List of fictional books
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This is a list of fictional books, that is to say, books that are mentioned or described in fictional works, but do not themselves exist in reality.
False documents are a frequent device in literature.
Lists of fictional books elsewhere in Wikipedia
- Fictional guidebooks
- List of fictional books within the Harry Potter series
- List of fictional books within the Discworld series
- List of fictional diaries
Fictional books
Fictional books from Literature
Works invented by Jorge Luis Borges
- The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim by Mir Bahadur Ali (1932)
- April March by Herbert Quain
- The Book of Sand
- The Conversation with the Man Called Al-Mu'tasim Mir Bahadur Ali
- Don Quixote by Pierre Menard
- A First Encyclopaedia of Tlön
- The Garden of Forking Paths by Ts'ui Pen
- A General History of Labyrinths by Silas Haslam (1888)
- The God of the Labyrinth by Herbert Quain
- History of a Land called Uqbar by Silas Haslam
- Lesbare und lesenswerthe Bemerkungen über das Land Ukkbar in Klein-Asien by Johann Valentin Andreä
- The Secret Mirror by Herbert Quain
- Statements by Herbert Quain
Works invented by H. P. Lovecraft from the Cthulhu Mythos
- De Vermiis Mysteriis
- Liber Ivonis
- Necronomicon
- Pnakotic Manuscripts
- Revelations of Glaaki
- Unaussprechlichen Kulten
The King in Yellow has been adopted by authors in the Lovecraftian tradition.
Works invented by Douglas Adams from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
- Celestial Homecare Omnibus
- Fifty-Three More Things to do in Zero Gravity
- Encyclopedia Galactica
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Mk. II
- Where God Went Wrong by Oolon Colluphid
- Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes by Oolon Colluphid
- Who Is This God Person Anyway? by Oolon Colluphid
- Well That About Wraps It Up for God by Oolon Colluphid
- Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Sex But Have Been Forced To Find Out by Oolon Colluphid
- Practical Parenting in a Fractally Demented Universe
- Squornshellous Swamptalk
- The Ultra-Complete Maximegalon Dictionary of Every Language Ever
- Time Traveller's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations by Dr. Dan Streetmentioner
- You and Your Planets by Gail Andrews
Works invented by Tolkien from The Middle-earth legendarium
Note that many of the following works actually 'exist' since they were written by Tolkien himself, although he presented them as 'translations' of the fictional originals, which were in turn written by his characters. Some of them however, don't exist because he never started to write them, but are referred to in some texts.
- Of the Beginning of Time by Quennar i Onótimo
- Yénonótië by Quennar i Onótimo
- The Tale of Years by Quennar i Onótimo
- Parma Culuina
- Annals of Aman by Rúmil
- Equessi Rúmilo by Rúmil
- Ambarkanta by Rúmil
- Ainulindale by Rúmil
- Grey Annals by scholars of Doriath
- Quenta Silmarillion by Pengolodh
- Lammas by Pengolodh
- Narn i Chîn Húrin by Dirhavel
- Quentale Ardanomion
- Dorgannas Iaur by Torhir Iphant
- Akallabêth by Elendil
- Book of Mazarbul by Balin and other Dwarves
- Red Book of Westmarch commenced by Bilbo Baggins as his diary, concluded by Frodo Baggins and later contributed by various of the abovementioned lore, tales, poems, articles, family trees and historical notes of the Third Age.
- The Thain's Book by Findegil
Works invented by John Irving in The World According to Garp
- Ellen by T.S. Garp
- The Second Wind of the Cuckold by T.S. Garp
- Sexual Suspect by Jenny Garp
- The World According to Bensonhaver by T.S. Garp
Works from the Sherlock Holmes series
- The Dynamics of an Asteroid by Professor James Moriarty.
- Heavy Game in the Western Himalayas (1881) by Colonel Sebastian Moran.
- Three Months in the Jungle (1884) by Colonel Sebastian Moran.
- Practical Handbook of Bee Culture, with Some Observations upon the Segregation of the Queen by Sherlock Holmes. This book, the magnum opus of Holmes' later years, appears in "His Last Bow"
Fictional books from literature: Miscellaneous
- Be a Perfect Person In Just Three Days! by Dr K. Pinkerton Silverfish, in the book of the same name by Stephen Manes
- Dialect and Semantics by Dr. Elwin Ransom, in C. S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength
- Eidolons of the King by Librarian Osmirik, the Castle books as they exist in the fictional world, Castle Murders by John DeChancie
- Encyclopedia Galactica in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series
- Ervoldt: His Book by Lord Ervoldt, in Castle Perilous by John DeChancie
- The Grasshopper Lies Heavy by Hawthorne Abendsen, in The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
- [[I Love My Willy by Austin Tichenor - Reduced Shakespeare Company
- The King in Yellow
- The Lord of the Swastika by Adolf Hitler, in The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad
- Make Four Million Dollars By Next Thursday! by Dr K. Pinkerton Silverfish, in the book of the same name by Stephen Manes
- The Moswell Plan by Dorcas Bagby, a book believed to be fictional even in its own world, in Castle Murders by John DeChancie
- Necrotelecomnicon by Achmed the Mad, passim in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett.
