Well Read

• 10
• Well Read
• Read the books listed below.
• Criteria:
  • Aegwynn and the Dragon Hunt
  • Aftermath of the Second War
  • Arathor and the Troll Wars
  • Archimonde's Return and the Flight to Kalimdor
  • Beyond the Dark Portal
  • Charge of the Dragonflights
  • Civil War in the Plaguelands
  • Empires' Fall
  • Exile of the High Elves
  • Icecrown and the Frozen Throne
  • Ironforge - the Awakening of the Dwarves
  • Kel'Thuzad and the Forming of the Scourge
  • Kil'jaeden and the Shadow Pact
  • Lethargy of the Orcs
  • Mount Hyjal and Illidan's Gift
  • Old Hatreds - The Colonization of Kalimdor
  • Rise of the Blood Elves
  • Rise of the Horde
  • Sargeras and the Betrayal
  • Sunwell - The Fall of Quel'Thalas
  • The Alliance of Lordaeron
  • The Battle of Grim Batol
  • The Betrayer Ascendant
  • The Birth of the Lich King
  • The Dark Portal and the Fall of Stormwind
  • The Founding of Quel'Thalas
  • The Guardians of Tirisfal
  • The Invasion of Draenor
  • The Waking World and the Well of Eternity
  • The Last Guardian
  • The Lich King Triumphant
  • The New Horde
  • The Old Gods and the Ordering of Azeroth
  • The Scourge of Lordaeron
  • The Sentinels and the Long Vigil
  • The Seven Kingdoms
  • The Twin Empires
  • The War of the Ancients
  • The World Tree and the Emerald Dream
  • War of the Spider
  • War of the Three Hammers
  • Wrath of Soulflayer

Well Read is an exploration achievement earned for reading an assortment of books across the world and instances of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms.

The location with the greatest concentration of books is Stormwind City. Scarlet Monastery's Library wing and Scholomance also have great variety of books.

