The following books on African violets and other gesneriads are listed in alphabetical order base on the author’s last name and was compiled by Nancy Robitaille.
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AFRICAN VIOLETS
By Robert Atkinson 

GROWING TO SHOW: HOW TO GROW PRIZE WINNING AFRICAN VIOLETS
Publisher, AV Enterprise Press; revised edition 1987
By Pauline Bartholomew
AFRICAN VIOLETS: A SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM OF HOME CULTURE
By Kenneth Bowman 

HOW TO GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS

By Clark 
THE AFRICAN VIOLET HANDBOOK, 1988 Second Edition; 2003
Publishers, David and Charles
By Tony Clements
COMPLETE AFRICAN VIOLET HANDBOOK
By Tony Clements
AFRICAN VIOLETS
Publishers, David and Charles; 1992
By Tony Clements
AFRICAN VIOLETS: A GUIDE FOR AUSTRALIANS
Publisher, Golden Press
By Ronald Cole 
AFRICAN VIOLETS AND OTHER GESNERIADS
Melbourne, Lothian Publishing
By Sidney Crawcourt  and Harry Jackson 
INSECT AND MITE PESTS OF THE AFRICAN VIOLET
By Charles L. Cole, Ph.D.
AFRICAN VIOLETS AND OTHER GESNERIAD FOR MODERN LIVING
Publishers, E.P. Dutton, 1978
By M. Jane Coleman.Helmer
GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS
Publisher, Seven Hills Book Distributors, 1993
By Ruth Coulson
GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS AND SOME OTHER FLOWERING HOUSE PLANTS  Publishers, Kangaroo Press, 1986, revised 1993
By Ruth Coulson

HOW I GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS

Publishers, International Specialized Book Services, 1983
By Ednah Daw
AFRICAN VIOLETS: A DELIGHTFUL HOBBY
Third Issue, 1979
By Win Duncan 

AFRICAN VIOLETS FOR PLEASURE

By Nancy Ewart
THE MIRACLE HOUSEPLANTS-AFRICAN VIOLETS AND OTHER EASY-TO-BLOOM PLANTS IN THE GESNERIAD FAMILY
Publishers, Crown Publishing Group, 1986
By Virginie F. And George A. Elbert

GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS

By Charles Fisher 
ALL ABOUT AFRICAN VIOLETS: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SUCCESS WITH SAINTPAULIAS
Publishers, Doubleday; revised edition, 1979 
By Montague Free 

AFRICAN VIOLETS  THE COMPLETE GUIDE

Publisher, Crowood Press, 1998 
By Gwen Goodship and Joan Hill, 
AFRICAN VIOLETS FROM MOTHER NATURE
Publisher, Glick Publishing Inc., 1978
By James D. Glick

GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

By Joan Halford
HOW TO GROW AND BLOOM AFRICAN VIOLETS AT HOME
Publisher, Green Thumb
By J. Lawrence Heinl

AFRICAN VIOLETS: THEIR CARE AND CULTURE

Publisher, Mitcham-Saturn Press 
By M.E. Jones,
HOW TO SELECT AND GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS AN OTHER GESNERIADSPublishers, H.P. Books, 1983
By Theodore James, Jr.
THEONEX AFRICAN VIOLET BOOK
Publisher, Hydroponics Chem. Co. 
By Esther C. Grayson 

PLANTS UNDER LIGHTS: HOW TO GROW AND SHOW PLANTS IN
ATTRACTIVE INTO INDOOR GARDENS ANYWHERE IN YOUR HOME
By Jack Kramer 
HOW TO GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS
Publisher, Lane Books, 1971
By Jack Kramer 

AN EASY GUIDE TO AFRICAN VIOLETS

By William Meachem
HOW TO KNOW AND GROW GESNERIADS
By Florence K. Messick 
GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS IN THE HOME
Publisher, W. Collingridge of London, 1958
By Muriel Milostead
AFRICAN VIOLETS, GLOXINIAS AND THEIR RELATIVES
By Harold E. Moore, Jr.
FLORAL DESIGN CONCEPTS WITH AFRICAN VIOLETS AND OTHER
GESNERIADS
Publishers, Tri Color Printers, 1985
By Ruth Jo McCoy
AFRICAN VIOLETS
By G. Morf
A HANDBOOK FOR AFRICAN VIOLET GROWERS
By Mary Margret Odem

