The Witcher library guide

Welcome to the witcher library guide!
This is a quick guide created specifically for the busy witcher who has little time left for reading after roaming the countryside chatting up complete strangers and dealing with their various and sundry monster troubles. game is no different really in its portrayal of Geralt's day-to-day routine. He still goes around talking to people and slaying monsters. Special thanks go to Licensed Luny for the many, many hours of research it took!
In the course of the game, Geralt gathers journal entries about the various monsters he encounters and the ingredients he can extract from them. He also passes by many potentially useful plants, so knowing about as many as possible also helps make his life easier.
Most of these journal entries can be obtained by speaking with NPCs, but a few can not be obtained in any other way than by reading the appropriate book or scroll. Luckily, many books and scrolls can also be obtained for free, or as rewards for completing quests. That said, there are still a few wiley entries for which no free source exists. To date, that list of entries seems to be:
Below are the books which are necessary to obtain in order to have a complete set of journal entries. After all other means of acquiring the information have been exhausted. Strictly speaking, although some entries can be had for free, their availability earlier in the game is often preferable. Technically, you may want to splash out a bit more to make sure you have all the necessary Bestiary entries before starting a new chapter. For that information, see the list of monsters by Chapter.
== Necessary books ==
The following books are necessary if you want to have every single journal entry available. Otherwise, it could be said that no books are necessary.
=== Must be purchased ===
* The Book of Animals, or Physiologus (free since the Enhanced Edition)
* Feainnewedd
* Subterranean Plants
* The Tome of Fear and Loathing, volume II
* The Wonderful World of Insectoids
* The Book of the Golden Oriole
=== Necessary, but can be obtained for free ===
* The Book of the Kiss
* Specters, Wraiths, and the Damned
* Swamp Monsters
* Vampires: Facts and Myths (contrary to some reports, this book is not available in chapter V, despite The Bruxa Contract needing the entry for bruxa blood to complete)
=== Books obtained as rewards ===
* Hymns of Madness and Despair (Diplomacy and Hunting)
* Ain Soph Aur (Necessary for A Mysterious Tower, obtained from Golan Vivaldi if you spring him from jail, or from Gramps' hut in the Swamp)
* The Secret Gates (Necessary for A Mysterious Tower, obtained from Vivaldi if you spring him from jail)
== Catalogue ==
* The Chapter column lists the first Chapter in which a book or scroll can be found for free. If the book is a quest reward, then clicking on the quest icon will open the corresponding quest page.
* Not all books listed as "Free" are in fact free for all paths through the game. Some are also optional quest rewards and so may or may not be considered free.
Image	Title 	Chapter	Buy 	Sell	Free
 	Aftermath of the War 	5- 	50 	10 	
 	Against Nonhumans 	1- 	80 	16 	
 	Animating the Inanimate 	 	150 	30 	
