This is a that appear in literature, television, movies, music, video games, and other places.
False Document s are a frequent device in literature.
- ''The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim'' by Mir Bahadur Ali (1932)
- ''April March'' by Herbert Quain
- '' The Book Of Sand ''
- ''The Conversation with the Man Called Al-Mu'tasim'' Mir Bahadur Ali
- ''Don Quixote'' and other works by Pierre Menard
- '' A First Encyclopaedia Of Tlön ''
- '' The Garden Of Forking Paths '' by Ts'ui Pen
- ''A General History of Labyrinths'' by Silas Haslam (1888)
- ''The God of the Labyrinth'' by Herbert Quain
- ''History of a Land called Uqbar'' by Silas Haslam
- ''Lesbare und lesenswerthe Bemerkungen über das Land Ukkbar in Klein-Asien'' by Johann Valentin Andreä
- ''The Secret Mirror'' by Herbert Quain
- ''Statements'' by Herbert Quain
'' The King In Yellow '' has been adopted by authors in the Lovecraftian tradition.
- ''Celestial Homecare Omnibus''
- ''Fifty-Three More Things to do in Zero Gravity''
- '' Encyclopedia Galactica ''
- ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''
- ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Mk. II''
- ''Where God Went Wrong'' by Oolon Colluphid
- ''Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes'' by Oolon Colluphid
- ''Who Is This God Person Anyway?'' by Oolon Colluphid
- ''Well That About Wraps It Up for God'' by Oolon Colluphid
- ''Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Sex But Have Been Forced To Find Out'' by Oolon Colluphid
- ''Practical Parenting in a Fractally Demented Universe''
- ''Squornshellous Swamptalk''
- ''The Ultra-Complete Maximegalon Dictionary of Every Language Ever''
- ''Time Traveller's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations'' by Dr. Dan Streetmentioner
- ''You and Your Planets'' by Gail Andrews
Note that many of the following works actually 'exist' since they were written by Tolkien himself, although he presented them as 'translations' of the fictional originals, which were in turn written by his characters. Some do not exist at all since he never wrote them, but are referenced by other texts.
- ''Asleep at the Switch''
- ''Barring-gaffner of Bagnialto or This Year's Masterpiece''
- ''The Big Board''
- ''The Dancing Fool''
- ''The Era of Hopeful Monsters''
- ''First District Court of Thankyou''
- ''Gilgongo!''
- ''The Gospel from Outer Space''
- ''The Gutless Wonder''
- ''Hail to the Chief''
- ''How You Doin'?''
- ''Maniacs in the Fourth Dimension''
- ''The Money Tree''
- ''Now It Can Be Told''
- ''Oh Say Can You Smell?''
- ''The Pan-Galactic Memory Bank''
- ''The Pan-Galactic Straw Boss''
- ''The Pan-Galactic Three-Day Pass''
- ''Plague on Wheels''
- ''The Planet Gobblers''
- ''The Protocols of the Elders of Tralfamadore ''
- ''The Smart Bunny''
- ''The Son of Jimmy Valentine''
- ''This Means You''
- ''2BR02B''
- '' Venus On The Half-Shell ''
- ''Get With Child a Mandrake Root'' by Arthur Garvey Ulm
- ''History of the Rosewaters of Rhode Island'' by Merrihue Rosewater
- ''Ramba of Macedon'' by Eunice Rosewater
- '' Book Of Bokonon '' by Bokonon
- ''The Winston Niles Rumfoord Authorized Revised Bible'' by Winston Niles Rumfoord
- ''The Winston Niles Rumfoord Pocket History of Mars'' by Winston Niles Rumfoord
- ''The Beatrice Rumfoord Galactic Cookbook'' by Beatrice Rumfoord
- ''Unk and Boaz in the Caves of Mercury'' by Sarah Horne Canby
- ''Are Adults Harmoniums?'' by Dr. Frank Minot
- ''Things That Can Happen In European Politics'' by Ernest Pudding
- ''Neil Nosepicker's Book of 50,000 Insults''. The Nayland Smith Press, Cambridge (Mass.), 1933
- ''King Kong''; 18 vls. by Mitchell Prettyplace (a 'definitive study')
- ''On Preterition'' by William Slothrop ('among the first books to've been not only banned but ceremonially burned in Boston')
- ''The Wisdom of the Great Kamikaze Pilots'' (with illustrations by Walt Disney)
- ''Tales of the Schwarzkommando'' collected by Steve Edelman
- ''How I Came to Love the People'' (anonymous)
- ''The Courier's Tragedy'' by Richard Wharfinger (a Jacobean revenge play in five acts)
- ''An Account of the Singular Peregrinations of Dr Diocletian Blobb among the Italians, Illuminated with Exemplary Tales from the True History of That Outlandish And Fantastical Race''
- ''The Italian Wedding Fake Book'' by Deleuze & Guattari
- ''Ellen'' by T.S. Garp
- ''The Second Wind of the Cuckold'' by T.S. Garp
- ''Sexual Suspect'' by Jenny Garp
- ''The World According to Bensenhaver'' by T.S. Garp
- ''Grillparzer Pension'' by T.S. Garp
- ''Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie'' by Mabel Syrup (since actually written by Mabel S. Barr)
- ''Commander Coriander Salamander and 'Er Singlehander Bellylander'', also by Mabel Syrup
- '' Captain Napalm '', an uncredited comic book
- '' A Compleat Atlas of the House and Immediate Environs'' from The Keys To The Kingdom series by Garth Nix
- ''A Jew's Journey'' by Dr. Aaron Jastrow, from '' The Winds Of War '' and '' War And Remembrance '' by Herman Wouk ''
- '' Be A Perfect Person In Just Three Days! '' by Dr K. Pinkerton Silverfish, in the book of the same name by Stephen Manes
- ''The Biography of a Dead Cow'' by Mr. Rudolph Block, from '' The Devil's Dictionary '' by Ambrose Bierce
- ''Book of Gold'' in Book Of The New Sun by Gene Wolfe
- ''The Catalogue of Obsolete Entertainments'' by Adam Pennyman, in '' Lucky Wander Boy '' by D.B. Weiss
- ''The Chase Industries: A History'' in The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood .
- ''Dialect and Semantics'' by Dr. Elwin Ransom, in C. S. Lewis 's '' That Hideous Strength ''
- ''Eidolons of the King'' by Librarian Osmirik, the ''Castle'' books as they exist in the fictional world, ''Castle Murders'' by John DeChancie
- '' Encyclopedia Galactica '' in Isaac Asimov 's ''Foundation'' series
- ''Ervoldt: His Book'' by Lord Ervoldt, in ''Castle Perilous'' by John DeChancie
- ''Fields of Amaranth'', one of several books by E. St. John Clarke in A Dance To The Music Of Time
- '' The Grasshopper Lies Heavy '' by Hawthorne Abendsen, in '' The Man In The High Castle '' by Philip K. Dick
- ''I Love My Willy '' by Austin Tichenor - Reduced Shakespeare Company
- ''The Lord of the Swastika'' by Adolf Hitler , in ''The Iron Dream'' by Norman Spinrad
- ''Mad Tryst'' in Edgar Allan Poe's, "Fall of the House of Usher"
- '' Make Four Million Dollars By Next Thursday! '' by Dr K. Pinkerton Silverfish, in the book of the same name by Stephen Manes
- ''The Moswell Plan'' by Dorcas Bagby, a book believed to be fictional even in its own world, in ''Castle Murders'' by John DeChancie
- '' Never Whistle While You're Pissing '' by Hagbard Celine , in '' The Illuminatus! Trilogy '' by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
- ''The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows'' by 17th Century author Aristide Torchia from '' The Club Dumas '' by Arturo Pérez-Reverte .
- ''Or I Will Sell My Soul For Guilt'' by Thomas Covenant, in the Second '' Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant '' by Stephen R. Donaldson . Covenant is reported to have written at least two other novels prior to the start of the First Chronicles, but these are left unnamed by Donaldson.
- ''The Orange and the Apple'' in Arthur C. Clarke 's '' A Fall Of Moondust ''.
- ''The Practice of Thinking'' in Murray Leinster 's Med Ship stories
- ''The Princess Bride'' by S. Morgenstern - the purportedly abridged, "just the good parts" version by William Goldman is the original.
- ''Speaker for the Dead: The Hive Queen and the Hegemon'' by Andrew "Ender" Wiggins, from '' Ender's Game '' by Orson Scott Card
- '' Telemachus Sneezed '' by Atlanta Hope , in '' The Illuminatus! Trilogy '' by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
- ''The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism'' or '' Goldstein's Book '' by Emmanuel Goldstein , in George Orwell 's '' Nineteen Eighty-Four ''
- ''The Uselessness of Everything'' by the Hemulen , in Finn Family Moomintroll by '' Tove Jansson ''.
- ''The Wonders of Urth and Sky'' Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
- ''World Holocaust'', by Colonel General Arnim von Roon, translated by Rear Admiral (ret). Victor Henry, excepted from ''Land, Sea, and Air Operations of World War II'', from '' War And Remembrance '' by Herman Wouk
- '' Caddyshack '', the novelization
- ''Mr. T'' by Mr. T
- ''T and Me'' by George Peppard
- ''For the Last Time, I'm Not Mr. T'' by Ving Rhames
- ''Nobody Poops But You'', unsuccessful toilet training book, parody of '' Everybody Poops ''
- ''You're a Naughty Child, and That's Concentrated Evil Coming Out the Back of You'', Catholic toilet training book
- ''Baby's First Pop-Up Book''
- ''Backdoors to Citizenship'', nonfiction
- ''The Big Book of British Smiles'', photo book
- ''Bordello Repair Vol. I''
- ''Bork on Sex''
- ''A Child's Garden of Cons'' by Grifty McGrift, aka Grampa Simpson
- ''Curious George and the Ebola Virus'', a children's book
- ''Happiness Is a Naked Steve Allen''
- ''The Harpooned Heart'' by Marge Simpson
- ''How to Cook for Forty Humans'', cookbook
- ''How to Get Rich Writing Cartoons'' by John Swartzwelder
- ''How to Make Love to Steve Allen
- ''How to Seduce Your Lousy, Lazy Husband''
- ''How to Tunnel out of Prison''
- ''
- ''Journey to the Center of Steve Allen
- ''The Joy of Cooking Steve Allen''
- ''Kosher Erotic Cakes''
- '' Mapplethorpe '', photo book
- ''Mr. and Mrs. Erotic American'', audio book, read by Paul Harvey
- ''Only Turkeys Have Left Wings'' by Birch Barlow
- ''Owning Your Okayness'', self-help, by Brad Goodman
- ''Rational Thinking, Reasonable Future'' by Al Gore
- ''Sane Planning, Sensible Tomorrow'' by Al Gore
- ''Tanks of the Third Reich''
- ''The 10 Dos and 500 Don'ts of Knife Safety''
- ''The Truth About Whacking Day'' by Bob Woodward
- '' Ueberroth '', a biography
- ''Unidentified Flying Outrage!''
- ''Weight Loss Through Laborious Sex''
- ''Will There Ever Be A Rainbow'' by Montgomery Burns , Autobiography
- ''Your Gimmicky Restaurant'' by Bennigan and Fuddrucker
- ''Anslem'' (by Jake Sisko )
- ''Beyond the Galactic Edge, Humanity's Quest for Infinity'' (by Hesterman)
- ''Book of the Kosst Amojan'' ( Bajoran )
- ''Book of the People, The'' ( Fabrini )
- ''Burning Hearts of '' novels
- ''Call of the Prophets, The'' (Bajoran)
- ''Cave Beyond Logic, A: Vulcan Perspectives on Platonic Thought'' ( Vulcan )
- ''Chicago Mobs of the Twenties''
- ''Collected Works of Jirex, The'' ( Talaxian )
- ''Clash on the Fire Plains'' (Vulcan)
- ''Dictates of Poetics, The'' (by Vulcan writer T'Hain)
- ''Down the River Light'' (17-volume book by Caster)
- ''Dream of the Fire, The'' ( Klingon )
- ''Eldaxon's Collected Folklore'' (Talaxian)
- ''Fall of Kang, The'' (by Klingon poet G'Trok)
- ''Falor's Journey'' (Vulcan)
- '' Ferengi Rules Of Acquisition ''
- ''Finding and Winning your Perfect Mate'' (by Jennings Rain)
- ''Hotel Royale, The'' (by Todd Matthews)
- ''How to Advance Your Career Through Marriage''
- ''Gaudaal's Lament'' (by Bajoran poet Akorem Laan)
- ''Kir'shara, The'' (by Surak of Vulcan)
- ''Kitara's Song'' (by Bajoran poet Akorem Laan)
- ''Leonard McCoy's Comparative Alien Physiology'' (by Leonard McCoy )
- ''Linear Models of Viral Propagation'' (by Katherine Pulaski)
- ''Meditations on a Crimson Shadow'' ( Cardassian novel by Preloc)
- ''Never Ending Sacrifice, The'' (Cardassian)
- ''Nightingale Woman'' (by Phineas Tarbolde)
- ''Oo-mox for Fun and Profit''
- ''Paq'batlh, The'' (Klingon religious text)
- ''Past Prologue'' (by Jake Sisko)
- ''Photons Be Free'' by ''
- ''Teachings of Surak, The'' (Vulcan, English translation by Skon)
- ''Vulcan Love Slave'' (or ''The Ardous Journey of T'Lana on the Road to Enlightenment'') in ''''
