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.
Book 1: The Vampire Knitting Club
Vampires who knit
A troublemaking witch
Who killed Granny — and is she really dead?
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.
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?
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.
Book 5: Purls and Potions
Lucy’s first love potion goes horribly wrong
Romances get tangled
But worse, someone dies!
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…
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…
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?
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Save on the series with a bundle or boxed set:
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Vampire Knitting Club books 1-5 BOXED SET
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Vampire Knitting Club books 6-10 BOXED SET
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Vampire Knitting Club books 11-15 BOXED SET
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