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This article is about in game books. For the Guild Wars 2 novels, see Merchandise#Books. 
Books are collections of factual, historical, or personal writings. Letters and journals are also considered books. Books can be found in many different locations including: cities and towns, libraries, and even in otherwise abandoned places.
Most books found throughout Tyria are static interactive objects and players may have limited interaction with them. Other books exist as weapons and trinkets, or just mentioned to exist in lore.
List of book objects[edit]
Books[edit]
These books are objects in the world that can be interacted with, many of which have readable contents. A total of 728 book objects exist. For the full list of book objects, see here.
- A Veiled Threat Looms Over Kessex
- Battered Book
- Bloodied Journal Entry
- Consortium Memo
- Crinkled Letter
- Dancing with Death by Snargle Goldclaw
- Detective's Scribbled Notes
- Dolja's Research Notes
- Dropped Letter
- Fancy Letter
- Field Report from the Ash Legion
- From E
- Gigarg's Armor
- Half-Burnt Poetry
- Hastily Written Letter (object)
- Help Wanted
- Intel from Crecia
- Lab Notes
- Letter from Dad
- Letter from Grand Duchess Faolain
- Letter from Ivan
- Letter from Knut
- Letter from the Mesmer Collective
- Letter Home (Battle for Lion's Arch)
- Letter to the Queen
- Lieutenant Goldclaw's Resignation
- Lieutenant Goldclaw's Resignation Letter
- Mysterious Fable Page
- Mysterious Letter Addressed to Anise
- Nightmare Court Letter
- Notes on the Marionette
- Omadd's Diary
- Records from the Arcane Council
- Rodion's Blood Transfusion Results
- Scarlet's Book of Poetry: Volume 1
- Scarlet's Book of Poetry: Volume 2
- Scarlet's Book of Poetry: Volume 3
- Scribbled Note from Horrik
- Settler Journal
- Torn Page from Kostya's Lab Journal
- Victory Speech
- Woes of an Aetherblade
- "A Dragon Primer" by Ogden Stonehealer
- "Erosion and Waypoint Stability" by Technician Penn
- "Scarlet Briar: a Brief"
- A Treatise on the Shadow of the Dragon
- Alchemy for Bookahs
- Application Forms
- Ascalon Census
- Ashford History: Duke Barradin
- Black Moa: A Personal Account
- Bloodstones (book)
- Bodies of Rule
- Centaur Tribal Culture and History
- Closer to the Stars
- Damning Secrets
- Destiny Set in Stone: The Last Days of the Dwarves
- Dragons and Gods
- Elemental Blood
- Elonan Herbs
- Final Descent
- Fire of the Gods
- Flora and Fauna of Kryta
- Flora To Fawn Over
- History of Tyria
- Imbued of Spirit
- In Consideration of Sacrifice
- In the Beginning
- In the Shadows
- Inquest Blueprints (object)
- Inquest Instructional Pamphlets
- Inquest Papers
- Journal of Lord Valodor
- King of the Dwarves
- Koss on Koss (book)
- Krewe Influencers
- Ley Line Theory 671
- List
- Logbook
- Love Among the Weeds
- Map Fragment (object)
- Myths and Legends of Ancient Ascalon
- Nightmare Courtiers
- No Moa!
