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List of known Imperial literary works

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|''[[700 Wonders Of The Imperium]]''{{Fn|8e}}

|Published by the '''Avalon Free Press''' on the wonders of the [[Imperium]]{{Fn|8e}}

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|''[[The Acolyte’s Oath]]''{{Fn|80k}}

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|''[[Adeptus Record]]''{{Fn|16a}}

|A text that contains hints relating to the [[Grey Knights]] and mentions that this [[Chapter]] had been created by the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]].{{Fn|16a}}

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|''[[Aeldari Perfidy]]''{{Fn|104}}

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|''[[The Almanac of Terran Bureaucracy]]''{{Fn|133}}

|Written by [[Maddox Brinkmann]]. Details the history of the [[Departmento Munitorum]] and other [[Imperial]] organisations.{{Fn|133}}

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|A partial account of some actions in the [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|55}}

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|''[[Annotated Tome]]''{{Fn|34}}

|A massive, heavy volume of the [[Iron Hands]] [[Chapter]] that catalogues the [[Daemon]]s, [[Chaos Cults|Cults]], and other horrors of [[Chaos]] encountered by the Iron Hands operating in the [[Calixis Sector]]{{Fn|34}}

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|''[[Apocrypha of Davio]]''{{Fn|1}}

|A list of the [[Second Founding]] [[Space Marine Chapter]]s made in [[M33]].{{Fn|1}}

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|''[[Apocrypha of Eons]]''{{Fn|130a}}

|Contents pertains to [[Space Marine]] battlefield roles;{{Fn|130a}} similar to the contents of the [[Apocrypha of Skaros]]

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|''[[Apocrypha of Skaros]]''{{Fn|16b}}

|The earliest known copy of the [[Codex Astartes]]. States that there were 23 [[Primogenitor Chapters]] (chapters founded from the [[Ultramarines]] Legion during the Second Founding).{{Fn|16b}}

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|''[[Apocrypha of the Nightbringer]]''{{Fn|28c}}

|Contains details on the [[Necron]] race.{{Fn|28c}}

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|''[[Apocrypha of the Un-Founding]]''{{Fn|119a}}

|An ancient and revered document about the secret origins of the [[Blood Ravens]] [[Chapter]]. Allegedly written by [[Azariah Vidya]].{{Fn|119a}}

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|''[[The Apocrypha Terra]]''{{Fn|85}}

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|''[[The Apologues of Olympia]]''{{Fn|86}}

|Written by [[Perturabo]]{{Fn|86}}

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|''[[The Authorised History of Astra Militarum Auxiliary Regiments in the Geres Subsector Vol. XXXIIa]]''{{Fn|100}}

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|''[[Avoiding Becoming Your Own Grandfather And Other Paradoxes That Create Unnecessary Paperwork for the Administratum]]''{{Fn|47}}

|Written by [[Inquisitor]] [[August Helden IIV|August Helden IIV the Elder/Younger]] of the [[Ordo Chronos]]. Details chronal dilation during transit through the [[Warp]].{{Fn|47}}

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|''[[Battle-Psalms of Vespania]]''{{Fn|121b}}

|Scripture penned by [[Canoness]] [[Vespania]].{{Fn|121b}}

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|''[[Benefits of Tyranny]]''{{Fn|118a}}

|By [[Kallendine]]{{Fn|118a}}

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|''[[Bibliotheque Xenologis]]''{{Fn|64f}}

|A [[Xenology (Imperium)|xenology]] text written by [[Volland]].{{Fn|64f}}

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|''[[Biophage Infestations]]''{{Fn|104}}

|The seminal work of [[Locard]].{{Fn|104}}

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|''[[Blessed Rituals of Inquiry, Volume IX]]''{{Fn|81b}}

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|''[[Blessed Suffering of Saint Elana]]''{{Fn|81j}}

|About [[Saint Elana]]{{Fn|81j}}

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|''[[Blood Through Understanding]]''{{Fn|106b}}

|A poem written by [[Ignace Karkasy]].{{Fn|106b}}

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|''[[The Book of Atticus]]''{{Fn|31b}}

|An [[Ecclesiarchy]] text, filled with verses{{Fn|31b}}

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|''[[The Book of Atum]]''{{Fn|106e}}

|Contains a prophecy that speaks about the death of the universe.{{Fn|106d}}

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|''[[Book of Days and Leagues]]''{{Fn|130b}}

|Contains some passages praising the cohesion of the Adeptus Astartes.{{Fn|130b}}

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|''[[Book of Eibon]]''{{Fn|109a}}

|Written by [[inquisitor]] [[Quixos]].{{Fn|109a}}

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|''[[The Book of Endings]]''{{Fn|108a}}

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|''[[Book of Five Spheres]]''{{Fn|18}}

|The art of war of the [[Imperial Fists]], authored by [[Rhetoricus]].{{Fn|18}}

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|''[[Book of Judgement]]''{{Fn|13}}

|The legal code of the Imperium, enforced by the [[Adeptus Arbites]].{{Fn|13}} Many planetary versions of this legal doctrine exist.{{Fn|104}}

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|''[[Book of Mephiston]]''{{Fn|7b}}

|The life and origins of [[Mephiston]] of the [[Blood Angels]]{{Fn|7b}}

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|''[[Book of the Astronomicon]]''{{Fn|129}}

|"What can a man know of the Universe who knows not his own mind?"{{Fn|129}}

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|''[[Book of the Redemption]]''{{Fn|89b}}

|Gathers the tenets of the [[Necromunda (planet)|Necromundan]] [[Cult of Redemption]].{{Fn|89b}}