- Never Whistle While You're Pissing by Hagbard Celine, in the Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
- The Practice of Thinking in Murray Leinster's Med Ship stories
- Telemachus Sneezed by Atlanta Hope, in the Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
- The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism or Goldstein's book by Emmanuel Goldstein, in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
Fictional Books from TV Shows
From Family Guy
- Caddyshack, the novelization
- For the Last Time, I'm Not Mr. T by Ving Rhames
- Mr. T by Mr. T
- Nobody Poops But You, unsuccessful toilet training book
- T and Me by George Poppard
- You're a Naughty Child, and That's Concentrated Evil Coming Out the Back of You, Catholic toilet training book
From The Simpsons
- Baby's First Pop-Up Book
- Backdoors to Citizenship, nonfiction
- The Big Book of British Smiles, photo book
- Bordello Repair Vol. I
- Bork on Sex
- A Child's Garden of Cons by Grifty McGrift, aka Grampa Simpson
- Kosher Erotic Cakes
- How to Cook for Forty Humans, cookbook
- How to Get Rich Writing Cartoons by John Swartzwelder
- How to Seduce Your Lousy, Lazy Husband
- How to Tunnel out of Prison
- Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie: The Novel by Norman Mailer
- Mapplethorpe, photo book
- Mr. and Mrs. Erotic American, audio book, read by Paul Harvey
- Only Turkeys Have Left Wings by Birch Barlow
- Owning Your Okayness, self-help, by Brad Goodman
- Rational Thinking, Reasonable Future by Al Gore
- Sane Planning, Sensible Tomorrow by Al Gore
- Tanks of the Third Reich
- The 10 Dos and 500 Don'ts of Knife Safety
- The Truth About Whacking Day by Bob Woodward
- Ueberroth, a biography
- Unidentified Flying Outrage!
- Weight Loss Through Laborious Sex
- Will There Ever Be A Rainbow by Montgomery Burns, autobiography
- Your Gimmicky Restaurant by Bennigan and Fuddrucker
Miscellaneous
- Capricorn Crude - Val's first book, obviously based on her husband's family, Knots Landing
- Chicken Soap for the Bored Housewife's Soul, The Man Show
- Nashvillle Junction - Val's second book, based on her mother's life, Knots Landing
- Necrobics - Hologrammatic Exercises For The Dead - Red Dwarf
- Origins of the Universe by Oolon Caluphid, from the Doctor Who serial Destiny of the Daleks — inserted by script-editor Douglas Adams as a cross-reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey in Doctor Who
- The Zen Military: A History of UNIT by Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who
Fictional Books from Movies
Fictional books from The Royal Tenenbaums
- Accounting for Everything: A Guide to Personal Finance by Henry Sherman (nonfiction)
- Dudley's World by Raleigh St. Clair (nonfiction)
- Erotic Transference by Margot Tenenbaum (play)
- Family of Geniuses by Etheline Tenenbaum
- Nakedness Tonight by Margot Tenenbaum (play)
- Old Custer by Eli Cash (novel)
- The Peculiar Neurodegenerative Inhabitants of the Kazawa Atoll by Raleigh St. Clair (nonfiction)
- Static Electricity by Margot Tenenbaum (play)
- Three Plays by Margot Tenenbaum
- Wildcat by Eli Cash (novel)
Miscellaneous
- If Not Now... by Caterine Vauban, I Heart Huckabees
- The Philosophy of Time Travel by Roberta Sparrow, in Donnie Darko
- Tobin's Spirit Guide - Ghostbusters
- Down With Love by Barbara Novak - Down With Love
Fictional Books: Other
Comic Books
- Under the Hood by Hollis Mason a.k.a. Nite Owl from Watchmen by Alan Moore, autobiography
Computer Games
- Encyclopedia Frobozzica in the Zork series of interactive fiction games.
- Big Whoop: Unclaimed Bonanza or Myth? in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
- Book of Mudora, an ancient text used to translate the dead language of Hylian in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
- Great Shipwrecks of Our Century in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
See also the complete catalogue of Monkey Island fictional books (http://www.worldofmi.com/features/trivia/books.php).
- The Codex of Ultimate Wisdom in the Ultima series of computer role-playing games.
- Jacob's Shadow in Deus Ex.
Music
- Origins of a World War by Rossignol, from the innersleeve notes to Secret Treaties by Blue Öyster Cult, probably written by producer Sandy Pearlman
Fictional books from the Star Trek universe
- Burning Hearts of Qo'noS from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novels
- Ferengi Rules of Acquisition - from Star Trek
- Photons Be Free by the Doctor in Star Trek: Voyager
- Vulcan Love Slave (or The Ardous Journey of T'Lana on the Road to Enlightenment) in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Women Warriors at the River of Blood from Star Trek: Voyager
External link
- The Invisible Library (http://www.invisiblelibrary.com), curated by Brian Quinette
- The Invisible Library, Malibu Lake Branch (http://www.geocities.com/nodotus/hbinvisiblelibrary.html), curated by Fayaway & Hermester Barrington