- No Skin Off my Back
- Notebook
- Notebook (Prospect Valley)
- On the Tome of the Rubicon
- Orders (Blue Oasis)
- Paper Scrap
- Paper Scrap (Prospect Valley)
- Piece of Paper
- Piece of Paper (Dry Top)
- Pinned-Up Parchment
- Plans
- Primeval Kings: Unearthing Ancient Elona
- Pursuit of Riches
- Quotes from Ventari the Centaur
- Reports Binder
- Riding the Wind: The Tengu Exodus
- Scattered Papers
- Scorched Earth (book)
- Shiro Tagachi's Biography
- Slip of Parchment
- Speaking of Speaking
- Stone Summit Siege Weaponry
- Stormcaller: Calling the Storm
- Summoner's Fate
- Symon's History of Ascalon (book)
- The Charr Rise of Rin
- The Evening Song
- The Forgotten Not Forgotten
- The Great Golem Uprising of 1284: A Commentary
- The Great Hunt Rite of Passage
- The Heights of Aristocracy
- The Human Fall of Rin, Part 2
- The Human Rise of Rin, Part 1
- The Map of the All
- The Margonite Mallyx
- The Natural War
- The Nightmare Harbinger
- The Peaks of Ice
- The Politics of Kryta
- The Quotations of Behn Millen
- The Six: Being or Playing God
- The Thief of Toys
- Theory of Magics
- Tome of the Five True Gods
- Unending Autumn
- Vekk's Thesis
- Wallows: The Definitive Defense
- Zhaitan's Last Flight
Heart of Thorns (28)
- A Collective History Vol. 5
- Bandit Journal
- Bookshelf (Stronghold of the Faithful)
- Bulletin
- Captain's Log (Stronghold of the Faithful)
- City Relocation Status Report
- Crumpled Note
- Crumpled Paper
- Glenna's Field Journal
- Journal (Bastion of the Penitent)
- Journal (Stronghold of the Faithful)
- Journal Entry
- Journal Page
- Krewe's Notes: Surface History and Culture Exam
- Map (Spirit Vale)
- Narella's Journal
- Note (Stronghold of the Faithful)
- Open Book
- Paper (Spirit Vale)
- Peacemaker Report
- Prison Logbook
- Strange Book
- Surface Data Entry
- Tattered Book
- The Awakening
- Torn Journal Page
- Torn Page
- Torn Page (Salvation Pass)
Path of Fire (35)
- Abandoned Journal
- Ahdashim Royal Decrees
- Book of Secrets (object)
- Bookshelf (Headmaster's Office)
- Catalog by Genre
- Discarded Legendary Relic Concepts
- Hastily Written Note
- High Court Precedent
- Journal (Facing the Truth)
- Journal of Kormir
- Magic and War: An Educated Warning
- Mystic Forge Contract
- Palace of Bones: The Centaur Tragedy
- Poems by Danna, Age 9
- Proposal for Renovations to Ahdashim
- Qadim's Menagerie
- Receipt from the Queen's Roast
- Row of Books
- Scrap of Paper (Warclaw)
- Scriptures of Kormir
- Secrets of the Ley Line
- The Artist's Mirror: How Art Reflects Society
- The First City (book)
- The Four Djinn
- The Goddess and the Scourge
- The Original Four
- The Sunspear Creed
- Treacherous Waters
- Turai's Story
- Unknown (Yahnur Plateau)
- Untitled Volume
- We, Too, Can Be Vessels of Knowledge and Truth
- Worn Journal (The Way Forward)
- Zommoros's Journal
- Zommoros's Research Notes
- A Brief History of Cantha
- A Choya's Friends
- A Flight from Flame
- A Kralkatorrid Affair by Snargle Goldclaw
- A Primer, by Archon Iberu
- Alehound's Brewer's Manual
- Behaviors of Risen Beasts
- Biography of Gwen Thackeray
- Biography of Ogden Stonehealer
- Blish's Research Notes
- Confidential Document
- Corsair Bounties
- Daily Log
- Data Log Printout
- Diary of Margrid the Sly
- Eternal Alchemy of the Stars
- Everyday Healing: Gift of the Monk
- How Kormir Did It
- How to Grow a Choya
- Humans of Elona
- Incident Report
- Inquest Document
- Internal Security Review
- Koss on Koss (object)
- Koss on Koss, Volume Two
- Let's Hug Koss
- Love Is Blind by Snargle Goldclaw
- Malomedies's Observational Tips
- Memorandum
- Message from Vizier Khilbron
