Book

Books are items obtained in quests and elsewhere in RuneScape.

Books in bookcase
Bookcases are built in the Parlour, Quest Hall, or Study of a player-owned house. All of the bookcases can store the same books. Bookcases have the ability to save bank space because they can store most books from previously completed quests and other miscellaneous books. Exceptions are listed below.

Players only have these books if obtained during the game. Books are in the following order when searching the bookcase:
 * Guide to Construction - Construction guide
 * Party Pete's Bumper Book of Games - Game book
 * RuneScape Account Security - Security book
 * Stronghold of Security - Notes - Stronghold notes


 * Abyssal Research Notes - Abyssal book
 * Gianne's Cook Book
 * The Blurberry Cocktail Guide
 * Queen Help (from Barbarian Assault)


 * Witch's Diary
 * Dwarf Multicannon Manual - Instruction manual
 * Chemistry book from the Dig Site library - Book on chemicals
 * Book of the Elemental Shield - Battered book


 * Notes from Varmen's expedition to Uzer - The Ruins of Uzer
 * A History of the Goblin Race - Goblin symbol book
 * Four Diamonds translation - Translation Primer
 * Gnome-English Translation Dictionary - Translation book


 * Glough's Journal
 * Jossik's Diary (from the Lighthouse)
 * Ancient Diary (from the Lighthourse)
 * Lighthouse Manual


 * Shaman's Tome
 * Book of Binding - Binding book
 * Managing Thine Kingdom for Noobes - Ghrim's book
 * Astronomy Book


 * The Journal of Randas - Old journal
 * The Tale of Iban - History of Iban
 * Big Book of o' Bangs
 * The Cadarn Linage


 * Crystal Singing for Beginners - Crystal of seren
 * Diary of Herbi Flax
 * The Shield of Arrav
 * Tourist Guide to Ardougne - Guide book


 * Book on Baxtorian (The Missing Relics)
 * The Arzinian Being of Bordanzan - Dwarven lore
 * The Little Book of Embalming - Embalming manual
 * The Confessions of Ellemar - Demonic tome


 * Legend of the Brothers - Crumbling tome
 * The Ratpits Manual - Book
 * Journal of Nissyen Edern - Edern's journal
 * The Creation of Prifddinas - Prifddinas' history


 * The Exploration of the Eastern Realm - Eastern discovery
 * The Settlement of the East - Eastern settlement
 * The Great Divide
 * Drozal's Journal - Journal examine - Somebody's private journal. Making History quest


 * Basics of Magic (from Lunar Isle) - Moonclan manual
 * Dionysius: A Legend in His Own Lifetime - Herman's book
 * Pie Recipe Book
 * Book o' Piracy


 * Brewin' Guide
 * Armod's Burnt Diary
 * Magic Training Arena Lore Book - Arena book
 * Sin'keths journal - Sin'keth's diary


 * History of the Dagon'hai - Dagon'hai history
 * The Diary of Tarn Razorlor - Tarn's diary
 * William Oddity's Guide to the Avian - Bird book
 * Feathered Journal of Arthur Artimus - Feathered journal


 * Farmer Gricoller's Farming Manual
 * Prayer of Deliverance from Poisons - Prayer book
 * Book of the Elemental Helm - Beaten book
 * Crystal Singing for Beginners (trans. Oaknock) (Transcribed from the original Elvish by Oaknock the Engineer) - A handwritten book


 * Histories of Hallowland - Battered tome
 * Modern Day Morytania - Leather book
 * The Sleeping Seven - Ancient book
 * Clockwork Toys - A Clockwork Mechanism, Chapter 1.0 - Clockwork book


 * The Book of the Big High War God - Goblin book
 * Records from my discoveries beneath the lake - My notes
 * Glassblowing Book
 * Yewnock's notes on crystals


 * Finish (option to close dialogue box, not a book)

Books not in bookcase
Having these books in your inventory and using them on the bookcase gives this message: There doesn't seem to be space for that on the bookcase.


 * God books including Damaged books:
 * Book of balance
 * Holy book
 * Unholy book


 * Mage's book - reward from Mage Training Arena minigame


 * From Wise Old Man's bookshelves:
 * Book on chickens
 * Book of Folklore
 * Strange book


 * Slashed book - After quest it will be found in the same house south of the Elemental Workshop in Seers Village  A Battered book is also in the bookcase; use a knife on a Battered book to get a Slashed book. However, either book can be used in the Elemental Workshop to make a Elemental shield or Mind shield.


 * Books given as rewards:
 * Tome of xp - Darkness of Hallowvale reward. After the third reading: "The book crumbles into a dust cloud of knowledge."
 * Book of knowledge reward from the Surprise Exam! random event


 * Locked diary miniquest book after Back to my Roots quest; will not be available when miniquest finished.

Missing books

 * Quest books missing in bookcase:
 * AMCE Lift-In-A-Box User Manual - Lift manual - Royal Trouble quest. can still be found on table in dungeon
 * Journal (Filliman Tarlock) - Nature Spirit - obtained when searching grotto tree during quest; not available from tree after quest
 * Bolrie's Diary is attached to the lectern in Yewnock's machine room in the Gnome Village Dungeon - The Path of Glouphrie quest
 * Book of Portraiture, Necromancy book, and Book of 'h.a.m.' obtained from Sithik Ints's bedroom drawers in the Yanille guest house north of the bank as part of the Zogre Flesh Eaters quest; no longer available from there after the quest.
 * Book of Haricanto from Ghost Ahoy quest
 * Book on costumes from The Giant Dwarf
 * Silver book from Murder Mystery
 * Translation manual from Ghosts Ahoy quest
 * Other books
 * There are 2 stacks of books outside Nickolaus' tent in the Hunter Woodland area northwest of Eagles' Peak. Examine: These books stacked very neatly.
 * Flying books in the Mage Training Arena minigame.
 * The grim reaper's diary of 2007 Hallowe'en event - cannot be taken out of Grim Reaper's house while doing the event. When player completes the event, player cannot reenter the house.

RuneScape Knowledge Base
The Knowledge Base has additional books of "records of the histories of the great nations of RuneScape, the diaries of bold explorers, and fantastical tales spun in ages past." See Lores and Histories.