AFRICAN VIOLETS AND FLOWERING HOUSEPLANTS

By Powell 

SUCCESS WITH AFRICAN VIOLETS

By Thomas Rochford
AFRICAN VIOLETS: GIFTS FROM NATURE
Publisher, Cornwall Books, 1988
By Melvin J. Robey
(Note: this book to be re-published as a series of three books)
AFRICAN VIOLETS: QUEEN OF THE INDOOR GARDENING KINGDOM
Publisher, A.S. Barnes and Co., 1980
By Melvin J. Robey
AFRICAN VIOLETS: BACK TO BASICS Your Questions Answered
Publisher, AuthorHouse, 2006
By Melvin J. Robey.
INSECTS, PESTS AND DISEASES OF THE AFRICAN VIOLET FAMILY
Publisher, Green Thumb Press
By Nancy Robitaille
AFRICAN VIOLETS & RELATED PLANTS
Publisher, The Royal Horticultural Society
HOW TO GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS
Publisher, Sunset Books, 1969
 By Carolyn Rector

GLOXINIAS AND HOW TO GROW THEM

Publisher, M. Barrows and Co., 1965
By Peggie Schulz
GESNERIADS AND HOW TO GROW THEM
Publishers, Diversity Books, Book Club Edition, 1967
Edited by Peggie Schulz,
COLORFUL WORLD OF AFRICAN VIOLETS
Publishers, Sunflower Books, 1988
By A.G. W. Simpson
AFRICAN VIOLETS AND COLORFUL KIN
Murray Book Dist., 1978
By A.G.W. Simpson

OUR AFRICAN VIOLET HERITAGE

By Anne Tinari

AFRICAN VIOLETS AND RELATED PLANTS
Publisher, Cassell Academic Ind., (Wisley Series);  1991
By Bill Wall
MODERN GUIDE TO HOUSE PLANTS WITH SPECIAL SECTIONS ON AFRICAN VIOLETS AND TERRARIUMS
By Ann Warren
THE AFRICAN VIOLET STORY AND THE EXOTIC NEW EPISCIA
By F.E. Wentink
1001 QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY TWELVE EXPERTS
Van Norstrand  Publishing, 1958
Editor: Helen Van Pelt Wilson,
THE NEW COMPLETE BOOK OF AFRICAN VIOLETS
Published 1963
By Helen Van Pelt Wilson
HELEN VAN PELT WILSONS AFRICAN VIOLET BOOK
Publisher, Olympic Marketing Corp,, 1970
By Helen Van Pelt Wilson
THE AFRICAN VIOLETSAINTPAULIA
Publisher, M. Barrows and Co., 1949
By Helen Van Pelt Wilson
THE AFRICAN VIOLET
By Helen Van Pelt Wilson
AFRICAN VIOLET AND GESNERIAD QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY 20 EXPERTS
Van Norstrand  Publishing, 1966 (May be the same book as 1001 Questions Answered)
By Helen Van Pelt Wilson
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF AFRICAN VIOLETS
By Helen Van Pelt Wilson
FLOWER ARRANGEMENT DESIGNS FOR TODAY
By Helen Van Pelt Wilson
THE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT CALENDAR 1947-1967
By Helen Van Pelt Wilson
THE JOY OF FLOWER ARRANGING: NEW ERA MODERN GUIDE TO HOUSEPLANTS WITH SPECIAL SECTIONS ON AFRICAN VIOLETS AND TERRARIUMS
Publisher, Connecticut New Era, 1961
By Helen Van Pelt Wilson

REVISION OF TRICHANTHA (GESNERIACEAE),
1963
Numerous Contributors
AFRICAN VIOLETS: RAISING AND BLOOMING THEM SUCCESSFULLY
Published 1984
By (Author not known at this time)
AFRICAN VIOLETS AND THEIR RELATIVES
Publisher, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, 1984
By staff
THE AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY OF AMERICA HANDBOOK FOR GROWERS, EXHIBITORS, AND JUDGES
Published by the African Violet Society of America
AFRICAN VIOLETS
Countryside Books, 1976
GESNERIADS AND HOW TO GROW THEM
Published, 1967
GESNERIADS OF BRAZIL
(Pictorial book about Gesneriads in Brazil. No writing except a preface in English and Portuguese.  A collector’s item)
HANDBOOK ON AFRICAN VIOLETS AND THEIR RELATIVES
Publisher, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, 1974
By staff
AFRICAN VIOLETS HOW TO GROW THEM
Publisher, Ortho Books
By Ortho staff
AFRICAN VIOLETS AND FLOWERING HOUSE PLANTS
Publisher, Ortho Books
By Ortho staff
ARRANGING AFRICAN VIOLETS FOR HOME DECORATION
Publisher, Hearthside Press, Inc., 1956
By Emily Stueber