- Mist Connections by Snargle Goldclaw
- Moldy Old Book
- Nightfall (book)
- Of Maelstroms
- On Elonian Wine
- Orrian Spellbook (object)
- Partially Corrupted Data Entry
- Personal Log
- Pile of Old Kournan Bounties (object)
- Private Property of P.I. Joko
- Proclamation of Palawa Joko's Defeat (object)
- Proposal Previews
- Raptor Training and Care
- Research Notes
- Scriptures of Kormir
- Scroll of Passage (object)
- Security Update
- Skies of Nightfall
- Southward Progress
- Spirits of the Wild (object)
- Star Chart Basics
- Star Record
- Tablet (Displaced Towers)
- Taming Elusive Beasts
- Tattered Book (Library Detective)
- The Genius of Vekk
- The Grace of Melandru
- The Magic Sand Lion
- The Reign of Palawa Joko
- The Sunspear Creed
- The Terrible Choya
- The Very Hungry Dolyak
- Torn Journal Page (Dragonfall)
- Torn Page (Thunderhead Peaks)
- Undelivered Letter
- Understanding Astralaria
- Unfinished Field Report
- You and Your Springer
- Your Awakened Ancestor and You
The Icebrood Saga (26)
- A Brief Reflection on Olaf Olafson
- A Comprehensive Guide to Charr Trail Signs
- A History of Still Waters Speaking: Part One
- A History of Still Waters Speaking: Part Two
- Barely Legible Note
- Books: Goldclaw's Collected Works
- Books: Records of the Stone Summit
- Elexus's Journal
- Imperator Correspondence
- It Takes Two To Tengu by Snargle Goldclaw
- Koda's Promise, Koda's Gift
- Koss on Koss: Uncensored by Snargle Goldclaw
- Luccia's Journal
- Manuscript: Svan Song by Snargle Goldclaw
- More Than She Bergen For
- Norn-Human Diplomacy
- Oily Note
- Precious Book
- Quiet
- Research Note (Silence)
- The Betrayal of Olaf Olafson
- The Ebonlocke Covenant by Snargle Goldclaw
- The Great Drunken Debauchery of Sven Liefson
- The Legacy and Mythos of the Olafson Sword
- The Passions of Faren by Snargle Goldclaw
- Yahuk's Journal
End of Dragons (141)
- "Notes"
- A copy of 'The Kaineng Insider'
- A Selection of Children's Rhymes and Verses
- A Wrinkled Legal Document
- Aetherblade Journal Entry
- Ankka's Notes
- Assorted Papers
- Ayeni's Journal
- Battered Book (Dragon's End)
- Battered Tengu Refugee Journal
- Belief in Cantha
- Bloodstained Journal Entry
- Book of Yuhwa and Dalnim 1
- Book of Yuhwa and Dalnim 2
- Book of Yuhwa and Dalnim 3
- Book of Yuhwa and Dalnim 4
- Book of Yuhwa and Dalnim 5
- Book of Yuhwa and Dalnim 6
- Book of Yuhwa and Dalnim 7
- Book of Yuhwa and Dalnim 8
- Book of Yuhwa and Dalnim 9
- Cargo Manifest (The Scenic Route)
- Carnivorous Carpentry
- Crumpled Paper (Industrial Espionage)
- Diary (The Scenic Route)
- Dissertation
- Dossier on Madam Joon
- Dossier: "White Falcon"
- Field Notes 1
- Field Notes 2
- Field Notes 3
- Fighting Match Flyer
- Filling My Heart by Snargle Goldclaw
- Flyer Organizing Secret Meeting
- Fragment from a Young Girl's Diary
- From the Ascendant's Shadow
- Geographical Survey Notes
- Gi-Moon's To-Do List
- Gorrik's Research Journal
- Hastily Written Note (Fallout)
- History of the Ministry of Air
- History of the Ministry of Earth
- History of the Ministry of Fire
- History of the Ministry of Water
- I Only Have Eyes for Moo by Snargle Goldclaw
- I Only Have Eyes for Moo: Chapter One by Snargle Gold...
- Important Information
- Incident Report 116920
- Incident Report 328315
- Janin Field Notes, Page 7
- Janin Field Notes, Page 14
- Janin Field Notes, Page 20
- Join the Brotherhood
- Joon's Recapture Notes
- Journal (Old Friends)
- Journal (The Future in Jade)
- Journal of Kaze Hawkstrider
- Journal of P.J. Frenlin, Explorer
- Just a "City Tengu": A Story of Comeuppance in New Kai...