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|''[[A Book of Retrospections]]''{{Fn|52b}}

|The memoir of [[Canoness]] [[Sepherina]] of the [[Order of Our Martyred Lady]].{{Fn|52b}}

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|''[[Book of Salvation]]''{{Fn|53}}

|A relic of the [[Dark Angels]] [[Chapter]] listing the names of captured [[The Fallen|Fallen]].{{Fn|53}}

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|''[[Book of Sanguinius]]''{{Fn|42a}}

|The most profound epithets of [[Sanguinius]].{{Fn|42a}}

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|''[[The Book of Solace]]''{{Fn|80a}}

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|''[[Book of St. Lucius]]''{{Fn|122}}

|A holy tome containing the sermons of [[Saint]] [[Lucius of Agatha]].{{Fn|122}}

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|''[[The Book of the Epistles of Lorgar]]''{{Fn|112}}

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|''[[Books of Punishment]]''{{Fn|109b}}

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|''[[The Brothers Carmassi]]''{{Fn|104}}

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|''[[Byhata]]''{{Fn|56}}

|Also known as the ''Vitrian Art of War''. A treatise on military tactics that underpins the combat doctrine of the [[Vitrian Dragoons]].{{Fn|56}}

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|''[[The Calixian Black Grimoire]]''{{Fn|81h}}

|By [[Inquisitor Lord]] [[Quate'maz Knael]], with substantial additions by Inquisitor [[Kol Shek]]{{Fn|81h}}

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|''[[Canticles of the Omniastran Dogma]]''{{Fn|106c}}

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|''[[Catechisms Martial]]''{{Fn|99}}

|Book written by [[Daenyathos]] for [[Soul Drinkers]].{{Fn|99}}

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|''[[Chants of the Journeyman]]''{{Fn|81e}}

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|''[[Chapters of Punishment]]''{{Fn|109b}}

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|''[[The Chronicles of Uranos]]''{{Fn|83}}

|By [[Auldre Derlon]]{{Fn|83}}

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|''[[The Chronicles of Ursh]]''{{Fn|103c}}

|Describes the reign and fall of [[Kalagann]] as well as the conquest of [[Ursh]] during the [[Unification Wars]].{{Fn|103c}}

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|''[[Codex Astartes]]''{{Fn|1}}

|The doctrine of Space Marine [[Chapter]] organisation, produced by [[Roboute Guilliman]].{{Fn|1}}

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|''[[Codex Hereticus]]''{{Fn|14}}{{Fn|15}}

|Collective name for the [[Inquisition]] records on every aspect and all forms of heretical [[cult]]s.{{Fn|14}}{{Fn|15}}

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|''[[Codex Imperium]]''

|Imperial vehicles with details for the Imperial Guardsman.{{Fn|4x}}

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|''[[Codex Sanguine]]''{{Fn|36}}

|Details the process of Founding of the [[Angels Sanguine]] [[Chapter]], following the death of [[Sanguinius]], and the curses they have inherited from the [[Blood Angels]].{{Fn|36}}

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|''[[Codicium Arkathalor]]''

|Details of the campaigns in the [[Pandora Sector]] in [[M30]]{{CME}}

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|''[[Collected Sermons of Monodominance Vol I]]''{{Fn|81h}}

|by [[Lord Inquisitor]] [[Nihilus]]{{Fn|81h}}

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|''[[Comedia Theologica]]''{{Fn|118c}}

|A book in the field of theosophic poetry.{{Fn|118b}} Written by [[Philemon (Writer)|Philemon]].{{Fn|118c}}

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|''[[Commandments to the Ecclesiarchy]]''{{Fn|80b}}

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|''[[A Complete Taxonomy of Gershom]]''{{Fn|104}}

|A complete taxonomy of the fauna of [[Gershom]] written by [[Valentin Drusher]].{{Fn|105}}{{Fn|104}}

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|''[[Corpus Presidium Calixis]]''{{Fn|33}}

|The legal code for the [[Calixis Sector]]{{Fn|33}}

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|''[[The Credo of the Astronomican]]''{{Fn|43a}}

|See an [[Quotes Imperium#Imperial Texts|extract]] from it{{Fn|43a}}

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|''[[De Morbis Fabrica]]''{{Fn|64f}}

|A [[Xenology (Imperium)|xenology]] text written by [[Camargo]].{{Fn|64f}}

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|''[[De Natura Belli]]''{{Fn|5}}

|Written by [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] on warfare.{{Fn|5}}

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|''[[De Xenos Maleficorum]]''{{Fn|19}}

|An Inquisitorial tome used by the [[Ordo Xenos]] that speaks of [[Space Hulk]]s.{{Fn|19}}

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|''[[Deathbed Revisions]]''{{Fn|108u}}

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|''[[Deeds of the Adeptus Astartes]]''{{Fn|30b}}

|A series of volumes on the exploits of various [[Space Marine Chapters]]{{Fn|30b}}

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|''[[Dictatus Callidus]]''{{Fn|6}}

|The book of the [[Callidus Assassin]]{{Fn|6}}

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|''[[Dictatus Culexus]]''{{Fn|6}}

|The book of the [[Culexus Assassin]]{{Fn|6}}

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|''[[Dictatus Eversor]]''{{Fn|6}}

|The book of the [[Eversor Assassin]]{{Fn|6}}

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|''[[Dictatus Vindicare]]''{{Fn|6}}

|The book of the [[Vindicare Assassin]]{{Fn|6}}

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|''[[Doctrina Numorum Xenorum]]''{{Fn|64f}}

|A [[Xenology (Imperium)|xenology]] text written by [[Alciphron]].{{Fn|64f}}

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|''[[Dogma Omniastra]]''{{Fn|32}}{{Fn|104}}

|A text written on the threat the awakening [[Necrons]] pose to [[Mankind]]{{Fn|32}}