Book list and locations

Title	Location
Aegwynn and the Dragon Hunt	Scarlet Monastery library; Tirisfal Glades, Brill, Gallows' End Tavern; Stormwind, Royal Library[76, 29]
Aftermath of the Second War	Darnassus, Craftsmen's Terrace (building west of Enchanting); Scarlet Monastery; Stormwind, Royal Library[76, 31]
[Arathor and the Troll Wars]	Ironforge, Hall of Explorers; Hillsbrad Foothills, Southshore Town Hall; Hillsbrad Foothills, Tarren Mill; Scarlet Monastery
Archimonde's Return and the Flight to Kalimdor	Barrens, Ratchet, on the desk behind Liv Rizzlefix; Scarlet Monastery; Stormwind, Academy of Arcane Arts and Sciences (near the Stockade)
Beyond the Dark Portal	Scarlet Monastery; Booty Bay, Salty Sailor Tavern Inn; Stormwind, Royal Library[76, 28]
Charge of the Dragonflights	Ashenvale, Astranaar; Ironforge, Hall of Explorers; Wetlands, Menethil Harbor, Menethil Keep; Barrens, Ratchet, near engineering trainers; Tirisfal Glades, Brill town hall
Civil War in the Plaguelands	Elwynn Forest, Northshire Abbey; Scarlet Monastery library; Ironforge, Hall of Explorers; Stormwind, Royal Library[76, 32]; Undercity near Innkeeper; Stratholme in the Scarlet Bastion; Hillsbrad Foothills, Southshore Inn
[Empires' Fall]	Tanaris, Gadgetzan Inn[52, 27]; Booty Bay, basement of building that "Sea Wolf" MacKinley resides in
[Exile of the High Elves]	Barrens, Ratchet, on balcony of Blacksmith; Scholomance; Undercity, The Apothecarium; Darnassus, Cenarion Enclave (near the Rogue Trainer)
Icecrown and the Frozen Throne	Scholomance Reliquary; Elwynn Forest, Goldshire, Lion's Pride Inn; Scarlet Monastery; Undercity, The Apothecarium; Stratholme in the Scarlet Bastion
Ironforge - the Awakening of the Dwarves	Ironforge, Hall of Explorers; Loch Modan, Thelsamar; Blackrock Depths domicile; Bael Modan; Mulgore, Bael'dun Digsite[32, 49]
Kel'Thuzad and the Forming of the Scourge	Scholomance Reliquary; Scarlet Monastery library; Undercity, The Apothecarium; Stratholme in the Scarlet Bastion; Hillsbrad Foothills, Southshore Inn
Kil'jaeden and the Shadow Pact	Duskwood, Scarlet Raven Tavern[74, 45] (second floor); Scholomance; Stratholme in the Scarlet Bastion
Lethargy of the Orcs	Barrens, Northwatch Hold[62, 55], Top of the first (lower) Tower, on a table near the staircase; Elwynn Forest, Eastvale Logging Camp[85, 69] (2nd floor of building behind Marshal Haggard)
[Mount Hyjal and Illidan's Gift]	Darkshore, Auberdine Inn; Barrens, Ratchet Inn; Duskwood, Scarlet Raven Tavern[73, 44] (2nd floor); Stormwind, Academy of Arcane Arts and Sciences. (near the Stockade)
Old Hatreds - The Colonization of Kalimdor	Tanaris, Gadgetzan[51, 30] (next to Derotain Mudsipper <The Thorium Brotherhood>); Scholomance
Rise of the Blood Elves	Darnassus, Craftsmen's Terrace (in building between cooking trainer and first aid trainer); Arathi Highlands, Hammerfall Inn; Scholomance; Elwynn Forest, Tower of Azora
Rise of the Horde	Ironforge, Hall of Explorers; Durotar, Tiragarde Keep[57, 57], on the rail next to Lieutenant Benedict; Swamp of Sorrows, Stonard in the room above the portal trainer
Sargeras and the Betrayal	Ashenvale, Astranaar [34.5, 49.5] (on the floor behind a table); Arathi Highlands, Hammerfall Inn; The Barrens, Ratchet Inn[61.9, 39.6]; Scholomance Reliquary
[Sunwell - The Fall of Quel'Thalas]	Booty Bay, Salty Sailor Tavern (second floor); Astranaar [34.5, 50.0]
The Alliance of Lordaeron	Ironforge, Hall of Explorers; Stormwind, Royal Library[76, 31]; Dun Morogh, Kharanos, Thunderbrew Distillery; Duskwood, Darkshire Town Hall[72, 47]; Hillsbrad Foothills, Tarren Mill; Silvermoon City, Walk of Elders Inn (upstairs)
The Battle of Grim Batol	Wetlands, Menethil Harbor, Deepwater Tavern[10, 60] (2nd floor); Ironforge, Hall of Explorers; Stormwind, War Room[84, 34]; Mulgore, Bael'dun Digsite[32, 49]
The Betrayer Ascendant	Silvermoon City, Walk of Elders by alchemy and wand vendors; Darnassus, Tradesmen's Terrace (ground floor of back-row house opposite cloth armor vendor)
The Birth of the Lich King	Duskwood, Darkshire Town Hall[72, 46]; Scholomance, The Viewing Room; Stratholme in the Scarlet Bastion
The Dark Portal and the Fall of Stormwind	Redridge Mountains, Lakeshire Inn (upstairs); Stormwind, War Room[82, 36]; Swamp of Sorrows, Stonard, near the portal trainer
The Founding of Quel'Thalas	Duskwood, Scarlet Raven Tavern[73, 45] (next to Gunder Thornbush); Scholomance, The Viewing Room
The Guardians of Tirisfal	Guardian's Library in Karazhan; Stormwind, Royal Library[76, 31]; Dalaran
The Invasion of Draenor	Scholomance, room before Viewing Room
The Waking World and the Well of Eternity	Tavern of Time Tanaris [67, 50] next to Alexston Chrome (first vendor on the right); Deepwater Tavern in Wetlands; Royal Library (Stormwind City)
The Last Guardian	Loch Modan, Thelsamar (in the building with the WANTED poster outside); Westfall, Sentinel Hill[52, 53] inn (on table by bed); Karazhan
[The Lich King Triumphant]	Scholomance, Reliquary; Stratholme in the Scarlet Bastion
The New Horde	Swamp of Sorrows, Stonard in the room above the portal trainer; Barrens Northwatch Hold Bottom of the first (lower) Tower, on a table next to the prisoner; Stormwind, Royal Library
The Old Gods and the Ordering of Azeroth	Blackrock Depths, Domicile; Darnassus (above Alchemy trainer); Scholomance; Undercity, The Apothecarium; Ironforge, Hall of Explorers; Wetlands, Menethil Harbor, Menethil Keep (behind Captain Stoutfist)
The Scourge of Lordaeron	Scholomance, Reliquary; Booty Bay, basement of building that "Sea Wolf" MacKinley resides in; Scarlet Monastery, Athenaeum; Stratholme in the Scarlet Bastion
The Sentinels and the Long Vigil	Booty Bay[28, 77] upstairs from "Sea Wolf" MacKinley; Ruins of Feathermoon in Feralas - inside the Inn [30.9, 42.8]
The Seven Kingdoms	Scholomance, Reliquary; Stratholme in the Scarlet Bastion
The Twin Empires	Booty Bay, basement of building that "Sea Wolf" MacKinley resides in; Tanaris, Gadgetzan Inn[52, 27]
The War of the Ancients	Darnassus (between First Aid and Cooking trainers, 1st floor); Scarlet Monastery, Athenaeum; Stormwind, Park District Inn
The World Tree and the Emerald Dream	Darnassus, Craftsmen's Terrace (NW building); Scarlet Monastery; Stormwind, Park District (By Nara Meideros)
War of the Spider	Scarlet Monastery; Stormwind, War Room[83, 33]; Stratholme in the Scarlet Bastion; Scholomance
War of the Three Hammers	Blackrock Depths, Domicile; Scarlet Monastery, Gallery of Treasures; Stormwind, Dwarven District Inn; Mulgore, Bael'dun Digsite[32, 49]; Ironforge, Hall of Explorers
Wrath of Soulflayer	Booty Bay, basement of building that "Sea Wolf" MacKinley resides in; Tanaris, Gadgetzan Inn[52, 27]