 	Ars Amandi 	3- 	50 	10 	
 	Ballads 	3- 	50 	10 	
 	Barghests 	 	50 	10 	
 	Basics of Alchemy 	1- 	70 	14 	
 	Book of Animals 	 	100 	20 	
 	Conjunction of the Spheres 	2- 	50 	10 	
 	Cults and Religions of the Nordlings 	2- 	90 	18 	
 	Curse of the Black Sun (only in The Price of Neutrality) 	 	70 	14 	
 	Curses and the Cursed 	3- 	500 	100 	
 	Description of the Vodyanoi or the Fishpeople 	 	600 	120 	
 	Diary of a Dice Collector 	 	50 	10 	
 	Disease of Civilization 	 	350 	70 	
 	Disenchanting a Striga 	5- 	120 	24 	
 	Double Cross of Alzur 	5- 	200 	40 	
 	Druid's Herbarium 	 	600 	120 	
 	Elder Blood 	3- 	80 	16 	
 	Experiment Notes 	5- 	1000	200 	
 	Fairy Tales and Stories 	4- 	50 	10 	
 	Feainnewedd 	 	300 	60 	
 	Field Plants 	 	200 	40 	
 	Flower and the Flame 	2- 	70 	14 	
 	Foreign Lands 	3- 	60 	12 	
 	Forensic Medicine 	3- 	150 	30 	
 	Frightener 	P- 	50 	10 	
 	Great Book of Minerals 	 	600 	120 	
 	Greater Brothers 	5- 	1000	200 	
 	Guide to Vizima 	2- 	60 	12 	
 	History of the World 	2- 	40 	8 	
 	Hymns of Madness and Despair 	 	100 	20 	
 	Invitation to Magic 	1- 	70 	14 	
 	Ithlinne's Prophecy 	1- 	60 	12 	
 	Kingdom of Temeria 	2- 	80 	16 	
 	Lara's Gift 	2- 	70 	14 	
 	The Last Wish 	5- 	800 	160 	
 	Monstrum, or a Portrayal of Witchers 	P- 	50 	10 	
 	Ornithosaurs 	 	400 	80 	
 	Physiologus 	3- 	1000	200 	
 	Plants of Barren Lands 	4- 	600 	120 	
 	Recent History 	1- 	40 	8 	
 	Ritual Plants 	 	400 	80 	
 	Rivian Pogrom 	3- 	50 	10 	
 	Road of No Return 	 	150 	30 	
 	Shadow People, or the story of His Majesty's Secret Service	2- 	n /a	n /a	
 	Small Book of Minerals 	 	400 	80 	
 	Sorceresses and Sorcerers 	3- 	60 	12 	
 	Specters, Wraiths, and the Damned 	2- 	400 	80 	
 	Story of Lara Dorren and Cragen of Lod 	2- 	60 	12 	
 	Subterranean Plants 	 	300 	60 	
 	Swamp Monsters 	1- 	200 	40 	
 	Swamp Plants 	3- 	400 	80 	
 	Tome of Fear and Loathing I 	1- 	250 	50 	
 	Tome of Fear and Loathing II 	 	500 	100 	
 	Transmutations and Metamorphoses 	 	80 	16 	
 	Vampires: Facts and Myths 	4- 	600 	120 	
 	Wonderful World of Insectoids 	 	600 	120 	
 	Zerrikanian Insects and Other Vermin 	 	110 	22 	
 	Dagon Sap 	4- 	600 	120 	
 	Formula for De Vries' Extract 	3- 	400 	80 	
 	Dragon's Dream 	 	200 	40 	
 	Frightener's Vision 	P- 	100 	20 	
 	The Book of the Golden Oriole 	 	400 	80 	
 	Golem's Pith 	2- 	400 	80 	
 	Formula for Hanged Man's Venom 	2- 	300 	60 	
 	Hellhound's Soul 	1- 	200 	40 	
 	Kikimore's Ire 	3- 	600 	120 	
 	The Book of the Kiss 	2- 	400 	80 	
 	Koshchey's Core 	5- 	800 	160 	
 	Formula for Maribor Forest 	 	300 	60 	
 	Petri's Philter formula 	2- 	100 	20 	
 	Samum 	3- 	600 	120 	
 	Secrets of the Southern Masters 	3- 	400 	80 	
 	Striga's Urge 	5- 	800 	160 	
 	The Book of the Swallow 	1- 	100 	20 	
 	The Book of the Tawny Owl 	1- 	200 	40 	
 	The Book of the Full Moon 	4- 	800 	160 	
 	Werewolf's Wrath 	3- 	600 	120 	
 	Formula for White Raffard's Decoction 	3- 	400 	80 	
 	The Book of the Wolverine 	3- 	600 	120 	
 	Zerrikanian Alchemy 	 	200 	40 	
 	Zeugl's Vigor 	E- 	1000	200 	
 	Ain Soph Aur 	 	300 	n /a	
 	Secret Gates 	 	100 	n /a	
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