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|''[[Dominican Tracts]]''{{Fn|31a}}

|An [[Ecclesiarchy]] text{{Fn|31a}}

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|''[[The Dream of the Eagle]]''{{Fn|116}}

|An epic poem written in [[Imperial_Culture#Language|Old Gothic]].{{Fn|116}}

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|''[[Dreamer Unsleeping]]''{{Fn|25b}}

|An ancient text on the life and death of [[Malcador the Sigillite]]{{Fn|25b}}

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|''[[Ecclesiastical Guidebook of Necromunda]]''{{Fn|89a}}

|Describes the tenets of the [[Imperial Cult]].{{Fn|89a}}

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|''[[The Edge of Illumination]]''{{Fn|71}}

|A book written by [[Solomon Voss]] during the [[Great Crusade]]{{Fn|71}}

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|''[[The Eighteen Legions]]''{{Fn|86}}

|Composed by [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Khârn]] of the [[World Eaters]]. Never published.{{Fn|86}}

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|''[[The Emperor's Dream]]''{{Fn|108k}}

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|''[[The Emperor's Tarot]]''{{Fn|108g}}

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|''[[An Epilogue to Torment]]''{{Fn|94}}

|Written by [[Lorgar Aurelian]] after his crusade against the [[Covenant of Colchis]].{{Fn|94}}

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|''[[The Elegy of Valgaast]]''{{Fn|104}}

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|''[[Fanfare to Unity]]''{{Fn|103a}}

|Written by [[Ignace Karkasy]].{{Fn|103a}}

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|''[[Faythe, Dutie and Obstinanse Most Pure]]''{{Fn|117}}

|Written by [[Sub-Deacon]] [[Gebim Ibzan Hartolemaeus]].{{Fn|117}}

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|''[[First Book of Indocrinations]]''{{Fn|43b}}

|See an [[Quotes Imperium#F|extract]] from it.{{Fn|43b}}

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|''[[First Book of Ordeal]]''{{Fn|98}}

|One of the [[Inquisition]] books.{{Fn|98}}

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|''[[First Book of Saint Drusus]]''{{Fn|81i}}

|About [[Saint Drusus]].{{Fn|81i}}

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|''[[Folk Tales of Old Muscovy]]''{{Fn|103b}}

|Pre-[[unification]] fiction.{{Fn|103b}}

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|''[[Forge World Citizen’s Safety Manual]]''{{Fn|128a}}

|Distributed to manufactorum workers by [[tech adept]]s at the optimal rate of one per fifty workers. Pocket tome of holy regulations and strictures.{{Fn|128a}}

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|''[[The Full Account of the Failed Heresy of Pamphylia Majoris and its Peoples Most Wicked]]''{{Fn|117}}

|Compiled by [[Inquisitor]] [[Uphazin Dibri]].{{Fn|117}}

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|''[[The Glorious Salvation of Cnida Tertius]]''{{Fn|117}}

|Written by [[Historitor]] [[Rahab Linsel]].{{Fn|117}}

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|''[[The Glutted Scythe]]''{{Fn|97}}

|Repository of blood rites and disciplines, penned by [[Mephiston]]{{Fn|97}}

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|''[[The Golden Age of Sumaturan Poetry]]''{{Fn|103b}}

|Pre-[[unification]] poetry.{{Fn|103b}}

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|''[[Gospel of Saint Sabbat]]''{{Fn|67}}

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|''[[Greenskins and How to Kill Them]]''{{Fn|104}}

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|''[[Grimoire Hereticus]]''{{Fn|1}}

|A list of, and information on, the [[Space Marine Legion]]s which turned on the Imperium during the [[Horus Heresy]], made in [[M35]].{{Fn|1}}

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|''[[Grimoire Purgatus]]''{{Fn|40}}

|[[Grey Knights]] series detail specific ways for defeating in combat various [[Daemons]] of Chaos.{{Fn|40}}

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|''[[Guardsman-to-Skitarius Phrasebook]]''{{Fn|125}}

|A simple [[Low Gothic]]-to-[[Binaric]] phrasebook for [[guardsmen]] in order to communicate with [[skitarii]]. Thus building comradery between [[Imperial]] and [[Mechanicus]] troops.{{Fn|125}}

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|''[[The Gunmetallicus Primer]]''{{Fn|80f}}

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|''[[Hammer and Shield: Collected Essays on the History of the Second Kholdas War]]''{{Fn|110}}

|Edited by [[Commissar-Colonel]] [[Keisse von Holh]] and [[Major]] [[Wyllum Imrilov]].{{Fn|110}}

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|''[[The Heroes of Kinder Ages]]''{{Fn|87}}

|Written by [[Solomon Voss]].{{Fn|87}}

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|''[[Heroes of Legend]]''{{Fn|7b}}

|A study of the [[Dreadnought]]s of the [[Blood Angels]], including [[Moriar the Chosen]].{{Fn|7b}}

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|''[[Hidden Chronicles of the Chogoran Epics]]''{{Fn|30a}}

|A text on the histories and legends of the planet [[Chogoris]]{{Fn|30a}}

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|''[[Historia Empyrealium]]''{{Fn|64e}}

|A [[Xenology (Imperium)|xenology]] text written by [[Daleth Tencin]].{{Fn|64e}}

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|''[[Historia Et Structura Res Navis Nobilite]]''{{Fn|80j}}

