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 will contain the same books. Bookcases have the ability to save bank space, because they automatically store most books from previously completed quests and other miscellaneous books. There are some exceptions, and these are listed below.

Books are stored in the following order:
 * 1) * Guide to Construction - Construction guide
 * 2) * Party Pete's Bumper Book of Games - Game book
 * 3) * RuneScape Account Security - Security book
 * 4) * Stronghold of Security - Notes - Stronghold notes
 * 5) * Abyssal Research Notes - Abyssal book
 * 6) * Gianne's Cook Book
 * 7) * The Blurberry Cocktail Guide
 * 8) * Queen Help (from Barbarian Assault)
 * 9) * Witch's Diary
 * 10) * Dwarf Multicannon Manual - Instruction manual
 * 11) * Chemistry book from the Dig Site library - Book on chemicals
 * 12) * Book of the Elemental shield - Battered book
 * 13) * Notes from Varmen's expedition to Uzer - The Ruins of Uzer
 * 14) * A History of the Goblin Race - Goblin symbol book
 * 15) * Four Diamonds translation - Translation Primer
 * 16) * Gnome-English Translation Dictionary - Translation book
 * 17) * Glough's Journal
 * 18) * Jossik's Diary (from the Lighthouse)
 * 19) * Ancient Diary (from the Lighthourse)
 * 20) * Lighthouse Manual
 * 21) * Shaman's Tome
 * 22) * Book of Binding - Binding book
 * 23) * Managing Thine Kingdom for Noobes - Ghrim's book
 * 24) * Astronomy Book
 * 25) * The Journal of Randas - Old journal
 * 26) * The Tale of Iban - History of Iban
 * 27) * Big Book of o' Bangs
 * 28) * The Cadarn Linage
 * 29) * Crystal Singing for Beginners - Crystal of seren
 * 30) * Diary of Herbi Flax
 * 31) * The Shield of Arrav
 * 32) * Tourist Guide to Ardougne - Guide book
 * 33) * Book on Baxtorian (The Missing Relics)
 * 34) * The Arzinian Being of Bordanzan - Dwarven lore
 * 35) * The Little Book of Embalming - Embalming manual
 * 36) * The Confessions of Ellemar - Demonic tome
 * 37) * Legend of the Brothers - Crumbling tome
 * 38) * The Ratpits Manual - Book
 * 39) * Journal of Nissyen Edern - Edern's journal
 * 40) * The Creation of Prifddinas - Prifddinas' history
 * 41) * The Exploration of the Eastern Realm - Eastern discovery
 * 42) * The Settlement of the East - Eastern settlement
 * 43) * The Great Divide
 * 44) * Drozal's Journal - Journal examine - Somebody's private journal. Making History quest
 * 45) * Basics of Magic (from Lunar Isle) - Moonclan manual
 * 46) * Dionysius: A Legend in His Own Lifetime - Herman's book
 * 47) * Pie Recipe Book
 * 48) * Book o' Piracy
 * 49) * Brewin' Guide
 * 50) * Armod's Burnt Diary
 * 51) * Magic Training Arena Lore Book - Arena book
 * 52) * Sin'keths journal - Sin'keth's diary
 * 53) * History of the Dagon'hai - Dagon'hai history
 * 54) * The Diary of Tarn Razorlor - Tarn's diary
 * 55) * William Oddity's Guide to the Avian - Bird book
 * 56) * Feathered Journal of Arthur Artimus - Feathered journal
 * 57) * Farmer Gricoller's Farming Manual
 * 58) * Prayer of Deliverance from Poisons - Prayer book
 * 59) * Book of the Elemental helmet - Beaten book
 * 60) * Crystal Singing for Beginners (trans. Oaknock) (Transcribed from the original Elvish by Oaknock the Engineer) - A handwritten book
 * 61) * Histories of Hallowland - Battered tome
 * 62) * Modern Day Morytania - Leather book
 * 63) * The Sleeping Seven - Ancient book
 * 64) * Clockwork Toys - A Clockwork Mechanism, Chapter 1.0 - Clockwork book
 * 65) * The Book of the Big High War God - Goblin book
 * 66) * Records from my discoveries beneath the lake - My notes
 * 67) * Memoirs of a Dwarven Explorer - Explorer's notes
 * 68) * Glassblowing Book
 * 69) * Yewnock's notes on crystals
 * 70) * Archaeological exploration and the cult of Scabaras - Scabaras research
 * 71) * TzHaar Tourist Guide
 * 1) * Prayer of Deliverance from Poisons - Prayer book
 * 2) * Book of the Elemental helmet - Beaten book
 * 3) * Crystal Singing for Beginners (trans. Oaknock) (Transcribed from the original Elvish by Oaknock the Engineer) - A handwritten book
 * 4) * Histories of Hallowland - Battered tome
 * 5) * Modern Day Morytania - Leather book
 * 6) * The Sleeping Seven - Ancient book
 * 7) * Clockwork Toys - A Clockwork Mechanism, Chapter 1.0 - Clockwork book
 * 8) * The Book of the Big High War God - Goblin book
 * 9) * Records from my discoveries beneath the lake - My notes
 * 10) * Memoirs of a Dwarven Explorer - Explorer's notes
 * 11) * Glassblowing Book
 * 12) * Yewnock's notes on crystals
 * 13) * Archaeological exploration and the cult of Scabaras - Scabaras research
 * 14) * TzHaar Tourist Guide
 * 1) * Yewnock's notes on crystals
 * 2) * Archaeological exploration and the cult of Scabaras - Scabaras research
 * 3) * TzHaar Tourist Guide

