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The following is a list of miscellaneous books — both real and fictitious — appearing in the Cthulhu Mythos

Cthulhu Mythos

The Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe, based on the work of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.The term was first coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent of Lovecraft, who used the name of the creature Cthulhu - a central figure in Lovecraft literature and the focus...

Overview

The following table is organized as follows:

Title. The title of the work as it appears in the Cthulhu Mythos.
Fict/Real. Fictitious works are denoted by F; real-life works by R.
Author. The person or character credited as the author of the work. Authors of nonfictional works are real people. If the author is fictitious, the name of the writer who created the work appears in parenthesis after the character's name. Surnames of mythos writers are as follows:
- Derleth = August Derleth
  August Derleth
  August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...
- Bloch = Robert Bloch
  Robert Bloch
  Robert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock...
- Howard = Robert E. Howard
  Robert E. Howard
  Robert Ervin Howard was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. Best known for his character Conan the Barbarian, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre....
- Lovecraft = H. P. Lovecraft
  H. P. Lovecraft
  Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
Notes. A brief summary of the work.
References. A two-letter code denoting the stories or other sources in which the work appears. A code in bold indicates the work's first appearance in mythos fiction.

Table-a (A–D)

Title	Fict/ Real	Author	Notes	References Cthulhu Mythos reference codes and bibliography The following Cthulhu Mythos reference codes and bibliography is for use with the tables included in the articles Cthulhu Mythos deities, Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos, Cthulhu Mythos arcane literature, Cthulhu Mythos biographies, Cthulhu Mythos celestial bodies.-Index table 1:-Index table...
An Investigation into Myth-Patterns of Latter-Day Primitives with Especial Reference to the R'lyeh Text	F	Prof. Laban Shrewsbury (Derleth)	—	HC, WS
Ars Magna et Ultima	R	Raymond Lully Ramon Llull Ramon Llull was a Majorcan writer and philosopher, logician and tertiary Franciscan. He wrote the first major work of Catalan literature. Recently-surfaced manuscripts show him to have anticipated by several centuries prominent work on elections theory... (1235–1315)	Ars Magna et Ultima roughly translates to Universal Art. The proper title of this work is Ars Magna, Generalis et Ultima (1517).	CA The Case of Charles Dexter Ward The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short novel by H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during the author's liftetime... , WN
Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria	R	W. Scott-Elliot	—	CC The Call of Cthulhu The Call of Cthulhu is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, in February 1928.-Inspiration:... ?
Azathoth and Other Horrors	F	Edward Pickman Derby (Lovecraft)	—	HZ, RZ, TD, TN
The Black Rites	F	Luveh-Keraphf (Bloch)	—	HG, SU, TK, UC
Book of Azathoth	F	(Lovecraft)	In Lovecraft's fiction, it is a book carried by Nyarlathotep Nyarlathotep Nyarlathotep, also known as the Crawling Chaos, is a malign deity in the Cthulhu Mythos fictional universe created by H. P. Lovecraft. First appearing in Lovecraft's 1920 prose poem of the same name, he was later mentioned in other works by Lovecraft and by other writers and in the tabletop... in his aspect as the Black Man which initiates must sign in blood to enter into his service. It is also said to contain prose in imitation of Scripture that ridicules Christianity and glorifies the Outer Gods.	DW
Book of Dzyan	R	Anonymous	The Book of Dzyan Book of Dzyan The Book of Dzyan is a reputedly ancient text of Tibetan origin. The Stanzas formed the basis for The Secret Doctrine, one of the foundational works of the theosophical movement, by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky in 1875.-Madame Blavatsky's claims regarding the Book of Dzyan:Madame Blavatsky claimed... purports to be an ancient text of Tibetan origin, but only came to light in the late nineteenth century and may be a forgery dating from that time.	HD, YT
Book of Hidden Things	F	—	Originally created by William Lumley in his draft version of "The Diary of Alonzo Typer", the book was retained by Lovecraft when he revised the story, though it receives only passing mention.	YT
Book of Thoth	F	—	A book from Egyptian mythology Egyptian mythology Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals which were an integral part of ancient Egyptian society. It centered on the Egyptians' interaction with a multitude of deities who were believed to be present in, and in control of, the forces and elements of nature... but an actual text in mythos stories.	LI, TG, WZ