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|''[[History of Olympia]]''{{Fn|82}}

|Penned by [[Perturabo]]{{Fn|82}}

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|''[[Horticulture of the Western Naga Archipelago]]''{{Fn|107a}}

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|''[[Hunter's Lore]]''{{Fn|41}}

|Series of the [[Dark Angels]]' scrolls that detail strike forces modified from those found in the [[Codex Astartes]]{{Fn|41}}

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|The memoirs of [[Commissar]] [[Falkov]].{{Fn|54}}

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|''[[In a Time of Ending]]''{{Fn|108e}}

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|''[[In Blackest Night: The Millennial Wars Appraised]]''{{Fn|58}}

|An [[Imperial]] historical publication authored by [[Ayjaepi Clothier]].{{Fn|58}}

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|''[[In Defence of the Future: A Logical Discourse]]''{{Fn|114}}{{Fn|81f}}

|Author unknown, banned [[M36]]. The inspirational text for the heretical [[Logicians]]{{Fn|81f}}

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|''[[Insignium Astartes]]''{{Fn|70}}

|The Uniforms and Regalia of the Space Marines.{{Fn|70}}

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|''[[The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer]]''

|A small book of instructions, issued to [[Imperial Guard]] troopers.{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|12}} Hundreds of different versions exist with subtly different contents depending on the regiment that printed it.{{Fn|104}}

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|''[[Imperial Munitorum Manual]]''{{Fn|128a}}

|Useful text for [[Astra Militarum]] [[quartermaster]]s. Contains information that aids in parsing the unending stream of shipping manifests that come from the [[Departmento Munitorum]].{{Fn|128a}}

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|''[[The Inquisitorial Omnibus of Actual Governmental Destabilisation vol 987]]''{{Fn|80l}}

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|''[[Interrogation Testimony Vol. 17.]]''{{Fn|81a}}

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|''[[Lectitio Divinitatus]]''{{Fn|128a}}

|A holy text.{{Fn|128a}}

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|''[[Lament of Valgaast]]''{{Fn|104}}

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|''[[Lamentations]]''{{Fn|118c}}

|A book in the field of theosophic poetry.{{Fn|118b}} Written by [[Typhius]].{{Fn|118c}}

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|''[[Leaders of the Adeptus Astartes: A Most Secret Report]]''{{Fn|8c}}

|Information on the leaders of the Space Marines, including [[Azrael]]. Compiled by Master Maximus Pliny.{{Fn|8c}}

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|''[[Legend of Hourian]]''{{Fn|29}}

|Tells the story of an ill fated [[Inquisitor]], who falls in love with an [[Eldar]] Princess.{{Fn|29}}

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|''[[Lexiconum Moralis]]''{{Fn|80e}}

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|''[[Lexicanum Tormento]]''{{Fn|126a}}

|A three-volume work by Madam-[[Archeor]] [[Fortunata Gallo]]. One of her many works expanding on her philosophies that truth is excorised in it purest form through pain, rage, and suffering.{{Fn|126a}}

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|''[[Liber Anatomicus]]''{{Fn|128a}}

|Contains information on human anatomy, field medicae, and surgical procedure. The summarized pocket edition booklet of this tome is in broad circulation amongst the [[medic]]s of the [[Astra Militarum]].{{Fn|128a}}

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|''[[Liber Armorum]]''{{Fn|39}}

|Presumably information about vehicles and war machines. First military using of [[Rhino]] was documented there.{{Fn|39}}

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|''[[Liber Astartes]]''{{Fn|1}}

|Information on the [[Ultramarines]] and their empire of [[Ultramar]], written in [[M37]].{{Fn|1}}

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|''[[Liber Daemonicum]]''{{Fn|9}}

|The equivalent of the [[Codex Astartes]] for the [[Grey Knights]] chapter.{{Fn|9}}

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|''[[Liber Excruciatus]]''{{Fn|61}}

|List of methods of torture committed by [[Klovis]] the Redeemer{{Fn|61}}

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|''[[Liber Honorus Imperial Fists]]''{{Fn|1}}

|List of honoured Space Marines of the [[Imperial Fists]] Chapter, continuous use.{{Fn|1}}

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|''[[Liber Malan]]''{{Fn|50}}

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|''[[Liber Imperialis]]''{{Fn|80i}}

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|''[[Liber Proditor Armorum]]''

|A work authored by [[Imperial Fists]] [[Techmarine]] Suprema [[Lysol Blane]] on the use of armoured vehicles by [[Chaos Space Marines]].{{CME}}

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|''[[Liber Subditus]]''{{Fn|20}}

|This tome of Clade [[Callidus]] contains no-mind focusing mantras and had been used by their assassin operatives as far back as the Great Crusade era.{{Fn|20}}

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|''[[Liber Xenologis]]''{{Fn|64a}}

|A work on [[Xenology (Imperium)]] containing information about various xenos species and the [[Seventh Blackstone Fortress]] written by the rogue trader [[Janus Draik]].{{Fn|64a}}

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|''[[The Life and Times of Lion El'Jonson]]''{{Fn|8a}}{{Fn|8b}}

|The life of [[Lion El'Jonson]] until his disappearance.{{Fn|8a}}{{Fn|8b}}

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|''[[Life of Saint Messelina]]''{{Fn|131}}

|Information regarding the [[Moebian Domain]]'s Saint [[Messelina]]. Written by [[Caladoc]].{{Fn|131}}