- Kestrel Logbook
- Koda's Warmth by Snargle Goldclaw
- Kurt's Diary
- Legal Document
- Legal Document (Outer Terrace)
- Letter (Western Vale)
- Letter from Ankka
- Letter Remains
- Letter to Home
- Letter to Priest Elkan
- Love Is in the Eir by Snargle Goldclaw
- Ludwig's Anthology of Ward Spells
- Luteka's Notes
- Minister Preeda's Notes on "Purity's Embrace"
- Ministry of Archives Research Log 102
- Ministry Update
- Mysterious Book
- New Kaineng Zoning Record 0001
- New Kaineng Zoning Record 0013
- New Kaineng Zoning Record 0024
- New Kaineng Zoning Record 0039
- New Kaineng Zoning Record 0072
- New Kaineng Zoning Record 0111
- New Kaineng Zoning Record 0132
- New Kaineng Zoning Record 1342
- Newspaper Clipping (The Scenic Route)
- Notice (Your Kind of People)
- NOTICE TO ALL EMPLOYEES
- Novvi's Science Journals (Annotated)
- On the Fauna of the Echovald
- Open Book (Deepest Secrets)
- Orders from White Falcon
- Pile of Books
- Pile of Old Letters
- Poetry of Tyria, Vol. XXVI
- Poster (The Scenic Route)
- Presentation
- Purist Document Fragment
- Quiet in Sunqua
- Raising Your Wallow the Right Way
- Repair Guide
- Research Journal
- Research Log 1282: Casualties in the Zhaitan Disaster
- Research Notes (Bottle Your Emotions)
- Resonant Book
- Return (book)
- Romance Spells for the Romantically Inept
- Scarlet Fever by Snargle Goldclaw
- Scholar Jieun's Notes
- Scribbled Notes
- Shing Jea Quarterly Safety Summary
- Shipping Manifest (Kaineng Docks)
- Soiled Pamphlet (The Scenic Route)
- Soo-Won and the Great Wave
- Speaker Ritualist's Notebook
- St. Viktor: A Legacy Encased in Jade
- Stack of Books
- Stack of Documents
- Strange Journal
- Study Abstract
- Sung's Doodles
- Synergetics Database
- The Amazing Life of Krach Kazan
- The Burning of the Forever Trees
- The Importance of Reading in the Age of the Dragon
- The Maker by Bae Kang
- The Rise of Reiko Murakami
- The Sower's Almanac
- To Lehn, My Love
- Unsent Letter
- Unsent Letter (Gyala Delve)
- Unsigned Letter to Minister Preeda
- URGENT: SECURITY ALERT
- Urgoz the Terrible
- Voting Pamphlet
- Warning
- Waterlogged Vault Manual
- Weathered Book
- Worn Book
- Xunlai Jade Operational Report: Third Quarter, 1844
- Xunlai Security Update
- Yong Reactor (book)
Secrets of the Obscure (105)
- "An Unofficial History of the Wizard's Court, Volume 1" by A. Hawthorn
- "An Unofficial History of the Wizard's Court, Volume 2" by A. Hawthorn
- "An Unofficial History of the Wizard's Court, Volume 3" by A. Hawthorn
- "An Unofficial History of the Wizard's Court, Volume 4" by A. Hawthorn
- "Skyscales for Beginners"
- "Strategic Scenario Response Proposal-Cold Frame-Astral Ward Eyes Only"
- A Wizard's Folly by Snargle Goldclaw
- Aged Journal
- Aging Journal Entry
- Ancient Scroll (object)
- Ancient Tome (object)
- Archival Records: Legavo, the Binding of Wills
- Astral Ward Report
- Astral Ward Report (A Record of War)
- Axe of Kanaxai
- Baribeau's Journal
- Binding the Net of Sidereal
- Bookshelf (The Eleventh Hour)
- Broken Kryptis Horn
- Callista's Journal
- Captain Farrus's First Journal
- Captain Farrus's Second Journal
- Captain Farrus's Third Journal
- Captain Saia's Journal
- Cardinal Blue
- Charred Remains
- Confidential Report
- Congealed Kryptis Essence
- Crumpled Paper (Tower of Secrets)
- Dagda's Diary
- Distant Memory (object)
- Divination Table
- Droknar's Light Fractal Research
- Elona Fractal Research
- Emund's Journal
- Engineer's Log
- Engineer's Notes
- Field Notes
- Field Report
- Field Report (Inner Nayos)
- Field Report (Memory's Hollow)
- Firsthand Account of the Kryptis' Arrival
- Flyer for Combat Training
- Foundation of the Astral Ward
- Frode's Journal (object)
- Garenhoff Fractal Research
- Glass Dragon
- Hapless Ladder
- Heavy Book
- Journal (Lyhr)
- Journal (Tower of Secrets)