Clavis Alchimiae	R	Robert Fludd Robert Fludd Robert Fludd, also known as Robertus de Fluctibus was a prominent English Paracelsian physician, astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist, Rosicrucian apologist... (1574–1637)	—	CA
Commentaries on Witchcraft	F	Mycroft (Bloch)	The fictitious author Mycroft may allude to Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve... ' brother, Mycroft Holmes Mycroft Holmes Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character in the stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. He is the elder brother of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes.- Profile :... .	MA
Cryptomenysis Patefacta	R	John Falconer	The title of this work, first published in 1685 1685 in literature The year 1685 in literature involved some significant events.-Events:* Antoine Furetière is expelled from the French Academy.* in London, the year sees one of the major theatrical flops of the Restoration era: Albion and Albanius — an allegorical drama in praise of Charles II, with text by... , translates to "The Art of Secret Information Disclosed without a Key". Lovecraft found this work in the entry on "Cryptography Cryptography Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties... " in the 9th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica The Encyclopædia Britannica , published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia that is available in print, as a DVD, and on the Internet. It is written and continuously updated by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 expert... and included it, along with other titles from the same article, in his story "The Dunwich Horror" (1929 1929 in literature The year 1929 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Candide by Voltaire is declared obscene by the United States Customs and seized in 1930.... ).	DH The Dunwich Horror "The Dunwich Horror" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1928, it was first published in the April 1929 issue of Weird Tales . It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusetts...
Cthulhu in the Necronomicon	F	Prof. Laban Shrewsbury (Derleth)	The work is Professor Shrewsbury's supposed sequel to his An Investigation into Myth-Patterns of Latter-Day Primitives. Shrewsbury's unfinished work was published posthumously following his alleged demise. The original manuscript is kept at the Miskatonic University Miskatonic University Miskatonic University is a fictional university located in Arkham; a fictitious town which is said to exist in Essex County, Massachusetts. It is named after the Miskatonic River . After first appearing in the H. P... library.	HC
Daemonolatreia	R	Remigius	Remigius is the Latin Latin Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and... ized pen name for Nicholas Remy Nicholas Remy Nicholas Remy was a French magistrate who became famous as a hunter of witches comparable to Jean Bodin and De Lancre. After studying law at the University of Toulouse, Remy practiced in Paris from 1563 to 1570... (1530–1612), an infamous French judge who presided over witchcraft trials. During a fifteen year period, he convicted and sentenced to death about nine hundred reputed witches. His work, Daemonolatreia or Demonolatry, is a compendium of information about witchcraft, intended to be used for prosecuting alleged witches.	DH, FE The Festival (short story) "The Festival" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in October 1923 and published in the January 1925 issue of Weird Tales. It is considered to be one of the first of his Cthulhu Mythos stories.-Inspiration:...
The Daemonolorum	F	(Bloch)	—	KD
De Furtivis Literarum Notis	R	Giovanni Battista della Porta (1535?–1615)	The title means "On the Secret Symbols of Letters". Like Cryptomenysis Patefacta, Lovecraft found the work under "Cryptography" in the 20th century edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.	DH
De Lapide Philosophico	R	Johannes Trithemius Johannes Trithemius Johannes Trithemius , born Johann Heidenberg, was a German abbot, lexicographer, historian, cryptographer, polymath and occultist who had an influence on later occultism. The name by which he is more commonly known is derived from his native town of Trittenheim on the Mosel in Germany.-Life:He... (1462–1516)	—	CA
De Masticatione Mortuorum in Tumulis	F	Ranft [1734] (Bloch)	The title means "On the Eating of the Dead in the Tomb", a reference to a legend that claims that entombed corpses, driven by pangs of hunger, feed on their burial shrouds and even their own rotting flesh. Two real-life books share this title, one by Michael Raufft (1728 1728 in literature The year 1728 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:The Universal Spectator and Weekly Journal is founded by Daniel Defoe and Henry BakerJonathan Swift and Thomas Sheridan launch The Intelligencer .... ) and the other by Philip Rehrius (1679 1679 in literature This article lists some of the most significant events of the year 1679 in literature.-Events:John Locke returns to England from France.Étienne Baluze becomes almoner to King Louis XIV of France.... ).	MA

Table-b (G–P)