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|''[[The Life of Lord Solar Macharius]]''{{Fn|128a}}

|One of the many hundreds of [[Macharian]] history books exported from the [[Macharian Sector]]. This one chronicle the life of [[Solar Macharius]].{{Fn|128a}}

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|''[[Life of Sebastian Thor]]''{{Fn|92}}

|Declared [[Heretical]] in [[M37]].{{Fn|92}}

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|''[[Like a Phoenix From the Flames: The Founding of the 597th]]''{{Fn|10c}}

|Written by [[Lady General]] [[Jenit Sulla]] of [[Valhalla]]. Part of Sulla's autobiography, detailing the early days of the [[Valhallan 597th]] [[Imperial Guard Regiment|regiment]] and her career with it.{{Fn|10c}}

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|''[[Litany of the Fallen]]''{{Fn|128b}}

|A guide to identifying heretics through behavioural patterns and appearance. Often used by overzealous Ministorum priests to orchestrate witch-hunts of questionable veracity.{{Fn|128b}}

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|''[[Litany of Sacrifice]]''{{Fn|128b}}

|A text idolising martyrdom and containing an overrall message of ''only in death does duty end''. Contains a significant number of sacred and lurid illustrations, each in equal amounts. The faithful tend to heed the contents of this work.{{Fn|128b}}

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|''[[Liturgis Honorum]]''{{Fn|8d}}

|Liturgies of honourable members of the [[Dark Angels]].{{Fn|8d}}

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|''[[Lords of Baal]]''{{Fn|7a}}

|Description of much of the upper echelons of the [[Blood Angels]].{{Fn|7a}}

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|''[[Malefic Abjurations and the Multifarious Horrores Associated wyth Such Workes]]''{{Fn|106e}}

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|''[[Maleficum Abjurum]]''{{Fn|95}}

|A discussion of [[Heresy]].{{Fn|95}}

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|''[[Manual of Saint Griselda]]''{{Fn|121a}}

|Collects the writings of [[Saint Griselda|Saint Griselda the Pious]].{{Fn|121a}}

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|''[[Mechanicus Rites of Bonding]]''{{Fn|80g}}

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|''[[Meditations on the Elegiac Hero]]''{{Fn|106a}}

|Written by [[Ignace Karkasy]].{{Fn|106a}}

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|''[[Men-beasts: An Myth Moste Dangerous]]''{{Fn|127}}

|A zealous text claiming that [[Beastmen]] don't exist. The writer recounts their actions denouncing and punishing any who claim otherwise. Written by Sister [[Edwynne Salemon]].{{Fn|127}}

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|''[[The Militarum Auxilla Lectionary]]''{{Fn|126b}}

|Taught to the [[Abhuman]]s of the [[Militarum Auxilla]]{{Fn|126b}}

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|''[[Mind Journeys of a Heretic Saint]]''{{Fn|90}}

|A treatise on the [[Daemon World]] [[Drakaasi]] and its cities, by [[Helmandar Oswain]]{{Fn|90}}

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|''[[The Mirror of Smoke]]''{{Fn|11}}{{Fn|104}}

|A short and very personal work about being a disabled psyker, by [[Gideon Ravenor]].{{Fn|11}} Considered heart-breaking to some.{{Fn|104}}

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|''[[Monodomination: The Right of Man to Rule the Galaxy]]''{{Fn|81c}}

|By [[Monodominant]] [[Inquisitor]] [[Goldo]]{{Fn|81c}}

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|''[[The Movement of Stars]]''{{Fn|107a}}

|A multi-volume almanac.{{Fn|107a}}

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|''[[My Time Amongst the Eldar, or How I Visited Iyanden Craftworld and Lived!]]''{{Fn|132}}

|Written by [[Ieldan Soect]]. An account of the writer's experiences within the [[Craftworld Iyanden]]. Provides insights about the Eldar beliefs and practices regarding death and the soul in regards to [[Spirit Stone]]s, including the [[Infinity Circuit]], [[Wraithguard]], and [[Wraithlord]]s.{{Fn|132}}

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|''[[My Wish to Generate Children with You is Only Exceeded by My Devotion to Him]]''{{Fn|100}}

|A romance set on the reputed [[paradise world]] of [[Krieg]].{{Fn|100}}

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|''[[The Mythic Remembrances of Yvraelle]]''{{Fn|119c}}

|Written by [[Rafellus Kneg]], [[Heirosavant]] of the [[Callidus Temple]] in 901.[[M41]].{{Fn|119c}} Contains myths and tales extracted from the captured [[Harlequin]] [[Mime]], [[Yvraelle]].{{Fn|119d}}

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|''[[Mythos Angelica Mortis]]''{{Fn|1}}

|A list of the Space Marine chapters produced in [[M36]] and including the status of each of the original legions, as well as listing a few of the Chapters of the [[Second Founding]], compiled with information found in the Apocryphia of Davio of M33 and the Grimoire Hereticus of M35.{{Fn|1}}

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|''[[Necromundas Nobilis]]''{{Fn|91}}

|Details every [[Clan House]] and [[Noble House]] of [[Necromunda (planet)|Necromunda]]{{Fn|91}}

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|''[[The Neimerel Scrolls]]''{{Fn|51}}

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|''[[Nemesis Divina]]''{{Fn|104}}

|A literary work in the field of natural philosophy written by [[Linnaeus]].{{Fn|104}}

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|''[[Ninth Book of Black Inheritance]]''{{Fn|112}}

