| These are the most common books and publications for hostas. I am placing links to amazon.com but with the isbn number or name you can find them offered at many other book stores. |
| The Hosta Finder or The Silver Book Steve Greene |
| The Genus Hosta: Giboshi Zoku ISBN: 0881922013 |
| The Hosta Book ISBN: 0881922609 |
| The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hostas ISBN: 0881923559 |
| This is Gardening: Hostas ISBN: 097056161X |
| The Hosta Handbook ISBN: 0967944007 |
| Hostas (Foliage Plants in Garden Design) by Sandra Bond |
| 1 | Grenfell, Diana | The Color Encyclopedia of Hostas | Timber Press | 0-88192-618-3 | 2004 |
| 2 | Grenfell, Diana | Pocket Guide to Hostas | Timber Press | 0-88192-847-1 | 2007 |
| 3 | Grenfell, Diana | The Gardiners Guide to Growing Hostas | Timber Press | 0 7153 1277 4 | 1996 |
| 4 | Grenfell, Diana | Hosta the flowering foliage plant | B.T. Batsford Ltd. London | 0-7134-5072-X | 1990 |
| 5 | Grenfell, Diana | Hostas | Royal Horticultural Society | 978-1-84533-382-9 | 2003 |
| 6 | Grenfell, Diana | The New Color Encyclopedia of Hostas | Timber Press | 978-0-88192-960-7 | 2009 |
| 7 | Zillis, Mark | The Hosta Handbook | Q & Z Nursery, Inc. | 0-0679440-0-7 | 2000 |
| 8 | Zillis, Mark | The Hostapedia | Q & Z Nursery, Inc. | 978-0-9679440-1-2 | 2009 |
| 9 | Mikolajski, Andrew | Hostas | Aura Books plc | 0 94779333 X | 1997 |
| 10 | Mikolajski, Andrew | Hostas | Southwater | 978-1-78019-238-3 | 2013 |
| 11 | Aden, Paul | The Hosta Handbook | Timber Press | 0-88192-087-8 | 1988 |
| 12 | Bond, Sandra | Hosta | Bernhard Thalacker Verlag, Braunschweig | 3-87815-054-7 | 1993 |
| 13 | Schmid, W. George | The Genus Hosta | Timber Press | 0 7134 7098 4 | 1991 |
| 14 written in German | Köhlein, Fritz | Hosta (Funkien) | Ulmer | 3-8001-6513-9 | 1993 |
| 15 | Barrett, Rosemary | hostas | Firefly Books Ltd. | 1-55297-886-9 | 2004 |
| 16 written in French | Millette, Réjean D. | Les Hostas | Les éditions de l'homme | 2-7619-1774-X | 2003 |
| 17 | Ford, Richard | Hostas - an essential guide | The Crowood Press Ltd. | 978-1-84797-218-7 | 2010 |
| 18 | Shadrack, M. & K. | The book of the little hostas | Timber Press | 978-1-60469-060-6 | 2010 |
| 19 written in French | Jane Phillips; Michael Shadrack | Les Hostas | Estudios Graficos Zure sa., Bilbao | 2-9527468-0-X | 2006 |
| 20 written in French | Millette, Réjean D. | Les Hostas (Réussir la culture) | Les Editions de Sommets.Inc | 978-2-89696-039-2 | 2013 |
| 21 | Zilis, Mark | Field Guide to Hostas | 978-0-9679440-2-9 | 2014 |