The Book of Books
Uploaded 8/6/97
This document identifies and lists many different books that
can be used in a typical fantasy (AD&D) game setting. These
books can be used to flesh out a library, a wizard’s study, or
to give you adventure ideas. If you have any new ideas to
expand this listing, or if you create a more detailed
description of any of the books in this list, please send them
to me at theicemage@aol.com or brett_paul@qwest.net. Enjoy!
Table of contents
- Contributors
- Book Lists by Category
- Religion
- Geography
- Civic and Family
- Trade
- Cook books
- Scholarly Works
- Mythical/Legend books
- History books
- Local History
- Fiction
- Magical Theory and Research
- Ecology and Culture
- Mundane Works and Tomes
- Books Explained
- Other Considerations
- Library Rating
- Books whose contents are described
Book Lists by Category
In this list, an @ symbol indicates a book that has a
description in the following section.
Religion - Holy books, prophecies, religious histories, basic
religious study books, commentaries, rebuttals, devotions,
rites, music and song books.
- A Basic Guide to Unfulfilled Prophesies from the reign of
Edifus II
- Canticle of the Blinding Light
- The Daily Devotions of
- The Doomsday Book
- How to make a pilgrimage
- Prophecies For Today
- Religious Fiction
- The Teachings of
- Travels of the Far Wanderer
- Treatise on the Practices of Hidden Ones (Bishop Imphalas
of Furyondy)
- The Witnessed Miracles of
Geography - maps, geographic surveys, explanations of
hazards of particular areas, etc.
- Flann-aerich'nyt
- The True Relation of the Nyr Dyv and the Lands Surrounding
(Norfil van Defflitter)
Civic and family - Histories, laws and regulations,
birth/death/marriage/etc. records, tax records, court
proceedings, statistics, notes of lineage of royal families,
diaries, family histories, journals.
- Annals of the Family Vordav
- The Death-Code of Eeas
- @An Insider’s Guide to Bureaucracy in
- @The Lothian Book of Lothian Nobles
- @The Complete Book of Albiene Lords (3 small books)
Trade - Books on the various proficiencies, bookbinding,
medical, anatomy, smithing, etc. Note that cook books are in a
separate category
- An Authoritative Guide to Appropriate Application of Humor
- @The Complete Apprentice by Archmage Elgar (book one in
series)
- Components and Reactions of Phosphorus (Daern)
- Cosmogony of Magnetic Fluids (Mordenkainen)
- @Dwarven book of engineering
- Eyes, Vision and Arcane Sight (Alphon)
- Herbal Lore I: Cure the flu
- Herbal Lore II: Rashes and their cures
- Herbal Lore III: Curing insomnia
- Herbal Lore VI: Antidotes
- Herbal Lore VII: Poisons
- How to tame a horse
- How to wield a Sword
- Manners
- Mining Techniques
- Proper Organization of a Noble's Luggage
- Prophetic Skies (Selvor the Younger)
- @Rabin’s Guide to Gems
- Rules of Goode Writinge
- Seven Skies of the Universe (Casimur)
- Sulfur, Influence and Actions (Arbane)
- Tailoring in the Mid-eastern styles.
- Teach yourself Massage
- Theories on Perception (Kuroth)
- Weather Prediction through use of Small Rocks
Cook books
- @The Brewing of Cortanethic Ale by
- Cooking with Saffron
- @The Delightful World of Mushrooms by Arch-Druid Coranthus
- How to make a good stew
- Kielman's Book of Brandish cooking
- Omelets with dragon eggs
Scholarly Works
- 101 uses for a dead Peasant
- The Book of Stone
- Court Practices in the Court of Blessed Empress Marsias
- The Dragon-Scale Tome (Timonas of Jalpa)
- Favorite Foods of King Johannas IV
- Gnomicspheris
- Migratory Patterns of the Magic Poor Adventurer
- @Poetry and Prose of the Locathah
- The Role of the Peasant in the Society of the Future
Mythical/Legend books - specific legends, stories, fairy
tales, etc. about legendary weapons or items, their properties,
dangers about the item and so on. Also used for reference by
dragon slayers for researching the weaknesses of
divine/infernal/mythical monsters, often "named" monsters.
- The Chronicle of Secret Times (Uhas of House Neheli)
- @The Dragon Aernigawog and the Black Knight by
- Epic Saga of Great Conjurers (Falsely attributed to
Mordenkainen)
- @The Handmaiden and the Horned King by (propaganda)
- The Harrowing of Ironnose (Epic Poem)
- A History (Coerlan Attlander)
- An Honest Traveler's Strange Tales of the South (L. Marquel)
- @Inventions of the Albiene Empire (two books)
- @King Hypan and the Establishment of the Sulanese Empire
(four books)
- Legendary Phantoms and Ghosts (Evard)
- @Legends of the Fae Creatures
- @Legends of the Night
- @Lord Vanheileps circle of Five (three books)
- The Poems of Thalac Jiwo (Thalac the Sighted)
History books - similar to mythical and legend books, these
may have useful information about specific locations or
creatures.
