- Unmissable, under the bread in your cell.
- On the table in the Interrogation room.
- Next to the previous document.
- In the back of the interrogation room on a shelf.
- Found in the sewers before climbing up the first boxes.
- In the sewers, next to the hugging corpse couple.
- Unmissable, in the sewers.
- Next to the safe in the sewers.
- Inside the secret area where you drop down to find guards patrolling. Behind a wooden board you can break with your sword.

- Found in a hovel out the front of the pub.
- Inside the tower where Emily later resides, on the table. (Also in Overseer Offices)
- Inside the tower where Emily later resides, next to a bed. (Also in Overseer Offices)
- Inside the tower where Emily later resides, next to a bed.
- On one of the bunks in the sleeping area, first floor.
- On the shelf in the sleeping area, first floor. (Also in Overseer Offices)
- Inside the bathroom, first floor. (Also in Havelock's room)
- Inside the bathroom, first floor.
- Next to the previous book.
- On Havelock's desk.
- On Havelock's desk.
- Next to Havelock's bed. (Also appears in Distillery District)
- Inside Pendleton's room.

- Inside the workshop ground floor under a workbench.
- Workshop on a bench.
- Workshop on a workbench.
- Workshop, second floor.
- Workshop, second floor.
- Workshop, second floor.
- Workshop, second floor.
- Workshop, second floor.
- Workshop, second floor.
- Workshop, second floor.

- Next to Jessamine's body.
- Falling out Emily's hand.

NOTE: These books only show up if you own the relevant DLCs.

- Corvo's room.

- Corvo's room.

- Corvo's room.

- Corvo's room.

- In Lord Pendleton's bedroom. Only changes to this one after getting your powers.
- In Havelock's room. Only changes to this one after getting your powers.
- In the workshop. Only changes to this one after getting your powers.
- In the tower. Only changes to this one after getting your powers.
- In the pub bar, on a table. Only changes to this one after getting your powers.

- Found at the start of the level near Samuel on the floor.
- Found next to the bonecharm along the bridge.
- Found on the first street at the bottom of some stairs from the Wall of Light. - Inside the metal City Watch checkpoint booth near the first Wall of Light.
- On the roof top near where Granny Rags is located.
- Inside an upper room in a building on Bottle Street.
- Next to the previous book on a body.
- Inside the building where you can rescue Griff, upstairs.
- On the balcony on the Art Dealer's house opposite Dr Galvani's office.
- Next to the rune in the metal checkpoint.

- Ground floor, in the kitchen areas.
- Ground floor, in bedroom area.
- Ground floor, in the bedroom area. (Also in Overseer offices)
- Ground floor, in the kitchen areas.
- On the first floor landing.
- Inside the first floor green bedroom.
- Outside the third floor lab.
- Inside the third floor lab on a bench.
- Inside the third floor lab, on a desk.
- On the desk next to previous book.
- Inside the third floor lab on a workbench. (Also in the Old Whiskey Distillery)
- In the third floor toilet.
- Behind the secret bookcase.

- Found in the opening area on a table.
- Note on the side inside the distillery.
- Opposite previous note.
- On the still. This is an objective for Granny Rags side quest.
- On Slackjaw's desk.

- In the area where you rescue Martin.
- Inside the checkpoint room after saving Martin before entering the large courtyard in front of the offices.
- Inside the opening chamber.
- In the rooms to the sides of the opening chamber.
- Inside the opening chamber to the side.
- Up the top of either staircase.
- Above the fireplace inside the High Overseer's meeting chamber.
- In the library, on a desk in the upper area.
- In the library, lower level. (and in Interrogation room).
- In the library.
- In the library.
- In the library.
- In the library.
- In the Interrogation room, upper area.
- In the Interrogation room, upper area.
- In Campbell's Hidden basement saferoom.
- In Campbell's Hidden basement saferoom.

- In the Kennels near some bunks.
- In the Kennels on the bunks.
- On top of the bunks in the Kennel.

- In a hidden basement room found on the right after entering from the street.
- Same as previous.
- In a workshop next to one of the bonecharms.
- In the same workshop.
- In the main workshop on a bench.
- In the main workshop.
- In the main workshop near the rune.
- In the main workshop.
- In the workshop.
- In the workshop on a shelf. - In the workshop firing range.
- In the bunkhouse.
- In the bunkhouse.
- In the bunkhouse.
- In the bunkhouse.
- In the bunkhouse.
- In the mess hall.
- In the mess hall.
- In the room with a bonecharm.
- On a shelf in the same room as previous.
- Outside where the wheel valve goes.
- In a hidden announcement room above the Overseer Office exit.

- Workshop, ground floor.
- Havelock's room.
- Next to previous.
- Lord Pendleton's room.
- Next to previous.


- Workshop, second floor.
- Samuel's hovel outside.
- Lord Pendleton's room.
- Sewers below the pub.

- Inside the first metal checkpoint near the watchtower.
- Near where Granny Rags was located the first time you came to this area.
- By the bone charm in Granny Rag's new area.
- Inside the metal checkpoint near the second watchtower.
- Inside the Old Distillery area (Slackjaw's area), on a workbench.
- Inside Slackjaw's area next to previous.
- Inside Dr Galvani's offices, third floor. Return it to Slackjaw as part of side quest to hear it.
- Top floor of the Art Dealer's Apartment, inside a side room.

- Inside the Art Dealer's Apartment

- In the tunnel after entering the area from the main door.
- Inside the Madam's office and also in the main entrance reception desk. (Text varies depending on your playthrough).
- Inside the Madam's office.
- Inside the Madam's office.
- Inside a side room before entering the main second floor area.
- Inside the main entrance reception.
- In the room adjacent to where you find Emily.
- At the exit where Emily waits for you.
- On a balcony off the main central room.
- Outside the valve room in the basement steam room area.

- Inside Havelock's room.
- Found in Corvo's bedroom if he left at least one Weeper unconscious in the sewers below the Hound Pits earlier.

- All inside the room with the Outsider Shrine.
- Inside Pratchett's house, second floor.
- Next to previous on the bed.
- In the river side walkway near Pratchett's House.
- In a building just before the bridge.
- In a boat before the bridge.
- Inside the far end of the bridge, lower section.
- After the bridge, in the building on the left with thugs inside.
- At the entrance to Midrow Substation area.
- Inside the warehouse with the bone charm in Midrow Substation.
- Next to previous.
- In the ground floor of the same warehouse as above.
- On a roof after entering North End.
- After entering Sokolov's building via the main entrance.
- On the rock slabs on the ground floor of Sokolov's building.
- Next to previous.
- On the upper levels of Sokolov's building on a chair. - In the upper levels of Sokolov's building in a lab.
- Inside Sokolov's greenhouse.
- Inside the greenhouse again.

- In the workshop.
- Inside the tower.
- In Pendleton's room.
- Inside Havelock's room.
- - In Havelock's room.
- Only available if you did not kill the Pendleton brothers, in Corvo's bedroom.


- On the Workshop shutter door. Must be done before finding Piero.
- In the workshop.
- In the tower. Only available if you saved Captain Curnow in High Overseer Campbell mission.

- In one of the buildings before the Estate near a rune.
- Inside a building adjacent to the previous one.
- Inside a metal checkpoint booth near the buildings outside.
- In the main entrance way at the party.
- Inside the smoking room at the party.
- In one of the bedrooms upstairs. Dependent on which target is on your current playthrough.
- In the bedrooms.
- Inside one of the upstairs rooms upon a chair.

- Pinned outside the main pub door, only available if you spared at least one Boyle sister.
- In Corvo's room. Only available if you spared at least one Boyle sister.
- In Samuel's hovel, only on High Chaos.
- Inside the workshop.
- Inside the tower.
- Inside the tower.
- Inside his bedroom.
- Inside Havelock's room.
- Inside Havelock's room.

- Outside in the bunkhouse.
- Up the stairs from the outside bunkhouse.
- In the Engineering area outside the main building.
- In the Torturer's area at the outsider shrine.
- Inside the main chamber of the tower on a desk.
- Inside the main chamber of the tower on a desk at the back.
- Inside the main chamber of the tower on a table.
- In the Overseers room in the corner of the tower.
- In the same room as above.
- Up a floor in a small side room with a fireplace.
- Inside the hidden fireplace room by turning a lamp.
- Inside the same hidden room.
- Inside the yellow room on the top floor adjacent to the Lord Regents room.
- Inside the Lord Regents room.
- Inside the Lord Regents chamber only if Corvo signed the guest book at the party.
- Inside the Lord Regents safe.
- On the desk in General Tobias' room.
- Next to previous.
- Inside a top floor corridor on the way to the speaker system.
- Before the stairs to the speaker system on the top floor.
- Inside the speaker system room.
- In the planning room at the very top of the tower.

- Inside the workshop.
- In the tower.
- In Havelock's room.

- In the adjacent makeshift cell when you awake.
- Inside the room after you escape confinment.
- Adjacent to previous.
- Adjacent to previous two.
- Inside the top of the first building.
- Inside a building adjacent to the location of a collectible painting in the level starting area.
- Inside the building with the first bone charm.
- Down from the previous note on the left before progressing to next area to retrieve your gear.
- In a workshop in the level starting area, on some dead Overseer's.
- On the dead Overseer's by one of the doors towards Daud's hideout from the Whale House.
- On a corpse by the whale oil canisters outside the Whale House.
- On the mechanism that needs power to lower the stairs into the Whale House.
- Inside the room adjacent to previous.
- Inside the Whale Oil refinery on the top floor.
- Next to previous.
- Next to the bridge that needs lowering via power.
- On the floor in the bottom of the refinery if you performed the heretics brand on Campbell in mission 2.

- Inside one of the side buildings in Central Rudshore.
- Inside Daud's building next to the locked door.
- Inside Daud's locked chest.
- Inside Daud's room.
- Next to previous.
- Next to previous.
- Inside Daud's hideout during the descent to leave.
- Inside a building on the left after entering the area after Daud's hideout, in the room with an NPC labelled 'Plague Victim'.
- Inside the same room as above.
- Inside the locked storeroom before the Tallboys.
- On the table near the spotlights in the Tallboy section.
- Next to previous.
- Next to previous on the whale oil power source.
- Inside the sewers next to a safe, only if you completed side quests for Granny Rags and Slackjaw.
- Next to previous and same conditions.
- Inside the Granny Rags and Slackjaw confrontation room. Only if you completed side quests for them in previous missions.
- Inside Granny's room. Only if you completed side quests for them in previous missions.

- On the wall next to every ground floor entrance to the pub as well as on a table in the street.
- In Samuel's hovel.
- In the tower if playing on Low Chaos, on Callista's body if playing on High Chaos.
- On Wallace's body.
- On the bar in the pub, ground floor.
- In the sewers beneath the pub.
- In the workshop, second floor. High Chaos only.
- In Corvo's room.
- Inside the tower. Only if Geoff Curnow was spared in the mission 'High Overseer Campbell' and playing on High Chaos.

- On the boxes after disembarking Samuel's boat.

As you can see this guide is very large and there are plenty of collectibles texts in the game. So if I have missed any please comment below and I will try my best to update the guide!

Here is another Lore based guide I have made:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1350572458