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|''[[Notes Towards Martial Codification]]''{{Fn|85}}

|By [[Roboute Guilliman]]{{Fn|85}}

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|''[[Nova Codex Astartes]]''{{Fn|93}}

|By [[Roboute Guilliman]]{{Fn|93}}

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|''[[Obscurus Analects of Xenoartefacts]]''{{Fn|28b}}{{Fn|104}}

|A series of writings and texts that had been written by the notorious [[Inquisitor]] [[Ichtyus Drumall]] who claimed that he had spent three years in the underworld of the [[Eldar]] [[Craftworld]] [[Saim-Hann]].{{Fn|28b}}

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|''[[Ocean Poems]]''{{Fn|103a}}

|Written by [[Ignace Karkasy]].{{Fn|103a}}

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|''[[Officer's Standard Primer]]''{{Fn|79}}

|A series of writings for instructing [[Astra Militarum]] officers.{{Fn|79}}

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|''[[On Betrayal]]''{{Fn|108d}}

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|''[[On Human Endurance]]''{{Fn|108r}}

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|''[[On Mortality, Vol. XII-ΩΩ]]''{{Fn|81d}}

|By [[Archmagos]] [[Paracelsus]]{{Fn|81d}}

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|''[[On the Ancients]]''{{Fn|76b}}

|Thoughts on [[Dreadnoughts]] by members of the [[Carcharodon Astra]].{{Fn|76b}}

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|''[[On the Annihilation of the Mutant]]''{{Fn|108j}}

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|''[[On the Breaking of Nixis III]]''{{Fn|108h}}

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|''[[On the Conquest of Escher]]''{{Fn|108c}}

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|''[[On the Cost of Humanity]]''{{Fn|108v}}

|A treatise.{{Fn|108v}}

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|''[[On the Eve of Exterminatus]]''{{Fn|108m}}

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|''[[On the Eve of the Macharian Crusade]]''{{Fn|81g}}

|By [[Lord Solar]] [[Macharius]]{{Fn|81g}}

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|''[[On the Razing of Cavor City]]''{{Fn|108t}}

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|''[[On the subjet of Human Frailty]]''{{Fn|108q}}

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|''[[On the Wisdom of Lies, Vol. IX]]''{{Fn|108o}}

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|''[[On War and Time]]''{{Fn|96}}

|First-year mandatory reading for the [[Schola Progenium]] officer track.{{Fn|96}}

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|''[[The Once Pure Hive]]''{{Fn|80d}}

|[[Catuldynus]]’s epic verse allegory.{{Fn|80d}}

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|''[[Omega Codex]]''{{Fn|63}}

|A text containing battle tactics to defeat [[Space Marine Legions]] and used by the Space Wolves.{{Fn|63}}

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|''[[Our Friend Promethium]] '' (Imperial Educational Press, 238th edition, 897.[[M41]]){{Fn|21}}

|Educational book by Pyrus the fame, describing various properties of Promethium.{{Fn|21}}

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|Written by [[Raldoron]], first [[Chapter Master]] of the [[Blood Angels]].{{Fn|46}}

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|''[[The Pleician Tome]]''{{Fn|62}}

|A collection of archives that contains Mechanicus lore.{{Fn|62}}

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|A xenological catalog about the fauna of [[Necromunda (planet)|Necromunda]].{{Fn|64b}} Written by [[Erasmus Zachau]].{{Fn|64d}}

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|''[[Principles of Sound Defence]]''{{Fn|72}}

| A work penned by the Primarch [[Rogal Dorn]].{{Fn|72}}

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|''[[Psykana Occultis]]''{{Fn|17}}

|A tome that contains lore on psychic research and the powers of psykers. The novitiate [[Sister of Silence]] [[Leillani Mollitas]] had read early volumes of this text alongside the '''Voiceless Judgements of Malaena Verdthand''' in the libraria on the [[Somnus Citadel]] at [[Luna]]. This knowledge allowed her to prepare herself for her duty as a witch hunter.{{Fn|17}}

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|''[[The Quest for the Black Library]]''{{Fn|119b}}

|Author unknown. Fragments of the original text recovered by [[Librarian]] [[Jonas Urelie]] of the [[Blood Ravens]], and stored aboard the [[Omnis Arcanum]] [[Librarium Sanctorum]].{{Fn|119b}}

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|''[[Reading Astrologies and Astrotelepathic Auguries]]''{{Fn|106e}}

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|''[[The Rebuke]]''{{Fn|22}}

|One of the many books of sanctified combat doctrine adhered to by the [[Sisters of Battle]].{{Fn|22}}

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|''[[Reflections and Odes]]''{{Fn|103a}}

|A meritorious and much republished work of [[Ignace Karkasy]].{{Fn|103a}}

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|''[[Reflections on the Hive State]]''{{Fn|11}}

|A work on the nature and culture of living in a hive, by [[Gideon Ravenor]].{{Fn|11}}

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|''[[Reflections on War]]''{{Fn|108i}}

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|''[[Reflective studies of an Early Eastern Fringe]]''{{Fn|107b}}

|Written by the xeno-archaeologist professor [[Madeline de Medici]] of the [[Katon-Rouge Universitariat]].{{Fn|107b}}

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|''[[Remembrances of the Peaceful Compliance of Caliban]]''{{Fn|73}}

|Written by Abdul-qarim Sereni during the [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|73}}

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|''[[Requiem Angelis]]''

|A work (presumably a requiem to be sung before battle), sacred to the [[Unforgiven Chapters]].{{CME}}

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|''[[Revelati Draconis]]''{{Fn|27b}}

|An ancient text that speaks of the old myths surrounding dragons on the planet [[Terra]]{{Fn|27b}}

