Fable 3 Rare Books

There are 30 rare books to find in Fable 3. Five of them are located by completing certain quests, making them pretty simple to grab. This guide walks you through the remaining 25 books. Your reward for all your literary troubles? The Brightwall Book Club achievement!

Note: The name of each book is in parenthesis.

Table of Contents


  1. Sitting on an altar inside the temple. (The Amazing Exploits of Baron Barnaby Beadle)
  2. From the temple, follow the path to the right. When you reach an archway, look for a small shrine to find the book. (The Very Unsafe Book for Boys, Vol 1: Hang Gliders)

Bowerstone Castle

  1. Head up the stairs from the fast travel spawn points and turn left before you enter the throne room. Enter the bedroom and look in the room to the right. (The Alchemy and Immortality)

Bowerstone Industrial

  1. Look on the table next to the piano in the Riveteer Rest pub. (Famous Killers: Terrance Posture)
  2. Enter the Cesspool and look on the table to the left. (Dangerous Things: Gunpowder)

Bowerstone Market

  1. Enter the Cock in the Crown pub and look around the balcony upstairs. (The Tyranny of Tyrants)
  2. Buy or break in to the Dollhouse property. Enter the top level and look on the bed. (The Grasping Avarice of Kings and Their Lackeys)

Bowerstone Old Quarter

  1. Head to the park with the statue of a man with a telescope. Look at the statue’s base. (Dangerous Things: Industrial Machinery)


  1. On a railing on the second floor of the Two Knock house. (The Very Unsafe Book for Boys, Vol. 2: Ovens)
  2. On a windowsill behind the furniture shop. (Attack of the Killer Puffins)
  3. The second floor of the pub on a night stand. (Famous Kings of History: Markus Ivy)
  4. Enter the Reliquary and immediately turn right. The book is on a pedestal. (How to be a Master Swordsman)
  5. Complete the “An Ancient Key” quest. Enter the library that Saul takes you to. The book is on a pedestal. (Famous Killers: Carl Tendency)


  1. Complete the “Gift Wood for Driftwood” quest, then return here and head to the westmost island and enter the mine. The book is on a box to the left. (Dangerous Things: Stargazing in Remote Areas)

Dweller Camp

  1. Locate Wimpet’s Sniffle caravan on your sanctuary map. Head inside and look on the right side for the book. (Famous Kings of History: King Cedric)


  1. Complete the “Bored to Death” quest first, then return here and enter the crypt the large Hollow Man came from. (Adventure Quest: A Select Your Own Endeavour Book)
  2. Enter Reavers Mansion and immediately turn left and enter the side room. The book is on the table by the window. (Dangerous Things: Lightning)
  3. Complete the “Hobnobbing with Hobbes” quest and return to the cavern afterwards. Enter Hobbes’ living quarters, dive into the pool and swim left. You’ll see the book on a table. (Liver of Darkness)

Mistpeak Valley

  1. Near the monorail station ticket book on the counter by the register. (How to be a Crack Shot)
  2. Enter Chillbreath Caverns from the cave close to the monorail station. Follow the path down to an iced waterfall. Cross the frozen creek and look on the crates by a sleeping bag. (Famous Killers: Xavier Smedley)


  1. Just inside the village on some crates by the tattoo shop. (The Mibbs-Spagno Theory of Gluttony)
  2. In the Ossuary on the ledge of the balcony beyond the golden door. (Famous Kings of History: Old King Oswald)

Shifting Sands

  1. Enter Sandfall Palace and cross the bridge. Make a right and get the book from the railing. (Dangerous Things: Ladders)


  1. On a crate to the left as soon as you enter the village. (The Very Unsafe Book for Boys, Vol. 3: Boxing)

Sunset House

  1. On a bench by the gazebo. (The Extraordinary Homunculus of Baron Von Orfen)

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3 Comments on Fable 3 Rare Books

Budi Raharjo

On January 8, 2011 at 11:34 pm

gamenya mana ?


On January 20, 2012 at 3:27 pm

Where is the doll house in brightwall market…I cannot find it??? It is the only book I need???


On February 1, 2012 at 12:50 am

go to bowerstone map and you’ll see it’s the very first house on the left of the track which on the map looks like its outside the city, hope that helps