List of books (in-universe)

This is a list of books known to exist in the Realms, with dates (in Dalereckoning) and authors, if known. The "Original" column indicates if the stored physical work was a copy or not. Many of them could be found in the libraries at Candlekeep, Herald's Hall, the Vault of the Sages, and other repositories. "Books are wonderful. Men dead and dust for centuries can speak to ye across the years, displaying their mistakes and idiocies for all to read—so that new generations can learn to repeat them exactly, or with superb new embellishments of their own."

- Blackthorn Belgadar, A Merchant's Sagacity

"I never read. No good comes of reading. If ye don't believe me, look at all the folk ye meet. Mark ye—the ones that read'll be lawyers, priests, or wizards. See what I mean?"

- Dathlyr "The Hammer" Greybold, My Adventures in the Realms, Volume I