- ''Women Warriors at the River of Blood'' from ''''
- ''Capricorn Crude'' - Val's first book, obviously based on her husband's family, '' Knots Landing ''
- ''Chicken Soap for the Bored Housewife's Soul'', '' The Man Show ''
- ''The Code of Masked Wrestling'', from '' Mucha Lucha ''
- ''The Corpse Danced at Midnight'' by J.B. Fletcher , '' Murder, She Wrote ''
- ''Great Machette Battles'', '' Futurama ''
- ''How to Become a Fancy Waiter in Less than 20 Minutes'' - '' SpongeBob SquarePants ''
- ''It's a Mystery!'' by T. Wilcox (a reference to Toyah Willcox ) in '' Doctor Who ''
- ''A Million Little Fibers'' by Stephen McTowelie , " A Million Little Fibers " episode of '' South Park '' (parody of '' A Million Little Pieces '')
- ''Murder Comes to Maine'' by J.B. Fletcher , '' Murder, She Wrote ''
- ''Nashvillle Junction'' - Val's second book, based on her mother's life, '' Knots Landing ''
- ''Necrobics - Hologrammatic Exercises For The Dead'' - Red Dwarf
- ''Origins of the Universe'' by Oolon Colluphid , from the '' Doctor Who '' serial '' Destiny Of The Daleks '' — inserted by script-editor Douglas Adams as a cross-reference to '' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy ''
- ''Pop-up Kama-Sutra: Zero-Gravity Edition'' - Red Dwarf
- ''The Rooster Crowed at Midnight'' by Abigail Porterfield, '' M---A---S---H ''
- ''The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey '' in '' Doctor Who ''
- ''The Zen Military: A History of UNIT '' by Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart in '' Doctor Who ''
- ''Venetian Blinds'' by Art Vandalay - '' Seinfeld ''
- ''Women Good, Men Bad'' - a 1980s pop-psychology book from a sketch on Saturday Night Live
- ''Accounting for Everything: A Guide to Personal Finance'' by Henry Sherman (nonfiction)
- ''Dudley's World'' by Raleigh St. Clair (nonfiction)
- ''Erotic Transference'' by Margot Tenenbaum (play)
- ''Family of Geniuses'' by Etheline Tenenbaum
- ''Nakedness Tonight'' by Margot Tenenbaum (play)
- ''Old Custer'' by Eli Cash (novel)
- ''The Peculiar Neurodegenerative Inhabitants of the Kazawa Atoll'' by Raleigh St. Clair (nonfiction)
- ''Static Electricity'' by Margot Tenenbaum (play)
- ''Three Plays'' by Margot Tenenbaum
- ''Wildcat'' by Eli Cash (novel)
Most are parodies of a work, pointed to by the link.
- ''The First Time'' by Catherine Tramell (under the pseudonym Catherine Woolf), '' Basic Instinct
- ''A Guide for the Lonely Guy'' by Larry Hubbard, '' The Lonely Guy ''
- ''Higgins' Universal Language'' by Henry Higgins, '' My Fair Lady ''
- ''If Not Now...'' by Caterine Vauban, '' I ♥ Huckabees ''
- ''Love Hurts'' by Catherine Tramell (under the pseudonym Catherine Woolf), '' Basic Instinct
- ''The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows'' by Aristide Torchia, Roman Polanski 's '' The Ninth Gate ''.
- ''The Philosophy of Time Travel'' by Roberta Sparrow, in '' Donnie Darko ''
- ''Tobin's Spirit Guide'' in '' Ghostbusters ''
- ''Leon Zundinger's Magicians, Martyrs, and Madmen'' in '' Ghostbusters II ''
- ''Down With Love'' by Barbara Novak - '' Down With Love ''
- ''17,011 Things a Princess Must Know'' from '' MirrorMask '' by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean .
- ''Avalon Landing'' by William Forrester from '' Finding Forrester ''.
- ''A Match Made in Space'' by George McFly from '' Back To The Future ''.
- ''The Boat Rocker'' by Terence Mann from '' Field Of Dreams ''.
- ''Born Normal'', a memoir by Jean-Paul Beaubier on his life as Northstar
- '' Marvels '', book of superhero photographs by Phil Sheldon
- ''Shadows, The Dark Side of the Marvels'', a book on supervillains by Dr. Dennis Schoolcroft
- ''Webs'', book of Spider-Man photographs by Peter Parker
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