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Herbal Fiction

Do you like your fiction with some herbal lore? Looking for a character who can cure anything with the right plant?

Arapahoe Libraries

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  • Gregory's newest features a poor herbalist, not the royals who dominated her other books.
    BookNew York : Atria Books, 2019. — GREGORY
  • Claire's love of plants, gardening and healing works through the centuries!
    BookNew York : Delacorte Press, c2011. — GABALDON
  • Lavender Lies

    a China Bayles Mystery

    Albert, Susan Wittig
    Not all herbalist were in medieval times! China Bayles left life as a city lawyer to move to run an herb shop in a small town. She has solved plenty of crimes in this 28 book series as well.
    eBookNew York : Berkley Prime Crime, 1999. — Overdrive eBook
  • Will an herbalist help heal a traumatized boy or is she further proof that he is cursed?
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. — KENT
  • A young adult gem about a girl learning medieval midwifery.
    eBookNew York : Clarion Books, ©1995. — Overdrive eBook
  • A healer attempts to save her village from the plague; from an award-winning author
    BookNew York : Penguin Books, 2002. — BROOKS
  • More focused on cooking than healing, but herbs galore! Mystery and intrigue abound as well .
    BookNew York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2015. — BAILEY
  • Lilian takes over her father's shop despite women being banned from work as apothecaries.
    eBookMinneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House, c2008. — Overdrive eBook
  • A Morbid Taste for Bones

    the First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury

    Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995,
    Brother Cadfael solves mysteries and is a talented herbalist in this 21 book series.
    eBookNew York, NY : MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Integrated Media, 2014. — Overdrive eBook