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|''[[The Rhyme of the Ancient Acolyte]]''{{Fn|80c}}

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|''[[The Road of Salvation: A Guide to Following in the Steps of the Prophets and Saints of the Imperium|The Road of Salvation]]''

|A source for the [[Macharian Crusade]].{{Fn|4a}}

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|''[[Rubric of Protocol]]''{{Fn|88}}

|Outlines all the matters of behavior, conduct, methodology and practice for the Inquisition's [[Ordo (Inquisition)|Ordos]] to follow.{{Fn|88}}

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|Written by Baron [[Choliz Balmonte]], a [[Xenographer]].{{Fn|123}}

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|''[[The Sermons of Goge Vandire]]''{{Fn|128a}}

|A holy text.{{Fn|128a}}

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|''[[Scriptorium of Iron]]''{{Fn|26}}

|A tome of the [[Iron Hands]], that contains the history of deeds done by the [[Chapter]]'s most renowned members.{{Fn|26}}

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|''[[Scriptures of Sebastian Thor]]''{{Fn|115}}

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|''[[Scrolls of Sanguinius]]''{{Fn|42b}}

|The writing of innermost thoughts of [[Sanguinius]].{{Fn|42b}}

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|''[[Second Book of Ordeals]]''{{Fn|38}}

|A tome of the [[Inquisition]].{{Fn|38}}

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|''[[Selected Sayings, Vol III]]''{{Fn|102}}

|Includes the saying "''Claims of innocence mean nothing: they serve only to prove a foolish lack of caution.''" attributed to [[Judge]] [[Traggat]].{{Fn|102}}

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|''[[The Shriven King Awakens]]''{{Fn|108n}}

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|''[[The Sky Angel Steals the Light]]''{{Fn|28a}}

|A scroll containing an artistically illustrated folk-story, written in an old and primitive form of [[High Gothic]].{{Fn|28a}}

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|''[[Space Lanes of The Imperium and the Perils of the Galaxy]]''{{Fn|2}}

|A bulky guide to many of the major phenomenas of to be found in the galaxy, including [[Van Grothe's Rapidity]], featuring in [[The Fall of Medusa V]] campaign.{{Fn|2}}

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|''[[The Speculum Historiale]]''{{Fn|49}}

|Contains one the most extensive records of the [[Great Crusade]] known.{{Fn|49}}

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|''[[The Spheres of Longing]]''{{Fn|11}}

|A famous work about both the nature of Chaos and the warp, and also the essence of being a psyker, by [[Gideon Ravenor]].{{Fn|11}}

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|''[[Sunset on Deneb]]''{{Fn|25a}}

|A play that tells of the improbable series of events, that leads a stumbling hero into becoming a [[Lord Militant]].{{Fn|25a}}

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|''[[The Symphony of Banished Night]]''{{Fn|66}}

|The operatic tale of the demise of [[Cardinal Tang]].{{Fn|66}}

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|''[[Tactica Imperialis]]''{{Fn|80h}}{{Fn|128b}}

|Details victorious campaigns in the [[Imperium]]'s history. It is held in near-sacred regard and is extensively used in the training of Astra Militarum officers. Zealous adherance to the texts has largely created a hegemony of Imperial Tactics. An enemy who has simply read these texts will gain profound insights on how to best exploit most Imperial tactical weaknesses.{{Fn|128b}} [[Tactica Imperium passages]]

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|''[[Tactica Imperium]]''

|[[Imperial Guard]] combat and tactics handbook, continuous use.{{Fn|3}} Hundreds of variants of the book exist, each with subtely different contents.{{Fn|104}}

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|''[[Tale of Lady Vetara]]''{{Fn|64g}}

|Fiction. One of the six volumes of [[Rabula's Tales]].{{Fn|64g}}

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|''[[Tale of Rags]]''{{Fn|64g}}

|Fiction. One of the six volumes of [[Rabula's Tales]].{{Fn|64g}}

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|''[[Tale of the Chalice]]''{{Fn|64g}}

|Fiction. One of the six volumes of [[Rabula's Tales]].{{Fn|64g}}

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|''[[Tale of the Changeling]]''{{Fn|64g}}

|Fiction. One of the six volumes of [[Rabula's Tales]].{{Fn|64g}}

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|''[[Tale of the Glutton]]''{{Fn|64g}}

|Fiction. One of the six volumes of [[Rabula's Tales]].{{Fn|64g}}

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|''[[Tale of the Serpent]]''{{Fn|64g}}

|Fiction. One of the six volumes of [[Rabula's Tales]].{{Fn|64g}}

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|''[[Teachings on the Unholy]]''{{Fn|52a}}

|Written by [[Inquisitor]] [[Czevak]].{{Fn|52a}}

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|''[[Terminus Decree]]''{{Fn|35}}

|An ancient scripture, that is a sacred relic to the [[Grey Knights]] [[Chapter]]{{Fn|35}}

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|''[[Terra Redux: A History of the early Inquisition|Terra Redux]]''{{Fn|11}}

|The beginnings of the Imperial [[Inquisition]], post-heresy. By [[Gideon Ravenor]].{{Fn|11}}

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|''[[Tenets of War]]''{{Fn|74}}

|A collection of written wisdom by the [[Primarch]] [[Jaghatai Khan]].{{Fn|74}}

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|''[[The Testament of Tertia]]''{{Fn|84}}

|Written by a follower of [[Sebastian Thor]].{{Fn|84}}

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|''[[The Thorian Solution]]''{{Fn|108s}}

