Authors' Books (Canon)

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Authors' Books
General Information
Status:	Existing
Origin:	Enchanted Forest Land Without Magic Underworld
Physical Description
Type:	Magic books
Color:	Brown and Golden Black and Silver (Heroes and Villains)
Usage Information
Created by:	Authors Isaac Heller Henry Mills Mr. Gold (Heroes and Villains)
Possessed by:	Apprentice August Booth (briefly) Cruella De Vil (briefly) Henry Mills Hook (briefly) Isaac Heller Mary Margaret Blanchard (formerly) Merlin Regina Mills Robin Hood (briefly)
Used by:	August Booth David Nolan Emma Swan Henry Mills Hook Isaac Heller Merida Mother Superior Neal Cassidy † Regina Mills Tamara † Robin Hood † Violet Will Scarlet
Used on:	Black Beard Isaac Heller Storybrooke inhabitants
Used for:	Reading stories Writing stories Creating an alternate universe
Show Information
First appearance:	"Pilot"
Latest appearance:	"The Other Shoe"
Relevant Pages
GALLERY

The Authors's Books, mostly known as Once Upon a Time Books, are magical items featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. They first appear in the first episode of the first season.

History

For history of Authors' Book, see here.

Known Books

• Henry Mills' Book
• Blank books in the Lakeside Mansion
• Heroes and Villains
• New York Public Library books
• Once Upon a Time: Volume II
• Underworld Book

Fanfiction Books

• Light and Dark

Appearances

Once Upon a Time: Season One
"Pilot": Appears	"The Thing You Love Most": Appears	"Snow Falls": Appears	"The Price of Gold": Absent	"That Still Small Voice": Absent	"The Shepherd": Absent	"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter": Appears	"Desperate Souls": Absent	"True North": Appears	"7:15 A.M.": Absent	"Fruit of the Poisonous Tree": Appears
"Skin Deep": Absent	"What Happened to Frederick": Appears	"Dreamy": Absent	"Red- Handed": Appears	"Heart of Darkness": Appears	"Hat Trick": Appears	"The Stable Boy": Appears	"The Return": Absent	"The Stranger": Appears	"An Apple Red as Blood": Appears	"A Land Without Magic": Appears

Once Upon a Time: Season Two
"Broken": Absent	"We Are Both": Appears	"Lady of the Lake": Appears	"The Crocodile": Absent	"The Doctor": Absent	"Tallahassee": Absent	"Child of the Moon": Absent	"Into the Deep": Absent	"Queen of Hearts": Appears	"The Cricket Game": Absent	"The Outsider": Absent
"In the Name of the Brother": Appears	"Tiny": Absent	"Manhattan": Absent	"The Queen Is Dead": Absent	"The Miller's Daughter": Absent	"Welcome to Storybrooke": Absent	"Selfless, Brave and True": Appears	"Lacey": Appears	"The Evil Queen": Absent	"Second Star to the Right": Absent	"And Straight On 'Til Morning": Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Three
"The Heart of the Truest Believer": Absent	"Lost Girl": Absent	"Quite a Common Fairy": Absent	"Nasty Habits": Absent	"Good Form": Absent	"Ariel": Absent	"Dark Hollow": Absent	"Think Lovely Thoughts": Absent	"Save Henry": Absent	"The New Neverland" Appears	"Going Home": Appears
"New York City Serenade": Absent	"Witch Hunt": Absent	"The Tower": Absent'	"Quiet Minds": Absent	"It's Not Easy Being Green": Absent	"The Jolly Roger": Absent	"Bleeding Through": Absent	"A Curious Thing": Appears	"Kansas": Absent	"Snow Drift": Appears	"There's No Place Like Home": Appears

Once Upon a Time: Season Four
"A Tale of Two Sisters": Appears	"White Out": Absent	"Rocky Road": Absent	"The Apprentice": Absent	"Breaking Glass": Absent	"Family Business": Absent	"The Snow Queen": Appears	"Smash the Mirror": Appears	"Fall": Absent	"Shattered Sight": Absent	"Heroes and Villains": Appears
"Darkness On The Edge Of Town": Appears	"Unforgiven": Appears	"Enter the Dragon": Absent	"Poor Unfortunate Soul": Appears	"Best Laid Plans": Appears	"Heart of Gold": Appears	"Sympathy for the De Vil": Absent	"Lily": Appears	"Mother": Appears	"Operation Mongoose Part 1": Appears	"Operation Mongoose Part 2": Appears

Once Upon a Time: Season Five
"The Dark Swan": Absent	"The Price": Absent	"Siege Perilous": Absent	"The Broken Kingdom": Absent	"Dreamcatcher": Appears	"The Bear and the Bow": Absent	"Nimue": Absent	"Birth": Absent	"The Bear King": Absent	"Broken Heart": Absent	"Swan Song": Absent
"Souls of the Departed": Absent	"Labor of Love": Absent	"Devil's Due": Absent	"The Brothers Jones": Appears	"Our Decay": Absent	"Her Handsome Hero": Absent	"Ruby Slippers": Absent	"Sisters": Absent	"Firebird": Appears	"Last Rites": Appears	"Only You": Appears	"An Untold Story": Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Six
"The Savior":	"A Bitter Draught":	"The Other Shoe":	"Strange Case":	"Street Rats":	"Dark Waters":	"Heartless":	"I'll Be Your Mirror":	"Changelings":	"Wish You Were Here":	"Tougher Than The Rest":
Absent	Appears	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Murder Most Foul":	"Ill-Boding Patterns":	"Page 23":	"A Wondrous Place":	"Mother's Little Helper":	"Awake":	"Where Bluebirds Fly":	"The Black Fairy":	"The Song in Your Heart":	"The Final Battle Part 1":	"The Final Battle Part 2":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Specials
"Magic is coming": Archive	"The Price of Magic": Archive	"Journey to Neverland": Archive	"Wicked is Coming": Archive	"Storybrooke Has Frozen Over": Archive
"Secrets of Storybrooke": Archive	"Dark Swan Rises": Archive	"Evil Reigns Once More": Archive	"The Final Battle Begins": Absent

Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.

• Henry's Book is featured in Once Upon a Time's Season One novelization, Reawakened: A Once Upon a Time Tale.