- Journal (Zojja)
- Kaineng City Fractal Research
- Known Incursion Attempts, Vol. 3
- Kryptis Memory (The Commons)
- Kryptis Memory (The Eleventh Hour)
- Kryta Fractal Research
- Letter (Hell Breaks Loose)
- Letter (Mother of Stars)
- Letter (Tower of Secrets)
- Letter from Wayfinder Aziure
- Ley-Line Extractor Manual
- List of Needed Medical Supplies
- Logbook (Wizard's Tower)
- Lost Journal
- Maguuma Fractal Research
- Meditation: The Ultimate Weapon
- Mosaic Wrath
- Music Sheets
- Mysterious Book (Aziure)
- Mysterious Tablet
- Narcisse's Journal
- Old Letter
- Ominous Grimoire
- On Joko's Whereabouts by Zharim Al-Rhawat
- On the Introduction of Sylvari to the Astral Ward
- Open Complaint
- Pact Commander Reconnaissance Log
- Paper (Personal Letter)
- Patent Application List
- Personal Note
- Rata Novus Fractal Research
- Records of the Deaths of the Elder Dragons
- REDACTED Fractal Research
- Report
- Rude Virus
- Scroll (Tower of Secrets)
- Seer Curses and Rituals
- Sergeant's Journal
- Shattered Kryptis Carapace
- Sins of Kaineng
- Stew Recipe
- Strange Tablet
- The Fate of the Commander
- The Zest of Zizel
- Thoughts from Warden to Warden
- Tyrian Exhibition Pamphlet
- Villager's Journal
- Vow of the Warden
- War Logs
- Warning on Uncontained Magic
- Weathered Letter from Vass
- Weathered Note
- Zinn's Journal
- Zojja's Journal (object)
Janthir Wilds (73)
- A Bearkin Guide to Celestial Bodies
- A Collective History, Volume 6
- Astral Ward Notice, 610 AE
- Borrowed Journal
- Confidential
- Curious Artifact
- Demise of the Deep Crawler
- Diary (Stalwart Guardian's Journal)
- Dragon Parentage and Family
- Echoes of Night's Sightings
- Expedition Log
- Field Report, Moon Camp
- Field Research Notes
- Flowery Musings
- Food Stores
- Form 0517b
- From Pirate to Pilot
- Glenna's Field Journal (Mount Balrior)
- Gold-Trimmed Journal, Page 1
- Gold-Trimmed Journal, Page 2
- Gold-Trimmed Journal, Page 3
- Graced by Fire's Field Notes
- Graced by Fire's Wild Journeykin Observations
- Ink-Smudged Letter
- Inquisitor Machalina's Journal
- Invitation to the Tyrian Alliance (Council)
- Invitation to the Tyrian Alliance (Dominion of Winds)
- Janthir Field Notes: Troll Cave
- Janthir Syntri Field Research
- Joan's Diary
- Leather Journal
- Letter (Battle's Eve)
- Letter (Trial and Error)
- Letter from Dagonet
- Letter from Lyhr
- Letter to Warden Frode
- Master of the Spear by Snargle Goldclaw
- Mist Tide Journals
- Movement of the Clouds
- Notes on the Titan's Spawn
- Old Journal
- Opened Letter
- Overfeeding!
- Priory Invitation
- Record of Inquisitor Thomas
- Researcher's Record
- Rumbles
- Scroll (Balrior Peak)
- Silken Weir
- Still, Cold Winds
- Stoic Alder's Journal
- Stung by Love by Snargle Goldclaw
- The Charr Disassociation
- The Cottage That Ran Away by Poised Arrow, "Poky"
- The Fleshstalkers
- The Plan
- The Queen of the Bog
- The Ravaging of the Jade Runner
- Titan Research Notes: Born from Thunder
- Titan Research Notes: Branwen
- Titan Research Notes: Paela
- Titan Research Notes: Rainless Meadow
- Titans and Environment—Observation and Speculation
- Town Record, 1069 AE
- Toy Manual
- Tyrian Alliance Report: Economy
- Tyrian Alliance Report: Impact on Underwater Societies after Soo-Won
- Tyrian Alliance Report: Orr Resettlement
- Tyrian Alliance Report: Questions about the Astral Ward
- Tyrian Alliance Report: The Commander
- Unsent Letter (Janthir Syntri)
- Village Notice
- White Mantle Records
Festivals (8)
- 01 Changhai 1638 CC
- 03 Nemnai 1637 CC
- 08 Mikan 1637 CC
- 08 Saita 1637 CC
- 08 Suzhen 1637 CC
- 25 Mikan 1637 CC
- 28 Mikan 1637 CC
- 30 Nongkam 1637 CC
- A Poem for Mother—The First Day
- August in Beauty: In Her Memory
- Bloodied Journal
- Cargo Manifest
- Creased Journal Page
- Faded Journal Page
- Happy Birthday, Mama!
