman's survival during a time of murder, intrigue, and treachery.
The blue flower
Fitzgerald, Penelope.
Paper Book
Highly acclaimed British writer Penelope Fitzgerald proves her gifted nature as a novelist in The Blue Flower, a cleverly written, endearing, witty, novel following the life of one extraordinary poet. Set in the age of Goethe, in the small towns and great universities of late-eighteenth-century...
Secrets of the tulip sisters
Mallery, Susan
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller! Told with Susan Mallery's trademark heart and humor, this is a charming tale about the problem with secrets, the power of love and the unbreakable bond between sisters. Kelly Murphy's life as a tulip farmer is pretty...
The modern flower painter : creating vibrant botanical portraits in watercolour
Mason, Anna
Paper Book
Learn how to paint botanical watercolor flowers using an award-winning artist's 6-stage technique in this workbook featuring 6 step-by-step projects!   Award-winning floral artist Anna Mason shares her innovative watercolor technique so that you can paint botanical watercolor...
Poison flower : a Jane Whitefield novel
Perry, Thomas
Paper Book
Poison Flower, the seventh novel in Thomas Perry's celebrated Jane Whitefield series, opens as Jane spirits James Shelby, a man unjustly convicted of his wife's murder, out of the heavily guarded criminal court building in downtown Los Angeles. But the price of Shelby's freedom is high....
Within a budding grove
Proust, Marcel
Paper Book
First published in 1919, Within a Budding Grove was awarded the Prix Goncourt, bringing the author immediate fame. In this second volume of In Search of Lost Time, the narrator turns from the childhood reminiscences of Swann's Way to memories of his adolescence. Having gradually...
The rose garden
Rees, Tracy
Paper Book
Spellbinding historical fiction from the acclaimed author of Amy Snow, spanning the luxury and poverty of Victorian England. Perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley, Rachel Hore, and Tracy Chevalier.1895. Hampstead, London.Olive Westallen lives a privileged, if rather lonely, life in her...
The meaning of flowers
Scoble, Gretchen.
Paper Book
Should you send a rose of crimson or of white to the one you love? What gift of flowers best expresses thanks to a dear friend? From ancient days, long before words complicated what we say to one another, flowers have been our messengers, invested with our most cherished feelings. Illustrated...
Snow flower and the secret fan : a novel
See, Lisa.
Paper Book
Lily is haunted by memories-of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness. In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound...
All the flowers kneeling
Tran, Paul, (Poet)
Paper Book
Finalist for the 2023 PEN Open Book Award and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Pick  Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker  "Paul Tran's debut collection of poems is indelible, this remarkable voice...

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