The Vampire Knitting Club Reading Order

About the series

The Vampire Knitting Club series by Nancy Warren is a cozy paranormal mystery that blends charming Oxford vibes, lovable vampires, and clever whodunits. It's perfect for readers who enjoy humor and heart, with no bad language, swearing or gore.

There are 15 books in the series, plus a prequel and a holiday novella. We also have boxed sets, bundles, large prints, and themed merchandise available!

If you read in German, French or Italian we also have translations available.

Do I have to read the books in order?

It's nicer that way! The books themselves are standalone novels, but there’s a story arc with Lucy gaining strength in her magic and developing relationships with other characters so it's best to read them in order if possible.

This is the reading order:

Prequel: Tangles and Treason

In Elizabethan Oxford, Sir Rafe Crosyer is on a secret mission for the queen. He also wants to secure Constance's hand in marriage, not only for love but for her safety, for there are rumours afloat that Constance is a witch. But when he is attacked and left for dead, not only is his love in terrible danger, but also his queen. Unless he takes an unthinkable step...

Also available for free in ebook form.

Tangles and Treason
The Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren

Book 1: The Vampire Knitting Club

Vampires who knit

A troublemaking witch

Who killed Granny — and is she really dead?

The Vampire Knitting Club
Stitches and Witches by Nancy Warren

Book 2: Stitches and Witches

Dropping stitches and catching killers

When an older gentleman keels over in his scones and tea at the Elderflower Tea Shop in Oxford—a victim of poison—Lucy Swift and her band of undead amateur detectives are on the case.

Stitches and Witches
Crochet and Cauldrons by Nancy Warren

Book 3: Crochet and Cauldrons

Lucy's archaeologist parents are coming to visit and bringing her a gift she could do without.

At least Lucy's finally hired the perfect assistant, a real demon with the crochet hook. Or is she too perfect?

Crochet and Cauldrons
Stockings and Spells by Nancy Warren

Book 4: Stockings and Spells

A holiday market with crafts, toys, hot chocolate and a killer!

As well as solving a murder, Lucy’s working hard at her spell book, learning to be a witch, with the help of her black cat familiar and her new assistant, a three thousand year old Egyptian witch.

Stockings and Spells
Purls and Potions by Nancy Warren

Book 5: Purls and Potions

Lucy’s first love potion goes horribly wrong

Romances get tangled

But worse, someone dies!

Purls and Potions
Fair Isles and Fortunes by Nancy Warren

Book 6: Fair Isle and Fortunes

What if the fortune teller at the local village fair is a witch? And all her fortunes come true—even when she foresees a death…

Fair Isle and Fortunes
Lace and Lies by Nancy Warren

Book 7: Lace and Lies

Cardinal Woolsey’s Yarn Shop has been chosen to appear on TV. Great publicity! Until a murder stops the cameras…

Lace and Lies
Bobbles and Broomsticks by Nancy Warren

Book 8: Bobbles and Broomsticks

When an ancient beam falls on one of the guests at Charlie and Alice’s wedding rehearsal, it looks like the work of the death watch beetle, an insect that eats old timbers. But fledgling witch Lucy and the vampire knitting club aren’t so sure. Could there be a murderer casting blame on the wood-chomping insects?

Bobbles and Broomsticks
Cats Paws and Curses by Nancy Warren

Book 8.5: Cat’s Paws and Curses

When Lucy organizes a holiday knitting circle, it's good fun, Until someone's murdered...

This is a shorter holiday whodunnit. It was previously published in the collection, Six Merry Little Murders.

Cat’s Paws and Curses
Popcorns and Poltergeists by Nancy Warren

Book 9: Popcorn and Poltergeists

When an Oxford caretaker is killed by a fall down the library stairs, and a professor attacked, rumors fly that it’s the work of a poltergeist.

Is the poltergeist furious enough to kill? Or is there something else the tantrum-throwing spirit is trying to tell them?

Popcorn and Poltergeists
Garters and Gargoyles by Nancy Warren

Book 10: Garters and Gargoyles

The Gargoyle Club is a secret society in Oxford’s Cardinal College, where privileged young men from important families get drunk and rowdy and cause trouble.

When someone dies during a club dinner it looks like more than boys behaving badly. It’s up to Lucy and her undead knitters to solve the crime.

Garters and Gargoyles

Book 11: Diamonds and Daggers

Missing jewels, a witch's dagger and murder…

Just a regular day at Cardinal Woolsey's Knitting and Yarn shop in Oxford.

Diamonds and Daggers
Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren

Book 12: Herringbones and Hexes

Life at Cardinal Woolsey’s knitting and yarn shop is about as smooth as shop owner Lucy’s knitting. In other words, lumpy, tangled and prone to disaster. Much like her spell-casting. But things get worse when her cousin and shop assistant Violet shows alarming symptoms of a hex. Who would do such a thing? Was it the guy from Witch Date she blew off? Or is Lucy the real target?

Herringbones and Hexes
Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren

Book 13: Ribbing and Runes

Can a secret runic message lead to murder?

As Lucy and Rafe plan their wedding, everything’s under control. Or is it? Just as Lucy begins to believe there won’t be a hitch in their plans, she receives a curious wedding gift that leads to murder.

Ribbing and Runes
Mosaics and Magic by Nancy Warren

Book 14: Mosaics and Magic

When Lucy and Rafe are given a crystal ball as a wedding present, she’s shocked when it foretells doom. A terrible accident befalls one of their wedding guests, and as the evidence begins to unravel, it becomes clear this was no accident.

Mosaics and Magic
Cables and Conjurers by Nancy Warren

Book 15: Cables and Conjurers

When Lucy attends a marketing course in Oxford, someone is weaving a deceptive web that leaves her second-guessing her senses. It's all fun and games until a corpse appears in her dormitory, silent and still—definitely not an illusion.

Cables and Conjurers

Did you know we have a Vampire Knitting Club FAQs page?

Nancy has answered all your frequently asked questions here: