Book (weapon type)

Books, also known as Dictionaries , Magic Books, and Grimoire, are a recurring type of weapon in the Final Fantasy series.

Final Fantasy III
In Final Fantasy III, Books can only be equipped by Scholars. All of them have elemental affinities and boost the damage dealt through the use of items with correspondent elemental effect (except for the ultimate weapon of this kind, which simply boosts the use of items). They also grant bonuses to Mind and Intellect.

List of Books:
 * Book of Fire
 * Book of Ice
 * Book of Light
 * Tome of Fire
 * Tome of Ice
 * Tome of Light
 * Cognitome
 * Omnitome (DS)

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Grimoires are the primary weapons of the Arcanist and its corresponding job, the Summoner. ===Final Fantasy XIV===

Final Fantasy Tactics
Appearing in the original version as Dictionaries, Books are used by the Mystic, Arithmeticians, and Onion Knight Job classes.

List of Books:
 * Battle Folio
 * Bestiary
 * Papyrus Codex
 * Omnilex

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
Books are the weapons used by Seers and Scholars. Despite being a one-handed weapon, they cannot be Dual Wielded. Also, two of these books are artefacts in Final Fantasy Tactics (the Veil of Wiyu and Enavia Chronicles).

List of Books:
 * Battle Folio
 * Mage Manual
 * Urutan Annals
 * The Arnath Glyphs
 * Enavia Chronicles
 * Veil of Wiyu
 * Tome of Ending
 * Edaroya Scriptures

The Final Fantasy Legend
List of Magic Books:
 * Elec
 * Fire
 * Fog
 * Ice
 * Sleep
 * Cure
 * Death
 * Stone
 * Flare

Final Fantasy Legend II
Magic Books are weapons that cast magic for their attacks, and it damage depends on the Mana stat (both the user's and the target's) for damage/healing/status infliction. Damage inflicting Magic Books have a 100% hit rate unless the enemy is immune to the element of that particular elemental attack. Status inflicting Magic Books have hit rates that depend on Mana and other random factors.

List of Magic Books:
 * Cure
 * Death
 * Fire
 * Flare
 * Fog
 * Ice
 * Prayer
 * Sleep
 * Stone
 * Thunder

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
List of Books:
 * My First Spell
 * Grimoire
 * Graf Besan
 * Primeval Scroll
 * Memory Book
 * Magical Book
 * Crowley Book
 * Scroll of Light
 * Sibylla's Tome

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
Books can be equipped by all classes, but are best suited for the Scholar, Black Mage, and Sage crowns. All books increase the magic attack power and magic accuracy of the user.

List of Books:
 * Akashic Records
 * Avalon Scrolls
 * Black Book
 * Book of Dryad
 * Book of Ifrit
 * Book of Ramuh
 * Book of Secrets
 * Book of Shiva
 * Book of Sylph
 * Book of Titan
 * Encyclopedia
 * Necronomicon
 * White Book