# Library Books (levels 20–50) > Lost books and scrolls all over the world: each pays experience at the library, and enough of them earn a Friend of the Library reward. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/miscellaneous/library-books Polestar is a free, open-source (GPL-3.0) leveling guide addon for World of Warcraft: Forever. Every guide here ships inside the addon: in game, `/polestar guides` opens the guide menu, and the guide window shows the steps with a waypoint arrow. ## At a glance - Category: Miscellaneous; in game: Miscellaneous > Library Books - Levels: 20–50 - For: Both factions - Zones: Elwynn Forest, Westfall, Duskwood, Stranglethorn Vale, Swamp of Sorrows, Blasted Lands, Burning Steppes, Searing Gorge, Badlands, Loch Modan, Ironforge, Wetlands, Arathi Highlands, The Hinterlands, Alterac Mountains, Silverpine Forest, Tirisfal Glades, Darkshore, Azshara, Orgrimmar, The Barrens, Stonetalon Mountains, Desolace, Thousand Needles, Dustwallow Marsh, Tanaris, Stormwind City, Undercity - 31 steps, 32 quests; some steps want a group - Reward: Scholarly Pendant or Erudite's Amulet or Field Researcher's Loop or Philanthropist's Ring or Truthseeker's Bow or Crest of Elucidation or Researcher's Night Light - Last changed 2026-10-19, in Polestar 0.2.6 ## Steps The steps as the guide window shows them, in order. Goals marked with a race or class are only for that race or class. ### 1. Elwynn Forest (Alliance only) Halfway up the Tower of Azora, east of Goldshire. Nothing hostile inside. - Collect **Archmage Theocritus' Research Journal** ### 2. Westfall Two books: one in a house at Moonbrook, one at Sentinel Hill (Alliance only). - Collect **Bewitchments and Glamours** - Collect **Rumi of Gnomeregan: The Collected Works** (Alliance only) — Rumi of Gnomeregan ### 3. Duskwood The spellbook lies in the Dawning Wood Catacombs, the crypt in north-western Duskwood. Undead fill it; a corpse run works if you are low. - Collect **Crimes Against Anatomy** ### 4. Stranglethorn Vale On a bench beside the Crystalvein Mine entrance, in the middle of the zone. - Collect **Basilisks: Should Petrification be Feared?** from **Research Notes** ### 5. Swamp of Sorrows On the top walkway of the Temple of Atal'Hakkar, outside the dungeon. - Collect **Sanguine Sorcery** ### 6. Blasted Lands - Collect **Conjurer's Codex** ### 7. Blackrock Mountain Inside Blackrock Mountain, not in a dungeon: the book lies on the altar in Franclorn Forgewright's tomb, near Lothos Riftwaker. The waypoint marks the mountain. - Collect **Stonewrought Design** ### 8. Searing Gorge On a table inside a tent near the middle of the zone. - Collect **A Mind of Metal** ### 9. Badlands Inside a crypt near the middle of the zone, reached from the path to its south. - Collect **Mummies: A Guide to the Unsavory Undead** ### 10. Loch Modan (Alliance only) Scrolls in the Mo'grosh ogre cave in the north-east. The ogres in the cave are level 18–19 elites: grouping up is advised. (Rumi of Gnomeregan also lies in Thelsamar, if you missed it at Sentinel Hill.) - Collect **Runes of the Sorcerer-Kings** ### 11. Ironforge (Alliance only) - Collect **Archmage Antonidas: The Unabridged Autobiography** from **Library Book** ### 12. Wetlands - Collect **Goaz Scrolls** ### 13. Arathi Highlands Beside a tent entrance in the troll village in south-eastern Arathi. - Collect **A Web of Lies: Debunking Myths and Legends** ### 14. The Hinterlands - Collect **Venomous Journeys** ### 15. Alterac Mountains - Collect **Defensive Magics 101** ### 16. Silverpine Forest - Collect **The Dalaran Digest, Vol. 23** — The Dalaran Digest ### 17. Tirisfal Glades (Horde only) On a shelf in Brill's apothecary. - Collect **The Apothecary's Metaphysical Primer** from **Apothecary Society Primer** ### 18. Darkshore Down the stairs at the Ruins of Mathystra in northern Darkshore. - Collect **Nar'thalas Almanac, Vol. 74** — Nar'thalas Almanac ### 19. Azshara On a crate in the Haldarr Encampment, in the far west of Azshara. - Collect **Everyday Etiquette** ### 20. Orgrimmar (Horde only) The Mural of Ta'zo is the stone tablet leaning against the wall in the Valley of Spirits, on the way to the mage trainers. Use it to take the book. - Collect **The Lessons of Ta'zo** ### 21. The Barrens Three books: scrolls outside the Wailing Caverns entrance, the manual in the control room at the top of the oil rig at the Sludge Fen, and the Goblin Tome beside Gazlowe in Ratchet. - Collect **Secrets of the Dreamers** - Collect **Arcanic Systems Manual** - Collect **Baxtan: On Destructive Magics** ### 22. Stonetalon Mountains On a barrel in a tent at Grimtotem Post, in the far south-east of the zone. - Collect **Fury of the Land** ### 23. Desolace - Collect **Demons and You** ### 24. Thousand Needles Inside a hut on the Darkcloud Pinnacle mesa. - Collect **Geomancy: The Stone-Cold Truth** ### 25. Dustwallow Marsh On the ground at the eastern side of the murloc camp in north-eastern Dustwallow. - Collect **RwlRwlRwlRwl!** ### 26. Tanaris On a bookshelf in the middle building of the pirate camp on the eastern coast. - Collect **Legends of the Tidesages** ### 27. Garion Wendell (Alliance only) Where: 49, 86.4 on the Stormwind City map. Garion Wendell keeps the library in the Mage Quarter. He offers each book's quest while the book is in your bags: take it and hand it in, one at a time, so your quest log stays free. Skip the books you did not find. - Accept **Archmage Theocritus' Research Journal** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Archmage Theocritus' Research Journal** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Bewitchments and Glamours** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Bewitchments and Glamours** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Rumi of Gnomeregan: The Collected Works** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Rumi of Gnomeregan: The Collected Works** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Crimes Against Anatomy** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Crimes Against Anatomy** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Basilisks: Should Petrification be Feared?** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Basilisks: Should Petrification be Feared?** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Sanguine Sorcery** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Sanguine Sorcery** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Conjurer's Codex** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Conjurer's Codex** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Stonewrought Design** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Stonewrought Design** at Garion Wendell - Accept **A Mind of Metal** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **A Mind of Metal** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Mummies: A Guide to the Unsavory Undead** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Mummies: A Guide to the Unsavory Undead** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Runes of the Sorcerer-Kings** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Runes of the Sorcerer-Kings** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Archmage Antonidas: The Unabridged Autobiography** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Archmage Antonidas: The Unabridged Autobiography** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Goaz Scrolls** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Goaz Scrolls** at Garion Wendell - Accept **A Web of Lies: Debunking Myths and Legends** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **A Web of Lies: Debunking Myths and Legends** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Venomous Journeys** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Venomous Journeys** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Defensive Magics 101** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Defensive Magics 101** at Garion Wendell - Accept **The Dalaran Digest** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **The Dalaran Digest** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Nar'thalas Almanac** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Nar'thalas Almanac** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Everyday Etiquette** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Everyday Etiquette** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Secrets of the Dreamers** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Secrets of the Dreamers** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Arcanic Systems Manual** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Arcanic Systems Manual** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Baxtan: On Destructive Magics** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Baxtan: On Destructive Magics** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Fury of the Land** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Fury of the Land** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Demons and You** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Demons and You** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Geomancy: The Stone-Cold Truth** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Geomancy: The Stone-Cold Truth** at Garion Wendell - Accept **RwlRwlRwlRwl!** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **RwlRwlRwlRwl!** at Garion Wendell - Accept **Legends of the Tidesages** from Garion Wendell - Turn in **Legends of the Tidesages** at Garion Wendell ### 28. Owen Thadd (Horde only) Owen Thadd keeps the library in the Magic Quarter. He offers each book's quest while the book is in your bags: take it and hand it in, one at a time, so your quest log stays free. Skip the books you did not find. - Accept **Bewitchments and Glamours** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Bewitchments and Glamours** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Crimes Against Anatomy** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Crimes Against Anatomy** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Basilisks: Should Petrification be Feared?** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Basilisks: Should Petrification be Feared?** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Sanguine Sorcery** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Sanguine Sorcery** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Conjurer's Codex** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Conjurer's Codex** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Stonewrought Design** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Stonewrought Design** at Owen Thadd - Accept **A Mind of Metal** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **A Mind of Metal** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Mummies: A Guide to the Unsavory Undead** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Mummies: A Guide to the Unsavory Undead** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Goaz Scrolls** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Goaz Scrolls** at Owen Thadd - Accept **A Web of Lies: Debunking Myths and Legends** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **A Web of Lies: Debunking Myths and Legends** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Venomous Journeys** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Venomous Journeys** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Defensive Magics 101** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Defensive Magics 101** at Owen Thadd - Accept **The Dalaran Digest** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **The Dalaran Digest** at Owen Thadd - Accept **The Apothecary's Metaphysical Primer** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **The Apothecary's Metaphysical Primer** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Nar'thalas Almanac** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Nar'thalas Almanac** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Everyday Etiquette** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Everyday Etiquette** at Owen Thadd - Accept **The Lessons of Ta'zo** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **The Lessons of Ta'zo** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Secrets of the Dreamers** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Secrets of the Dreamers** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Arcanic Systems Manual** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Arcanic Systems Manual** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Baxtan: On Destructive Magics** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Baxtan: On Destructive Magics** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Fury of the Land** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Fury of the Land** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Demons and You** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Demons and You** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Geomancy: The Stone-Cold Truth** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Geomancy: The Stone-Cold Truth** at Owen Thadd - Accept **RwlRwlRwlRwl!** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **RwlRwlRwlRwl!** at Owen Thadd - Accept **Legends of the Tidesages** from Owen Thadd - Turn in **Legends of the Tidesages** at Owen Thadd ### 29. Friend of the Library Where: 49, 86.4 on the Stormwind City map. Once enough books are in, the librarian offers Friend of the Library. Take it when it appears. - Accept **Friend of the Library** from Garion Wendell (Alliance only, optional) - Turn in **Friend of the Library** at Garion Wendell (Alliance only, optional) - Accept **Friend of the Library** from Owen Thadd (Horde only, optional) - Turn in **Friend of the Library** at Owen Thadd (Horde only, optional) ### 30. Greater Friend of the Library (Alliance only) Where: 49, 86.4 on the Stormwind City map. From level 20, with more books handed in, Garion Wendell offers Greater Friend of the Library. - Reach level **20** - Accept **Greater Friend of the Library** from Garion Wendell (optional) - Turn in **Greater Friend of the Library** at Garion Wendell (optional) ### 31. The second Greater Friend of the Library (Alliance only) Where: 49, 86.5 on the Stormwind City map. From level 30, with more books still, Garion Wendell offers the second Greater Friend of the Library. - Reach level **30** - Accept **Greater Friend of the Library** from Garion Wendell (optional) - Turn in **Greater Friend of the Library** at Garion Wendell (optional) --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt