The Great Library of Candlekeep

50 Books to Use in Your Dungeons and Dragons Campaign

T
he walled city of Candlekeep is renowned The books listed here are devised in such a way that they
throughout the Sword Coast as a centre of can be used exactly as they are within your campaign if that
learning and erudition, and is a place of would be most useful to you. If there are variations on these
pilgrimage for scholars and bibliophiles. The themes, or different characters or locations which would be
library within the city is legendary, and more appropriate for your own campaign I encourage you to
contains much of the collected knowledge of adapt the contents to your own needs.
the Forgotten Realms. I have included reference to Candlekeep and the Sword
Within these tomes lie the stories of great adventurers, Coast for flavour purposes, but there is no reason this could
humble craftspeople, love, danger and tales of coming of age. not be used within a homebrew campaign, indeed that is
The shelves of Candlekeep hold the creative thoughts and exclusively how I use it.
creations of authors long passed and those still with us -
remembering their adoration for the written word.
Acknowledgements
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can be found within the hallowed walls of Candlekeep. Text formatted using The Homebrewery
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Index By Title
Here you will find all fifty books listed alphabetically by title,
with their author's name. This is intended as a quick
reference guide, but also as inspiration if you wish to write
your own plot for the books.
A-Z with Synopses
This section supplies the title of the book, the author, and a
brief summary of the plot so that the books can be used
directly from this supplement in your campaign.

A Note to Dungeon
Masters
This supplement was born from observations in the
campaigns for which I am the Dungeon Master. It was a
common occurence that my players would visit a library, rifle
through a bookcase or inspect a bed side table. I would
consistently be caught without book titles and, when the book
was inevitably opened, improvising a book synopsis could be
a stressful experience.

1 Introduction
Book Index by Title
Title Author Title Author
Arcane Destiny Chon Nathanian Of Basilisks and Totems Felicia Bailly
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder Chevius Glover One Night with the Elven Luke Hippocrates
Blacksmith's Daughter, The Villaeth Nazur Emissary
Botanic Majesty Bella Lurion Orphan Messenger, The Dart Adger
Bows of Ponderell, The Torphin Vaster Owlbears' Picnic, The Ruminious Flange
Boys From the Gate Reggie Queen Tale of Byriel and Lamond, The G.B.M. Clifford
Chromatic Adventures Jordan Rapids There's No Race Like Gnome Priyanka DiSanto
Chronicle of Kharamash, The Hamlet Richardson Tielfing's Anvil, The Deference Blutmich
Diary of a Planeswalker Craig Dean Jeffries To the Dragon Born Sharaban
Petrangrandion
Dragon, the Warlock and the Susan Staples
Bookcase, The Travellers' Rest Zestiya McGrath
Desolate Dunes, The Lawsona Eduardo Porphyria Labelle Timpany Jones
Eldritch Fast Grillian DeSant Swiftly and Softly Arthur Leonardo
Fey Gone Wild Artie Gann Voyage to Mikad Island Jethro McTavish
Forbidden Dungeon, The Cortava Navill War in the Frozen South Philomena Brunt
Forgotten Kingdom, The Shay Corben When Power Corrupts Isdor LeVax
Garden of Lord Raultan, The Ravenna Tix Wriggles, Airship Pilot Col. W.J. Carmichael
Gentle Dwarf, The Wilhemina
Chandresakar
Gift of the Old Ones, The Thorben Griffiths
Giant of Mount Sathander, The Hawthorne
LaGrande
Golden Chapel, The Morton O'Shea
Good Girls Don't Scry Prof. Hywel Williams
Good Things Come in Small Anne Cegg
Packages
History of the City of Mardain Phyllis Smyth
Holiness Brother Cuthbert
How to Meet Fiends and Immolate Barnaby Cale
People
Invasion of Shanquil Ridge, The Jimmy K. Felderman
Journey of Elf Discovery, A Lysander Josephus
Kingsfern Incorporated Faldo Macaw
Life and Times of a Modern Druid, Dilligent Zyxy
The
Lilian the Bard Angelique Black
Magic Matters Torvell Ögenstadt
Mask of Madness Katarina Ayrton-
Freud
Mining and Marigolds Magnus
Thunderstone
Mischievous Satyr, The Angelica Zador
Mordenkainen's Magnificent Meals Gina Arton

