Book (DX)

Books in Deus Ex contain story-related information. This page includes a list of all books, ordered by mission and location. Some books have multiple copies throughout the game. Linked entries indicate the first appearance of the book. Non-linked entries indicate duplicate appearances.

UNATCO Headquarters

 * UNATCO Handbook: Welcome to UNATCO! - In JC Denton's office
 * UNATCO Handbook: UNATCO and the Public - In JC Denton's office
 * UNATCO Handbook: UNATCO and the Press - In the west office on level 1
 * UNATCO Handbook: UNATCO and the World - In the meeting room near JC Denton's office
 * UNATCO Handbook: UNATCO and the Police - In Manderley's office, on the bookshelf
 * UNATCO Handbook: UNATCO and the Future - In Manderley's office, on the table behind the desk
 * Project Dibbuk: Overview - In Manderley's office, on the desk
 * Project Dibbuk: Overview (appearance #2) - In Alex Jacobson's office
 * UNATCO Handbook: Dedication - In Jaime Reyes' office, on the counter with a microscope
 * UNATCO MedDirectorate: Nano-Augmentation Guidelines - In Jaime Reyes' office, in the medbot room
 * UNATCO Handbook: Appendix A: Origins of UNATCO - In Jaime Reyes' office, on the bookshelf

Hell's Kitchen: 'Ton Hotel

 * Hotel Register - On the reception window
 * The Man Who Was Thursday (part 1) - In Gilbert Renton's office
 * Vishnu's Fall: A Brief History of the Indian Crisis - In Paul Denton's apartment, on the coffee table
 * CIA Factbook 2050: Hong Kong - In Paul Denton's apartment, in the bathroom

Hell's Kitchen: Smuggler's Lair

 * The Reluctant Dictators - On the bookshelf in the bedroom
 * The Modern Terrorist's Handbook: Section 7C. Computer Virus Cultivation - On the table in the bedroom
 * Basic Firearm Safety Rules - On the table in the bedroom

Hell's Kitchen: Sewers

 * Nanotechnology for Stupid People - In the MJ12 facility, on the desk near Ford Shick
 * Chlorine and Water Treatment: Report for the New York City Council, 2053 - In the MJ12 facility, on the desk near Ford Shick
 * The Man Who Was Thursday (part 1) (appearance #2) - In the MJ12 facility, in the room with two beds
 * Jacob's Shadow: Chapter 12 - In the MJ12 facility, in the room with two beds

UNATCO Headquarters (2nd visit)

 * UNATCO Handbook: UNATCO and the Press (appearance #2) - In the west office on level 1
 * Righteous Angels: Perspectives on UNATCO - In the meeting Room
 * UNATCO Handbook: UNATCO and the Police (appearance #2) - In Manderley's office, on the bookshelf
 * Art of War - In Manderley's office, on the table behind the desk
 * UNATCO Handbook: Appendix A: Origins of UNATCO (appearance #2) - In Jaime Reyes' office, on the bookshelf
 * Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook - In Jaime Reyes' office, in the medbot room
 * Project Dibbuk: Overview (appearance #3) - In Alex Jacobson's office

Battery Park

 * Curly's journal - In one the shacks SW of the entrance to the subway station

LaGuardia Helibase

 * The Man Who Was Thursday (part 2) - In the recreational room, on the bookshelf
 * Jacob's Shadow: Chapter 15 - In the recreational room, on the bookshelf
 * Art of War (appearance #2) - In the recreational room, on the bookshelf

UNATCO Headquarters (3rd visit)

 * UNATCO Handbook: UNATCO and the Police (appearance #3) - In Manderley's office, on the bookshelf
 * UNATCO Handbook: Appendix A: Origins of UNATCO (appearance #3) - In Jaime Reyes' office, on the bookshelf

Hell's Kitchen (2nd visit) - Smuggler's Lair

 * The Reluctant Dictators (appearance #2) - On the bookshelf in the bedroom
 * The Modern Terrorist's Handbook: Section 7C. Computer Virus Cultivation (appearance #2) - On the table in the bedroom
 * Basic Firearm Safety Rules (appearance #2) - On the table in the bedroom

Hell's Kitchen (2nd visit) - 'Ton Hotel

 * Hotel Register (appearance #2) - On the reception window
 * Jacob's Shadow: Chapter 12 (appearance #2) - In Gilbert Renton's office
 * The Man Who Was Thursday (part 1) (appearance #3) - In Paul Denton's apartment, on the corner table
 * Vishnu's Fall: A Brief History of the Indian Crisis (appearance #2) - In Paul Denton's apartment, on the coffee table
 * Jacob's Shadow: Chapter 12 (appearance #3) - In Paul Denton's apartment, on the kitchen countertop

MJ12 Lab

 * Project Dibbuk: SH-187 Specifications and Operation - In the secretary office in the Medical R&D section
 * Lab Notes, Dr. Moreau: Week of 4/12 to 4/18 - In the Nanotech section

UNATCO Headquarters (4th visit)