Inventory-only books
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 the quest, it will be found in the same house south of the Elemental Workshop in Seers Village.  The Battered book, however, can be found within the bookcase; use a knife on the Battered book to get the Slashed book. However, either book can be used in the Elemental Workshop to make a Elemental shield or Mind shield.


 * Books given as rewards:
 * Old tome - a reward from the Meeting History quest.
 * Tome of xp - a reward from Darkness of Hallowvale quest. After the third reading: "The book crumbles into a dust cloud of knowledge."
 * Tome of xp 2nd ed - a reward from Legacy of Seergaze quest.
 * Book of knowledge - a reward from the Surprise Exam! random event


 * Locked diary - part of Returning Clarence miniquest after Back to my Roots quest; will not be available after the miniquest.


 * Tightrope 101 - provides instructions on performing tightrope tricks in Balthazar Beauregard's Big Top Bonanza. The book disappears after the performance.


 * Pvp worlds manual - provides basic information on PvP worlds.


 * Turkey book - provides a list of locations for locating turkeys during the 2008 Thanksgiving event.


 * Soul wars guide - provides information on the Soul Wars minigame. The book may be right-clicked to activate in-game help features.

Missing books
Some books obtained during the quest "seem" to be missing in the bookcase:
 * AMCE Lift-In-A-Box User Manual (aka Lift manual) - Royal Trouble quest; can still be found on the table in the dungeon.
 * Journal (Filliman Tarlock) - Nature Spirit quest; obtained when searching the Nature Grotto, and is not available after the quest.
 * Books 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 after the quest.
 * Book of Portraiture
 * Necromancy book
 * Book of 'h.a.m.'
 * Book of Haricanto from Ghost Ahoy quest
 * Book on costumes from The Giant Dwarf quest
 * Silver book from Murder Mystery quest
 * Translation manual from Ghosts Ahoy quest
 * Haemalchemy from Darkness of Hallowvale quest
 * Bolrie's Diary - The Path of Glouphrie quest; attached to the lectern in Yewnock's machine room in the Gnome Village Dungeon.
 * The grim reaper's diary of 2007 Hallowe'en event - cannot be taken out of Grim Reaper's house during the event. After completing the event, players cannot re-enter the house.
 * Varrock Census - Defender of Varrock quest; found on a pedestal in the Varrock Palace library; cannot be taken.
 * The Phoenix from In Pyre Need quest is attached to the shrine in the Phoenix Lair.

Unreadable books
Some books are unreadable, and cannot be taken in the inventory. Some examples are:


 * From Wizards' Tower library, ground floor. Upon searching the bookcase: There's a large selection of books, the majority of which look fairly old. Some very strange names... You pick one at random:
 * The Life & Times of a Thingummywut by Traiborn the Wizard
 * Wind Strike for Beginners
 * Life With a Wizard Husband ~ a Housewife's Story
 * The Dark Arts of Magical Wands
 * So You Think You're a Mage? Volume 28
 * Fire, Earth and Water ~ What's it all About?
 * How to become the Ultimate Wizard of the Universe
 * 101 Ways to Impress Your Mates with Magic
 * Interesting... - Only the titles of the books are mentioned, and the books have no image and cannot be read.


 * There are 2 stacks of books outside Nickolaus' tent in the Hunter Woodland area north-west of Eagles' Peak. Upon examining: These books stacked very neatly.


 * Flying books, in the Mage Training Arena minigame.

Lores and Histories

 * Main article: Lores and Histories

The Game Guide 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."

Trivia

 * The Mage's book is widely regarded as the hardest book to obtain in the game, and is the most expensive reward available from the Rewards Guardian in the Mage Training Arena minigame. It is tradeable from other players for about 3.5 million coins.
 * God books are not tradeable. However, the four God pages needed to fill the Damaged book to make a God book are tradeable in the Grand Exchange.  The second and third Damaged books cost 5,000 coins each, and can be bought from Jossik.
 * Bolrie's Diary is attached to the lectern in the Gnome Village Dungeon and cannot be removed. Reading any of the chapters will open a cut scene, and unlock a music track.
 * Recently, a glitch has been reported that a special move while reading a book and walking will result in the player walking inside normally inaccessible places such as inside the walls of Varrock main bank.