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 Books A-Z
Arcane Destiny Diary of a Planeswalker
By Chon Nathanian By Craig Dean Jeffries
A young half-orc struggles with their burgeoning magical A funny, yet thought provoking, tale of a powerful
powers when all they want is to stay at home and help their planeswalker who visits the prime material plane for the first
family. After being convinced to train their powers they time. Encountering the realities of existence on the plane
eventually return and save their village from invading with new eyes provides an outsider’s perspective on the
elementals. foibles and intricacies of life.
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder The Dragon, the Warlock and the
By Chevius Glover Bookcase
After an encounter with adventurers, a beholder re- By Susan Staples
evaluates their life choices and becomes a matchmaker. After a young girl falls through a portal to the feywild she
When their paths cross again, the beholder brings two of the convinces her family that they must all travel through to save
adventurers together and the book concludes with their an enslaved prince. In reality, however, she has made a pact
wedding. with an Archfey wherein she must sacrifice her family to him.
The Blacksmith's Daughter The Desolate Dunes
By Villaeth Nazur By Lawsona Eduardo
A steamy Elven romance novel with mature content. When In a remote desert, a group of halflings survive and thrive
a famous adventurer comes to town and begins a torrid affair despite the harsh conditions. When a band of humans arrive
with the Blacksmith’s Daughter it puts the entire town at risk. promising to make their lives easier, the halflings suspect
they may have ulterior motives.
Botanic Majesty
By Bella Lurion Eldritch Fast
When civilisation and industry reach too far, the response By Grillian DeSant
of nature is inevitable. A powerful and horrifying race of A slapstick comedy revolving around Portica O’Flannery, a
botanic sorcerers are born with a single goal: reclaiming the young human woman who makes a pact with a great old one
land for nature. to get a promotion at work. Hilarity Ensues.
The Bows of Ponderell Fey Gone Wild
By Torphin Vaster By Artie Gann
An elite unit of Elven archers are sent to infiltrate and When a portal from the fey wild mysteriously opens in the
destroy a Dwarven stronghold. When their plan goes awry grounds of Castle Breezor, mischievous fey pour through to
and they are captured, they must work together with a group the prime material plane. It is up to the servants to contain
of rogue dwarves to escape. the mischief and close the portal before it’s too late.
Boys from the Gate
By Reggie Queen
A tragic tale of a young human from Elturel who heads to
Baldur’s Gate to find his fortune, but instead falls in with a
rough crowd. His descent into crime and violence has a tragic
ending.
Chromatic Adventures
By Jordan Rapids
A satirical work in nine chapters, each dealing with an
encounter with a different colour of dragon. The stereotype
confounding narrative teaches the reader not to judge any
creature from outward appearance.
The Chronicle of Kharamash
By Hamlet Richardson
The dramatic tale of a blue dragonborn who is betrayed by
his family and leaves home to find peace. Through a number
of adventures Kharamash becomes a paladin of Bahamut.

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The Forbidden Dungeon Good Things Come in Small Packages
By Cortava Navill By Anne Cegg
Legend tells of a cavernous dungeon which contains such After coming back from war to find his partner gone, a
horrors that the Queen has banned anyone from entering. decorated tiefling soldier must embark on another
Tizia doesn’t care for rules, however, and is determined to challenging mission - getting to know the young child he
find out what unspeakable things the forbidden dungeon didn’t know he had.
contains.
History of the City of Mardain
The Forgotten Kingdom By Phyllis Smyth
By Shay Corben A retelling of the legend of the City of Mardain, believed to
When a young human is transported back in time to a lost have been lost in the mists of time. In truth it is not known
elven kingdom both a Prince and a shopkeeper fall in love whether Mardain really existed, but this story focuses on
with them, but who will win their heart? A tale of love, lovers in the final days of the city.
adventure and history.
Holiness
The Garden of Lord Raultan By Brother Cuthbert
By Ravenna Tix When a sheltered monk moves from a cloistered
When Lord Raultan discovers that his son is in a monastery to a small town chapel he is suddenly exposed to
relationship with a dryad, he orders them to break it off all the temptations and excitement of the wide world. As his
before shame is brought to the family. Word of their liaison faith is tested by the relationships which start to develop, he
soon spreads, however, and they must battle for their love in has to focus on bringing religion back into the collective
the face of a disapproving society. consciousness of the town.
The Gentle Dwarf How to Meet Fiends and Immolate People
By Wilhemina Chandresakar By Barnaby Cale
In a world where Dwarven women are expected to go to When a young aasimar takes a slightly too intense interest
battle, one woman dares to be different. Brunhilda dreams of in the Nine Hells, he is pulled from the material plane into
a peaceful world, and travels with the army as a medic, the lair of a demon. It is up to a human girl to cross the
refusing to pick up a weapon in anger. planes to save the one she loves.
The Gift of the Old Ones The Invasion of Shanquil Ridge
By Thorben Griffiths By Jimmy K. Felderman
Zorrbal is new in town, and the inhabitants are nervous. A dramatised retelling of the most famous battle in the
He seems to know things he shouldn’t, and there are secrets Dwarven civil war. The heroic defense of the ridge is told
which should never be spoken. Is he just intuitive or is there through the eyes of one Goldhammer warrior.
more afoot?
A Journey of Elf Discovery
The Giant of Mount Sathander By Lysander Josephus
By Hawthorne LaGrande A seemingly human noble discovers a family archive in
The residents of Sathander, which sits at the bottom of the which their elven ancestry is detailed. They begin a quest to
mountain of the same name, have started reporting sightings learn more about the elves generally, and their relatives in
of a giant in the foothills. While initially fear spreads, they particular.
soon learn of the giant’s benevolent nature and why he’s really
visiting their town. Kingsfern Incorporated
By Faldo Macaw
The Golden Chapel Feared by every law abiding citizen on the Sword Coast,
By Morton O’Shea Kingsfern Incorporated is the premier criminal organisation
The Cathedral in Setarwy is a beautiful monument which in the area. For Monty Garcia, joining was a dream, but now
draws crowds from miles around. While the pilgrims adore the Flaming Fist have caught up with him and his options are
the grand architecture and luxurious interiors, the local narrowing fast.
worshippers have been excluded from the temple they built.
Who will win the battle of faith versus money? The Life and Times of a Modern Druid
By Dilligent Zyxy
Good Girls Don't Scry It’s not easy maintaining the balance of nature when you
By Professor Hywel Williams live in the big city. This is the tale of a young woman gaining
A cautionary tale taught to first year magic students in all Druidic magic while navigating life in the capital.
reputable arcane schools. It tells the tale of Blodwyn, a mage
who uses the scrying spell to learn as much gossip as she
can. Eventually she delves too deeply and is driven mad by
the information she uncovers.