 * UNATCO Handbook: UNATCO and the World (appearance #2) - On the desk near the holding cells
 * UNATCO Handbook: UNATCO and the World (appearance #3) - In the west office on level 1
 * UNATCO Handbook: UNATCO and the Police (appearance #4) - In Manderley's office, on the bookshelf
 * UNATCO Handbook: Appendix A: Origins of UNATCO (appearance #4) - In Jaime Reyes' office, on the bookshelf

Helibase

 * Project Dibbuk: SH-187 Specifications and Operation (appearance #2) - In the barracks, on the center table

Hong Kong: City hub areas

 * Jacob's Shadow: Chapter 20 - At the Wan Chai Market news stand
 * Feng's journal - In the west end of the flooded tunnel, near the body of a deceased scientist
 * Project Dibbuk: SH-187 Specifications and Operation (appearance #3) - In Jock's apartment, on the coffee table
 * The True Way - In Maggie Chow's apartment, in the bedroom
 * Insurgent - In Maggie Chow's apartment, on the central table in the meeting room
 * Tai-Fun - In Maggie Chow's apartment, on the central table in the meeting room
 * The Most Holy Annals of the Luminous Path... - In the Joss Temple, after the objective of entering VersaLife's level 2 labs has been given

Luminous Path compound

 * Chinese Silver Loaves - In the Luminous Path compound, kitchen area
 * Journal of Hung Kwan Gordon Quick - In the Luminous Path compound, bunkbeds area
 * Project Dibbuk: Thoughts and Meditations - In Tracer Tong's office
 * MJ12 Nano-Augmentation Experiment Series 3-C - In Tracer Tong's office

VersaLife data entry facility

 * Tai-Fun (appearance #2) - In the middle cubicles floor

Hell's Kitchen (3rd visit)

 * Hotel Register (appearance #2) - On the reception window of the 'Ton Hotel
 * The Modern Terrorist's Handbook: Section 7C. Computer Virus Cultivation (appearance #3) - Smuggler's Lair, On the table in the bedroom
 * Basic Firearm Safety Rules (appearance #3) - Smuggler's Lair: On the table in the bedroom

PRCS Wall Cloud

 * Jacob's Shadow: Chapter 23 - In the central building of helipad inside the freighter.

Denfert-Rochereau and Catacombs

 * Accord de Contrat - In the locked rooftop room of the starting area
 * The Man Who Was Thursday (part 3) - In the ceiling area above Aimee's living quarters in the abandoned highrise
 * Petals of Twilight - On the second floor of the office across from the catacombs entrance
 * Richard III - In the Silhouette bunker in the catacombs, inside a locked cabinet in the room across Chad Dumier

Champs-Élysées

 * The Eye of Argon - In Rene's apartment, on the bookshelf near the entrance
 * Common Sense - In the arms dealer's apartment
 * Coq au Vin - In the Enfant Terrible cafe, kitchen shelf
 * Petals of Twilight (appearance #2) - in one of the upstairs rooms of the Aucun Dites Motel in Champs-Élysées

Chateau Duclare

 * Jacob's Shadow: Chapter 27 - In Beth's bedroom
 * Richard III (appearance #2) - In Nicolette's room

Knights Template Cathedral/Metro Station

 * The Doctrine of the Mighty - In the barracks on the east wing (two copies can be found here)
 * Trooper's journal - In the barracks on the east wing
 * The Red Cross (entire series) - This series includes the following four books, all of which are found in the cathedral's library:
 * The Red Cross: A History of the Knights Templar: Volume One: Defenders of the Faith
 * The Red Cross: A History of the Knights Templar: Volume Two: Lions of God
 * The Red Cross: A History of the Knights Templar: Volume Three: Fall of the Knights
 * The Red Cross: A History of the Knights Templar: Volume Four: Descent Into Shadows
 * MJ12 Compromised Individuals List - In Adept 34501's quarters
 * Testament of Adept 34501 - In Adept 34501's quarters
 * Notebook of Giuliano Jordorowsky - In the metro station's lounge room, on the raised platform at the back of the room

Morgan Everett's Home

 * Project Morpheus: Notebook 8-B - In Morpheus' room

Vandenberg Air Force Base

 * Jacob's Shadow: Chapter 32 - In the comm building, on a table near the bunk bed
 * The Man Who Was Thursday (part 4) - In the meeting room with the holographic globe, upstairs of the lobby
 * The Man Who Was Thursday (part 4) (appearance #2) - On the front desk of the control room

Ocean Lab

 * Thomas Mann's will - In the starting area of the underwater Ocean Lab, near a deceased trooper
 * Universal Constructor: Theory, Principles and Practice - In the crew module, in one of the rooms on the upper floor
 * The Man Who Was Thursday (part 5) - In the crew module, in one of the rooms on the lower floor

MJ12 Missile Silo

 * 1st Force Recon Company Log - In the upper floor of the barracks on the periphery of the central fenced area

Area 51: All locations

 * Jacob's Shadow: Chapter 34 - In the building with the sign "command 24," also known as the comm building;
 * Jacob's Shadow: Chapter 34 (appearance #2) - In the barracks of Sector 2
 * Jacob's Shadow: Chapter 34 (appearance #3) - In Sector 3, in the room with the medbot on the way to the Aquinas router