Title	Fict/ Real	Author	Notes	References Cthulhu Mythos reference codes and bibliography The following Cthulhu Mythos reference codes and bibliography is for use with the tables included in the articles Cthulhu Mythos deities, Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos, Cthulhu Mythos arcane literature, Cthulhu Mythos biographies, Cthulhu Mythos celestial bodies.-Index table 1:-Index table...
Ghorl Nigral	F	(Willis Conover)	An invention of one of Lovecraft's correspondents.	HG, LL, TP
Image du Monde	R	Gauthier de Metz Gautier de Metz Gautier de Metz ) was a French priest and poet.About 1246, he wrote L'Image du monde , a work in poem form about creation, the Earth and the universe, wherein facts are mixed with fantasy. A chapter discussed astrology...	—	NC
Invocations to Dagon	F	(Derleth)	—	BI
Key of Wisdom	R	Artephius Artephius Artephius or or was an independent Alchemist from Al-Andalus, he has been known as the author of numerous works of Alchemical texts, now extant only in Latin...	http://www.levity.com/alchemy/artephiu.html	CA The Case of Charles Dexter Ward The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short novel by H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during the author's liftetime...
Kryptographik	R	J.H. Klüber	A real book on cryptography Cryptography Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties... , published 1809 1809 in literature The year 1809 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:Samuel Taylor Coleridge founds The Friend .On February 24, the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is destroyed by fire.... .	DH The Dunwich Horror "The Dunwich Horror" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1928, it was first published in the April 1929 issue of Weird Tales . It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusetts...
Liber-Damnatus	F	(Lovecraft)	—	CA
Liber Investigationis	R	Geber Geber Abu Musa Jābir ibn Hayyān, often known simply as Geber, was a prominent polymath: a chemist and alchemist, astronomer and astrologer, engineer, geologist, philosopher, physicist, and pharmacist and physician. Born and educated in Tus, he later traveled to Kufa... (6th century AD)	Liber investigationis magisterii -- known for describing the use of the still circa 6th century (not 8th)	CA
Magyar Folklore	F	Dornly (Howard)	—	BN The Black Stone "The Black Stone" is a classic short story by Robert E. Howard, first published in the November 1931 issue of Weird Tales. The story introduces the mad poet Justin Geoffrey and the fictitious Unaussprechlichen Kulten by Friedrich von Junzt....
Marvells of Science	F	Morryster (Lovecraft)	Though mentioned by Lovecraft, the book was actually created by Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist and satirist... in his story "The Man and the Snake" (1890 1890 in literature The year 1890 in literature involved some significant new books.-Events:* Bram Stoker begins work on Dracula.Arthur Morrison joins the staff of the Evening Globe newspaper.-New books:Rolf Boldrewood - The Squatter's Dream... ).	FE The Festival (short story) "The Festival" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in October 1923 and published in the January 1925 issue of Weird Tales. It is considered to be one of the first of his Cthulhu Mythos stories.-Inspiration:...
Night-Gaunt	F	Edgar Hengist Gordon (Bloch)	—	KD
Of Evill Sorceries done in New-England of Daemons in no Humane Shape	F	(Lovecraft & Derleth)	—	LT, RT
Occultus	F	Heiriarchus (Bloch)	—	ET
Polygraphia	R	Johannes Trithemius Johannes Trithemius Johannes Trithemius , born Johann Heidenberg, was a German abbot, lexicographer, historian, cryptographer, polymath and occultist who had an influence on later occultism. The name by which he is more commonly known is derived from his native town of Trittenheim on the Mosel in Germany.-Life:He... (1462–1516)	Another book on cyptography from the Encyclopædia Britannica that Lovecraft mentions in "The Dunwich Horror".	DH

Table-c (R–Z)