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 Lilian the Bard Of Basilisks and Totems
By Angelique Black By Felicia Bailly
Lilian is a talented storyteller and musician, who enthralls It’s only when basilisks are seen around the edge of town
audiences wherever she travels. When a gifted investigator that the inhabitants of Dayeigh begin to think the humanoid
tackles a string of disappearances, he starts to suspect that totems around them might not be statues. When they manage
the pattern matches the travel of Lilian the Bard. to de-petrify one of the totems they have an incredible story to
tell.
Magic Matters
By Torvell Ögenstadt One Night with the Elven Emissary
A barbarian and a sorcerer are forced to adventure By Luke Hippocrates
together and, despite initial friction, they form an unlikely A tale of passion, intrigue and trade negotiations. It’s lust at
friendship. When the sorcerer wakes up without magic one first sight for the elven emissary and the tiefling maid but
day they must learn the value of rage. their time together is limited and their love taboo.
Mask of Madness The Orphan Messenger
By Katarina Ayrton-Freud By Dart Adger
When Spu-Ni wakes up to find his wife missing and a mask An orphan girl is employed by the nobility to deliver their
lying on the pillow in her place he must embark on a mission messages, as the nobles assume that someone of her station
to get her back. Encountering tieflings and aasimar, fiends would be illiterate. Unbeknownst to them, however, she reads
and demons, he must find his wife before he loses his mind. all their communications and devises a plan to use all the
information she has gained.
Mining and Marigolds
By Magnus Thunderstone The Owlbears’ Picnic
A traditional dwarven love story, in which the eyes of two By Ruminious Flange
miners meet by the light of a davy lamp. They must struggle A book of poetry broadly following the theme of unlikely
to leave behind the iron ore in search of their dream of a rural friendships between owlbears and humanoids. The titular
idyll. poem tells of a summer’s outing of halflings and their
owlbear friends.
The Mischievous Satyr
By Angelica Zador The Tale of Byriel and Lamond
A children’s story focussing on the antics of a Satyr who By G.B.M. Clifford
causes trouble everywhere he goes. He gets his A vast and ambitious epic concerning two lovers; Byriel, an
comeuppance, however, when he plays a trick on a wizard elf, and Lamond, a human. The novel charts their relationship
and ends up being turned into a cow. across the decades and explores the love they share as their
stages of life become increasingly different.
Mordenkainen's Magnificent Meals
By Gina Arton There's No Race Like Gnome
A fictionalised travel and food journal of a young chef By Priyanka DiSanto
journeying througout the land in search of famous wizards Growing up surrounded by humans and elves, Gerald, a
and their favourite meals. young gnome, wishes he could grow taller and be like his
friends. When a powerful gnomish wizard saves the town
from a red dragon, Gerald learns to be proud of who he is.
The Tiefling's Anvil
By Deference Blutmich
A tiefling who has grown up in a family of dwarves returns
from hunting one day to find their camp empty save an anvil.
She sets off in search of her family and to learn their fate.
To the Dragon Born
By Sharaban Petrangrandion
In a highly structured and hierarchical dragonborn society,
where red dragonborn look down on all other colours, this
story tells of the life of a green dragonborn servant. An
irreverent look at class interactions and the condescension of
the upper class.

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Travellers' Rest War in the Frozen South
By Zestiya McGrath By Philomena Brunt
The Travellers' Rest Inn stands in the centre of the island, The life of young Katokka will never be the same after the
at a crossroads from which you can travel to any part. The fragile peace amongst the snow dwarves is shattered.
novel tells of the staff and regulars who call it home, and the Violence and bloodshed are new to Katokka, but she seems
adventurers who stop there. to have a natural flair...
Porphyria Labelle When Power Corrupts
By Timpany Jones By Isdor LeVax
Women want to be her and men want to be with her. Also, Students come from miles around to study under the
men want to be her and women want to be with her. tutelage of the renowned Archwizard Bӧsegut but after two
Porphyria Labelle is a heroic elven adventurer who slays students go missing, rumours start to spread that Bӧsegut is
dragons and sleeps with whoever takes her fancy. not exactly what he seems. Is he training wizards or
warlocks?
Swiftly and Softly
By Arthur Leonardo Wriggles, Airship Pilot
Rumoured to be autobiographical, Swiftly and Softly is a By Col. W. J. Carmichael
tale of thievery, roguishness and derring-do across the Sword After a long and glittering military career, Wrigglesworth
Coast. The centrepiece of the book is the theft of jewels from finds himself in charge of a technologically advanced airship.
all of Baldur’s Gate’s 'Council of Four' in one day. When a natural disaster threatens Neverwinter he must
launch a daring rescue mission.
Voyage to Mikad Island
By Jethro McTavish
An archaeologist and his escorts head to a remote island in
search of the remains of an ancient civilisation. When they
arrive they are faced with strange happenings and rampaging
monsters as they try to unravel a mystery.

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