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|''[[Thoughts and Memories of Old Night]]''{{Fn|106c}}

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|''[[To Dream of Empire]]''{{Fn|68}}

|A book written by [[Ignace Karkasy]] during the [[Great Crusade]]{{Fn|68}}

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|''[[To Serve The Emperor: A Commissar's Life]]''{{Fn|10a}}

|Written by [[Commissar]] [[Ciaphas Cain]] about his glorious career.{{Fn|10a}} Describes acts of bravery almost beyond belief.{{Fn|104}}

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|''[[Tome Eternal]]''{{Fn|77}}

|Names of the [[Blade Champion]]s of the [[Adeptus Custodes]].{{Fn|77}}

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|''[[Tome of Ectoclades]]''{{Fn|43}}

|Secrets about [[xenos]].{{Fn|43}}

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|''[[Tome of Istrouma]]''{{Fn|59}}

|Names of all the former members of the [[Tome Keepers]].{{Fn|59}}

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|''[[Tome of Malcador]]''{{Fn|78}}

|Written by [[Malcador the Sigillite]].{{Fn|78}}

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|''[[The Tome of the Long Hunt]]''{{Fn|37}}

|Details some of the greatest achievements of the [[Ravenwing]].{{Fn|37}}

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|''[[Tome of Uplifting Thoughts]]''{{Fn|113}}

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|''[[Towards an Imperial Utopia]]''{{Fn|11}}

|Ideas of cultural philosophy, how the Imperium could develop and improve itself. Written by [[Gideon Ravenor]].{{Fn|11}}

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|Proscribed work on the nature of divinity. Written by [[Catullus Ven]].{{Fn|84}}

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|''[[Translations of Pertinent Eldar Myths]]''{{Fn|120}}

|Compilation of [[Eldar]] myths of the [[Necrons]], collected by [[Ralamine Mung]].

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|Written by [[Apothecary]] [[Engane]].{{Fn|111}}

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|''[[A Treatise on Pre-Imperial Man]]''{{Fn|107b}}

|Written by the [[Xenology|xeno-archaeologist]] professor [[Madeline de Medici]] of the [[Katon-Rouge Universitariat]].{{Fn|107b}}

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|A treatise on the [[Deathwatch]] written by [[Inquisitor]] [[Ishmael (Inquisitor)|Ishmael]].{{Fn|48}}

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|''[[Treatise on the Supplication of the Seven Saints]]''{{Fn|108f}}

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|''[[Treatise on Warfare, Vol. III]]''{{Fn|108l}}

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|''[[Treatise on Warfare, Vol. IV]]''{{Fn|108b}}

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|''[[The Truth of the Damocles Gulf Crusade]]''{{Fn|23}}

|A recount of the history of the [[Damocles Gulf Crusade]].{{Fn|23}}

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|''[[Tyranny of the Panpacific]]''{{Fn|103b}}

|An epic poem in nine cantos, exalting the rule of [[Narthan Dume]].{{Fn|103b}}

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|style=background:#565656 align=center|'''Notes'''

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|''[[Valgaast Theogonies]]''{{Fn|104}}

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|A text of poetic verses on the topic of the [[Great Crusade]], written by [[Calus Quintus]].{{Fn|75}}

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|''[[The Virus of Betrayal: The Cleansing of Viridia and its Aftermath~~|The Virus of Betrayal~~]]''{{Fn|44}}

|A recounting of the [[Viridian Insurrection]], written by Lady [[Ottaline Melmoth]].{{Fn|44}}

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|''See [[Byhata]]''{{Fn|56}}

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|''[[The Voidfarer]]''{{Fn|116}}

|An epic poem written in [[Imperial_Culture#Language|Old Gothic]].{{Fn|116}}

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|''[[Voidships Rising]]''{{Fn|128b}}

|A fictitious work about the dashing [[voidship]] captain [[Dario Brackenhart]]. Provides a glamourous falsehood about the reality of life in the [[Imperial Navy]]. A popular book among the ruling families of [[Persepolis]].{{Fn|128b}}

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|''[[War Journals, Vol. XII]]''{{Fn|108p}}

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|''[[The War of the Giants]]''{{Fn|124}}

|A treatise recording [[Space Wolf]] sagas. Written by [[Inquisitor]] [[Bastalek Grim]].{{Fn|124}}

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|''[[Warrior's Catechism of Worship]]''{{Fn|43c}}

|See an [[Quotes Imperium#W|extract]] from it{{Fn|43c}}

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|''[[White Book]]''{{Fn|60}}

|Knowledge collected by the [[Tome Keepers]].{{Fn|60}}

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|''[[Words of the Saints Selected for the Noble of Mind]]''{{Fn|24}}

|A huge and comprehensive book of prayers attributed to Calixian [[Saints]].{{Fn|24}}

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|''[[Wolf Wildes]]''{{Fn|65}}

|The People, Places and Customs of Fenrys; The Fortress of the Russ-sons; Traditions of the Rout.{{Fn|65}}

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|''[[Writings from the Ramparts: A Memoir]]''{{Fn|69}}

|A officers memoir of the [[Battle for Rynn's World]].{{Fn|69}}

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|''[[Xeno Corporis Fabrica]]''{{Fn|64f}}

|A [[Xenology (Imperium)|xenology]] text written by [[Tiberias Einach]].{{Fn|64f}}

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|''[[Xenographia Universalis]]''{{Fn|64c}}

|A [[Xenology (Imperium)|xenology]] text written by [[Xylo Wolfenbüttel]].{{Fn|64c}}

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