- @The Events Leading to the Fall of the Sulanese Empire
- @The History of Cronenwald Castle
- @A History of the Emela Speaking People Volumes I - V
- The Official History (Uhas of House Neheli)
- True Account of the Great Almorian Campaign (Five Volumes,
Mage Threndus)
Local History
- The History of the Maure Lands
- House Lorinar: A Chronicle
Fiction
- Amorous Adventures of Amanda Adaire
- A Brief Treatise on Truth in Politics
- The Civic Duties of the Self Sufficient Serf
- Collected Tales, by Deelan Hulthard
- The Complete Works of Dinaras Ribaa, Seer
- @The Glowing in the Night by (pornographic)
- How the North was Won
- The Life of the Gentleman Adventurer
- Romeo and Juliet
- Stranded: Misadventures on Isle Gilligana
- The Way It Really Happened
Magical Theory and Research - books and treatises (remember
scrolls, clay tablets, magical stone slabs with illusory
writing and everything) containing information about spells,
research of spells, information about magic-related
proficiencies, creation of magical items or objects, and the
like.
- The A-Z textbook for creation of magical scrolls
- Arcane Manipulations of the Entourage (Otto)
- Arcane Puissance of Memory (Rary)
- Ancient Cryptomancy (Phandal)
- @The Art and the Invocation by Grothanla the White
- Art of Communications and Sigils (Flamsterd)
- Cantrip Cooking: 101 cantrips to liven up your meal
- @Cause and Effect: A Guide to Effective Magic Use for
Mundanes
- The Compendium of Curses and Hexes
- @The Complete Laboratory by Elgar
- @The Creation and Controllation of Constructs of the Art
by
- Curative Music (Otto)
- Dark Sides of the Memory (Mordenkainen)
- Demonology of the Savant (Iquander)
- @Detection and Manipulation of Objects at a Distance
- Doors and Passages of Arcane Worlds (Lethchauntos)
- The Effects of Magic on Reality, by Corak the Mysterious
- Enchanting Items in Three Easy Lessons, by Tim
- Encyclopedia of the Non-Substances (Asimak)
- Evolution of the Arcane Willpower (Tenser)
- Extreme Powers of Observation (Kwalish)
- The Forgotten Arts of Oratory Magnetism (Leomund)
- The Greater gesticulations of geomancy.
- Imaginary Landscapes
- Inexplicable Reflections (Bucknard)
- Iron Golems: Construction methods
- @Levius Levitha by Ssorthanor the Great
- Libram of the Great Paravisual Emanations (Nystul)
- Lore of Subtle Communication (Tasha)
- The Mage's Almanac
- Magical Potions: Economic ways to mass produce
- The Magical Properties of Gemstones (Tenser)
- The Magical Properties of Herbs and Flowers (Tenser)
- Magical Rods and their construction
- Manual Powers Beyond the Life (Bigby)
- The Metaphysics of Mathematics (Nystul)
- The Multiple Applications of Perceptomancy (Laeral)
- Occult Magnetism (Nolzur)
- On Fiends (Selkoloth of Rauxes)
- @The Power of Directed Magic
- Repertoire of Illustrious Conjurations (Drawmij)
- Rocks and Crystals in Practical use at home
- Rocks and Crystals used in magic experiments
- Spherogenesis of the Universes (Otiluke)
- Subconscious Repercussions of Pyromancy (Quall)
- Tenser's Book of Fundamental Formulae
- @Techniques for Animating the Dead, volume 1-4
- Thesis on Conditional Ruptures (Archveult)
- Thesis on the Planes of Anti-Matter (Leomund)
- Theories on Converging Transitions (Lhegrand)
- Theory of the Invisible Forces (Tenser)
- The Transcendental Impenetrabilities (Leomund)
- @A Treatise on the Magical and Alternative Healing Arts
- @Uses of Gemstones in Magic by Miars Elpook
- @Your Mind is Your Home by V'chak the Blue (psionics)
Ecology and culture books - books about particular creatures
or areas (see also "Ecology of…" in Dragon magazine or the
ecology entries in the Monstrous Compendium, et. Al.)
- The Beasts of Humanity
- Book of Birds
- Book of Birds II
- Book of Common Creatures
- The Book of Elvenkind
- Common signs of a Vampire
- Creatures of the Desert
- Creatures of the Sea
- Do dragons exist?
- Dwarven Culture
- Ecology of green dragons
- @Encyclopedia Naturalica by The Order of the Golden Candle
- The History of Halflings
- @The Life and Death of the Buzzing Raptor by Jormindus the
Earthy One
- Life of Nature, Its Secrets (Caligarde)
- Studies of Barbarian Culture
- The Undead Compendium
- The Truth about Dwarves and Sexuality
- Unicorns: Fact or fiction?
- What was that mushroom I ate, anyway? (incomprehensible,
mostly pictures)
Mundane Works and Tomes - books about non-magical subjects,
often penned by mages, scholars and priests, as they are
usually the most knowledgeable about these subjects.
- Construction of Stonehenge. Theories about purpose
- Dictionary of High Common Terms
- Games of Luck.
- Kings of the Isles. Small enclosed kingdom politics.
- Managing Feudal Estates