Title	Fict/ Real	Author	Notes	References Cthulhu Mythos reference codes and bibliography The following Cthulhu Mythos reference codes and bibliography is for use with the tables included in the articles Cthulhu Mythos deities, Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos, Cthulhu Mythos arcane literature, Cthulhu Mythos biographies, Cthulhu Mythos celestial bodies.-Index table 1:-Index table...
Regnum Congo	R	Filippo Pigafetta	—	PH
Remnants of Lost Empires	F	Otto Dostman (Howard)	—	BN The Black Stone "The Black Stone" is a classic short story by Robert E. Howard, first published in the November 1931 issue of Weird Tales. The story introduces the mad poet Justin Geoffrey and the fictitious Unaussprechlichen Kulten by Friedrich von Junzt....
Saducismus Triumphatus	R	Joseph Glanvil	A revised edition was published in London in 1681 1681 in literature The year 1681 in literature involved some significant events.-Events:Birth of Abigail Williams, much later a central character in Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible.-New books:Robert Knox - An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon... .	FE The Festival (short story) "The Festival" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in October 1923 and published in the January 1925 issue of Weird Tales. It is considered to be one of the first of his Cthulhu Mythos stories.-Inspiration:...
The Saurian Age	F	Banfort (Lovecraft & Derleth)	—	VV
The Seventh Book of Moses	R	(Derleth)	A work supposedly written by Moses Moses Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed... that purports to be a lost book of the Bible Bible The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations... . Lin Carter, referring to the Lewis de Claremont edition in his collection, called the work a "sloppy literary forgery".	OV
The Soul of Chaos	F	Edgar Hengist Gordon (Bloch)	—	KD
Sussex Manuscript	F	(Fred L. Pelton)	Pelton, a Lovecraft fan in Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... , wrote the work as an alleged English translation of the Necronomicon Necronomicon The Necronomicon is a fictional grimoire appearing in the stories by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft's 1924 short story "The Hound", written in 1922, though its purported author, the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in... . Derleth, who was initially interested in the book and intended to publish it, mentioned it in his novel The Trail of Cthulhu to make it part of the mythos canon. Although Arkham House Arkham House Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House... never published the work, it was printed in a special issue of Crypt of Cthulhu #63 (Eastertide 1989).	GS
The Tablets of Nhing	F	(Lovecraft & E. Hoffman Price)	They are engraved tablets kept on the planet Yaddith which the wizard Zkauba consulted in "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" (1934 1934 in literature The year 1934 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* The first Flash Gordon comic strip is published.*Boris Pasternak and Korney Chukovsky are among those present at the first Congress of the Soviet Union of Writers.... ).	TG
Thaumaturgicall Prodigies in the New-English Canaan	F	Rev. Ward Phillips (Lovecraft)	Although created by Lovecraft, the book is featured more prominently in Derleth's posthumous collaboration The Lurker at the Threshold (1945 1945 in literature The year 1945 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:November 1 - The magazine Ebony is published for the first time.Noel Coward's short play, Still Life, is adapted to become the film, Brief Encounter.... ).	LT
Thesaurus Chemicus	R(?)	Roger Bacon Roger Bacon Roger Bacon, O.F.M. , also known as Doctor Mirabilis , was an English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empirical methods...	Although Roger Bacon is cited as the writer of the work in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward The Case of Charles Dexter Ward The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short novel by H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during the author's liftetime... , the provenance of Thesaurus Chemicus is not known. A similar work on alchemy Alchemy Alchemy is an influential philosophical tradition whose early practitioners’ claims to profound powers were known from antiquity. The defining objectives of alchemy are varied; these include the creation of the fabled philosopher's stone possessing powers including the capability of turning base... , Speculum Alchemiae (1541), is credited to Bacon, though he may not have been its author.	CA The Case of Charles Dexter Ward The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short novel by H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during the author's liftetime...
Traicté des Chiffres	R	Blaise de Vigénère	Vigénère was a leading European authority on cryptography and wrote a similarly titled book, Traicté des Chiffres ou d'Escrire, which was published in Paris in 1586 1586 in literature -New books:John Knox - Historie of the Reformatioun of Religioun within the Realms of ScotlandJohn Lyly - Pappe with an hatchet, alias a figge for my Godsonne*Jerónimo Osório - De rebus Emmanuelis... .	DH The Dunwich Horror "The Dunwich Horror" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1928, it was first published in the April 1929 issue of Weird Tales . It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusetts...
Turba Philosophorum	R	(Lovecraft)	A book of alchemy whose title means "Gathering of Philosophers", published in Basel Basel Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany... in 1613 1613 in literature The year 1613 in literature involved some significant events.-Events:*English poet Francis Quarles becomes cupbearer to Princess Elizabeth.... .	CA
The Witch-Cult in Western Europe	R	Dr. Margaret Alice Murray Margaret Murray Margaret Alice Murray was a prominent British Egyptologist and anthropologist. Primarily known for her work in Egyptology, which was "the core of her academic career," she is also known for her propagation of the Witch-cult hypothesis, the theory that the witch trials in the Early Modern period of...	Lovecraft cited this work as early as "The Horror at Red Hook" (1927 1927 in literature The year 1927 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:Random House, book publishers, is founded in New York City by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer.-New books:James Boyd - Marching On... ).	CC The Call of Cthulhu The Call of Cthulhu is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, in February 1928.-Inspiration:... , WD The Whisperer in Darkness "The Whisperer in Darkness" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written February–September 1930, it was first published in Weird Tales, August 1931. Similar to "The Colour Out of Space" , it is a blend of horror and science fiction...
We Pass From View	F	Roland Franklyn (Campbell)	—	FP, CP
Zohar	R	(Lovecraft)	Actual key work of Jewish kabbalism	CA

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