Books

Whilst journeying across the Sword Coast, Amn and Tethyr and completing your quest, you will find many many books. Combined these tomes contain vast amounts of background lore for the Forgotten Realms.

The contents of these books varies in significance:

• Insignificant trivia – these are books that contain information on other events in Faerûn's history. You do not need to read them, but if you're into Forgotten Realms, you'll find them quite interesting.
• Significant trivia – these books contain information that is relevant to the storyline, and may help you solve clues and puzzles in the game.
• Quest – these books contain a variety of things but they all can be used to complete various quests.
• Tomes – these books increase certain Ability Scores of the reader.

General books

These books appear in all Baldur's Gate games.

Image	Name	Significance
	History of Calimshan	Insignificant trivia
	History of Cormyr	Insignificant trivia
	History of Dambrath	Insignificant trivia
	History of Durpar and Var the Golden	Insignificant trivia
	History of Estagund	Insignificant trivia
	History of Gondegal the Lost King	Insignificant trivia
	History of Halruaa	Quest (Prologue)
	History of Luiren	Insignificant trivia
	History of Sembia	Insignificant trivia
	History of Shadowdale I	Insignificant trivia
	History of Shadowdale II	Insignificant trivia
	History of Shadowdale III	Insignificant trivia
	History of Shadowdale IV	Insignificant trivia
	History of Shadowdale V	Insignificant trivia
	History of Shadowdale VI	Insignificant trivia
	History of Shadowdale VII	Insignificant trivia
	History of Shadowdale VIII	Insignificant trivia
	History of Shadowdale IX	Insignificant trivia
	History of Shadowdale X	Insignificant trivia
	History of Shadowdale XI	Insignificant trivia
	History of Shadowdale XII	Insignificant trivia
	History of Shadowdale XIII	Insignificant trivia
	History of Tethyr	Insignificant trivia
	History of the Bell in the Depths	Insignificant trivia
	History of the Chosen of Mystra	Insignificant trivia
	History of the Dales and the Elven Court	Insignificant trivia
	History of the Dead Three	Significant trivia
	History of the Dragon Coast	Insignificant trivia
	History of the Drow I	Insignificant trivia
	History of the Drow II	Insignificant trivia
	History of the Fateful Coin	Quest
	History of the Last March of the Giants	Insignificant trivia
	History of the Moonsea	Insignificant trivia
	History of the North I	Insignificant trivia
	History of the North II	Insignificant trivia
	History of the North III	Insignificant trivia
	History of the North IV	Insignificant trivia
	History of the North V	Insignificant trivia
	History of the North VI	Insignificant trivia
	History of the North VII	Insignificant trivia
	History of the North VIII	Insignificant trivia
	History of the North IX	Insignificant trivia
	History of the North X	Insignificant trivia
	History of the Red Ravens	Insignificant trivia
	History of the Sisters of Light and Darkness	Quest
	History of the Unicorn Run	Quest
	History of the Valley of the Gods	Insignificant trivia
	History of the Vast	Insignificant trivia
	History of the Western Heartlands	Insignificant trivia
	History of the Zhentarim	Insignificant trivia
	History of the Ulgarth	Insignificant trivia
	History of Amn	Insignificant trivia
	History of Waterdeep I	Insignificant trivia
	History of Waterdeep II	Insignificant trivia
	History of Waterdeep III	Insignificant trivia
	History of Waterdeep IV	Insignificant trivia
	History of Waterdeep V	Insignificant trivia
	History of Waterdeep VI	Insignificant trivia

Baldur's Gate and Enhanced Edition only

These books appear only in Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.

Image	Cover Title	Extended Title	Significance
	Manual of Bodily Health		Tomes
	Manual of Gainful Exercise		Tomes
	Manual of Quickness of Action		Tomes
	Tome of Clear Thought		Tomes
	Tome of Leadership and Influence		Tomes
	Tome of Understanding		Tomes
	History of the Nether Scrolls		Quest
	Yago's Book of Curses		Quest
	Dusty Book	Moved ne'er by rage and ne'er by anger, Cold is the trait'rous doppelganger.	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Too young to fight, except to fall, Here died my son, young Fuernebol.	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Islanne, my wife, I love you still. 'Twas just your form they made me kill.	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Oh Kiel, Clan-prince of this dark tower, You made your death your finest hour.	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Soft walks the trait'rous doppelganger, Into my dear son's practice chamber.	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Foul mimic of the mortal man, 'Twas in my shape they killed Islanne.	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Taste My Fear	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Know My Madness	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Face My Demons	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Seek No Heirs	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Seek No Exit	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Know No Refuge	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Feel No Warmth	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Dance With The Dead	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Know My Loss	Significant trivia
	Dusty Book	Here fell Kiel the Legion-Killer	Significant trivia
	Balduran's Logbook		Quest
	The Recipes and Ruminations of One Dradeel of Tethyr		Insignificant trivia
	Dradeel's Spellbook		Quest
	Delorna's Spellbook		Quest
	The Diary of Sarevok		Significant trivia
	Ulcaster's Dusty History Book	History of the Sisters of Light and Darkness	Quest

Baldur's Gate II and Enhanced Edition only

These books appear only in Baldur's Gate II and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition.

Image	Name	Significance
	Book of Infinite Spells	Can be used as an item
	The Book of Kaza	Quest
	Golem Building Book	Significant trivia
	Tome of Amaunator	Quest
	Merella's Journal	Quest
	Orcish Cookbook	Significant trivia
	The Vapiricus Omnibus: Unabridged	Quest
	Dea Vampir Becomos	Quest
	Conjur Ota Servanta	Quest
	Lellyn's Journal	Significant trivia
	Book of King Strohm III	Insignificant trivia
	Elminster's Ecologies: Appendix IIIa	Significant trivia
	Holy Book	Quest
	History of the Imprisoned One	Significant trivia
	Madman's Journal
	Carston's Journal
	First Journal of Jon Irenicus
	Second Journal of Jon Irenicus
	Third Journal of Jon Irenicus
	Lazarus's Spellbook
	Umar Witch Project Journal
	Yaga-Shura's Journal