- Lost Journal Page
- Torn Journal Page (Silent Surf Fractal)
- Waterlogged Journal Page
Plaques[edit]
These plaques describe the statues in the Bastion of Knowledge museum and can be read, similar to book objects.
- "Stone Mirror" (Self-Portrait)
- Central Tyrian Fauna
- Cleansed Jade Mechs
- Deimos (plaque)
- Empress (plaque)
- Giganticus Lupicus (plaque)
- Karka Queen (plaque)
- Lazarus the Dire (plaque)
- Megasloth
- Pillar Guardian
- Rata Primus Golems
- Risen Dwayna Statues
- Rune Jars
- Serpent Vanguard
- Shattered Templar (plaque)
- Shore Eater
- Spearmarshal Kormir as Goddess of Truth
- Watchknight (plaque)
List of book items[edit]
Gizmos[edit]
- Primary article: Lore book
These books are gizmos that can be read via dialog panels showing excerpts from the book.
Equipment[edit]
Many books come in the form of equipment. These books can't be read, though some have flavor text within their description.
Miscellaneous[edit]
These books can't be read, and their nature as books is only evident from their name or icon. Most of them are involved in achievements.
- Precursor weapon collection unlock books, purchased from Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs
- Itzel technique books, part of Heart of Thorns Specialization Collections, purchased from Itzel Mastery Vendors
Anthology of Heroes
Anthology of Villains
Bandit Combat Journal
Compendium of Knowledge
Tome of Heroes
Tome of Knowledge
List of other book titles[edit]
These books cannot be read, and are only mentioned in dialogue. Most are mentioned to be on Book Carts in Divinity's Reach.
- A Novice's Guide to Cooking with Iboga
- Abaddon: The Secret Truths
- Ancient Heroes of Ascalon: Asgand's Final Stand
- Black Moa: Hunting a Legend 1
- Beyond the Mists
- Constellations: Legends Told in Stars
- Cures For What Ales You
- Doric: The King Who Loved Me
- "Edge of Destiny" by Sangjo of Lion's Arch
- Eve of Destruction
- Firebrand: Tales of Cynn
- "Ghosts of Ascalon" by Dougal Keane
- "Great Advances in Travel" by Mauban
- History of the Dragon Festival
- Honoring the Ancestor Tree
- Joe the Devourer: The Untold Story
- Johai Sohn: A Legacy of Coordination
- Junundu and Me
- Knock 'em Dead: A History of Mad King Thorn
- Local Color
- Mad King Thorn: The Truth Behind the Mask
- Magical Monstrosities
- Margonites, A History of Their Civilization Before the Fall
- Nika: Legacy of the Blade
- Of Greatness, Of Madness: The Life of Turai Ossa
- Oink's Adventures
- The Curious Case of Bahltek by Norgu
- The Day Night Fell
- The Influences of Lyssa on the Art and Culture of Vabbi
- The Legacy of the Sunspears
- The Mystery of the Bloodstones
- The Red Iris Blooms Eternal
- The Rise and Fall of Rin 2
- The Three-Tailed Devourer: Nature's Cruelest Creation
- The War in Kryta
- The World on a Turtle Shell: My Time with the Luxons by Mhenlo
- "Time to Dye" by Kristen P.
- Torn Between Two Gods: The Story of Mhenlo
- Wallows: The Definitive Account 3
- While there is no book with this exact title, it is likely that this book became Black Moa: A Personal Account.
- While there is no book with this exact title, it is likely that this book became The Human Rise of Rin, Part 1 and The Human Fall of Rin, Part 2.
- While there is no book with this exact title, it is likely that this book became Wallows: The Definitive Defense.
See also[edit]
- Style Guide, an achievement for collecting book items.
