Amy Stewart Books in Order

In this memoir, Stewart and her husband leave Texas for a rented bungalow in Santa Cruz and try to build a first garden from scratch. It's funny, practical, and full of small disasters that turn into hard-won lessons.

Stewart makes a strong case for the humble earthworm, showing how it shapes soil, compost, and the wider ecosystem. It's natural history made approachable, with science, gardening, and plenty of enthusiasm.

A bouquet turns into an investigation as Stewart follows flowers from lab and greenhouse to farm, florist, and supermarket. She uncovers the beauty, technology, and uneasy trade-offs behind the modern flower business.

In a near future where ebooks have nearly wiped out print, Lewis Hartman inherits one of the last surviving bookstores in Eureka, California. This sly novella mixes bookish satire, small-town weirdness, and a secret business keeping the shop alive.

This wickedly entertaining A to Z collects poisonous, invasive, intoxicating, and outright murderous plants from around the world. Stewart pairs botanical facts with dark little histories that make the garden feel far less innocent.

From plague-spreading fleas to crop-destroying beetles, Stewart surveys the bugs and crawlers that have changed human history. It's creepy, funny, and packed with short, memorable stories about six- and eight-legged troublemakers.

A lively tour of the plants behind beer, wine, and spirits, from agave and barley to herbs, fruits, and fungi. Stewart blends botany, history, and drink recipes into a book that's as curious as it is useful.

After a violent clash with a powerful silk mill owner, Constance Kopp and her sisters refuse to be bullied into silence. Based on a true story, the novel follows Constance as she steps into danger, headlines, and detective work.

Now a deputy sheriff, Constance Kopp is sent after a slippery con man and quickly finds herself handling far messier cases. New York and New Jersey become her beat as she fights to prove she belongs on the job.

As guest editor, Stewart gathers sharp, readable essays on science and nature from across one remarkable year. The collection ranges widely, but every piece aims to turn research and reporting into a strong story.

Forty dangerous plants get the coloring-book treatment in this macabre companion to Wicked Plants. Vintage-style illustrations come with short notes on each botanical villain, from toxic seeds to invasive vines.

Constance is appalled by the young women jailed on vague charges of immorality, and she starts pushing back. As she tries to help girls with few protections, Fleurette's choices force her to question her own rules.

A routine transport to an asylum goes badly wrong, and Constance spots a deeper injustice behind it. With election-season politics swirling, one misstep could cost her badge and the sheriff who trusted her.

In 1917, the sisters leave New Jersey for a women's military training camp as the country edges toward war. When trouble erupts at Camp Chevy Chase, Constance is pushed into leadership and a new mystery.

Told through letters, this wartime installment scatters the sisters across America and France. Constance hunts suspected saboteurs, Fleurette entertains troops, and Norma stumbles into a theft case at a field hospital.

Back home after the war, the sisters face money worries and a newly widowed relative to support. Fleurette's risky work posing as the other woman in divorce cases leads her straight to a much larger crime.

Stewart profiles fifty people whose passion for trees has shaped their lives in unexpected ways. Part portrait collection, part meditation on obsession and community, the book is warm, curious, and lightly illustrated.