Locations with Books

Location	Title
Arathi Highlands: Hammerfall Inn	Rise of the Blood Elves, Sargeras and the Betrayal
Ashenvale: Astranaar	Charge of the Dragonflights,  [Sunwell - The Fall of Quel'Thalas], Sargeras and the Betrayal
Blackrock Depths: The Domicile	Ironforge - the Awakening of the Dwarves, The Old Gods and the Ordering of Azeroth, War of the Three Hammers
Dalaran	The Guardians of Tirisfal
Darkshore: Auberdine Inn	[Mount Hyjal and Illidan's Gift]
Darnassus: Craftsmen's Terrace, Cenarion Enclave, Tradesmen's Terrace	The Old Gods and the Ordering of Azeroth, The War of the Ancients, Aftermath of the Second War, The World Tree and the Emerald Dream,  [Exile of the High Elves], The Betrayer Ascendant, Rise of the Blood Elves
Dun Morogh: Thunderbrew Distillery in Kharanos	The Alliance of Lordaeron
Durotar: Tiragarde Keep	Rise of the Horde (History of Warcraft)
Duskwood: Darkshire Town Hall, Scarlet Raven Tavern	The Birth of the Lich King, The Alliance of Lordaeron, Kil'jaeden and the Shadow Pact,  [Mount Hyjal and Illidan's Gift], The Founding of Quel'Thalas
Elwynn Forest: Eastvale Logging Camp, Lion's Pride Inn in Goldshire, Northshire Abbey, Tower of Azora	Lethargy of the Orcs, Icecrown and the Frozen Throne, Civil War in the Plaguelands, Rise of the Blood Elves
Hillsbrad Foothills: Southshore Inn, Southshore Town Hall, Tarren Mill	Civil War in the Plaguelands, Kel'Thuzad and the Forming of the Scourge,  [Arathor and the Troll Wars], The Alliance of Lordaeron
Ironforge: Hall of Explorers	Ironforge - the Awakening of the Dwarves, War of the Three Hammers, Charge of the Dragonflights, The Old Gods and the Ordering of Azeroth, The Battle of Grim Batol, Civil War in the Plaguelands, Rise of the Horde (History of Warcraft), The Alliance of Lordaeron,  [Arathor and the Troll Wars]
Karazhan: Guardian's Library	The Last Guardian, The Guardians of Tirisfal
Loch Modan: Thelsamar	Ironforge - the Awakening of the Dwarves, The Last Guardian
Mulgore, Bael'dun Digsite	Ironforge - the Awakening of the Dwarves, The Battle of Grim Batol, War of the Three Hammers
Scarlet Monastery: Library, Athenaeum, Gallery of Treasures	Aftermath of the Second War,  [Arathor and the Troll Wars], Archimonde's Return and the Flight to Kalimdor, Beyond the Dark Portal, Icecrown and the Frozen Throne, The World Tree and the Emerald Dream, War of the Spider,  [Aegwynn and the Dragon Hunt], Civil War in the Plaguelands, Kel'Thuzad and the Forming of the Scourge, The Scourge of Lordaeron, War of the Three Hammers, The War of the Ancients
Scholomance: The Viewing Room, The Reliquary	[Exile of the High Elves], Kil'jaeden and the Shadow Pact, Old Hatreds - The Colonization of Kalimdor, Rise of the Blood Elves, The Birth of the Lich King, The Old Gods and the Ordering of Azeroth, Icecrown and the Frozen Throne, Kel'Thuzad and the Forming of the Scourge, Sargeras and the Betrayal,  [The Lich King Triumphant], The Scourge of Lordaeron, The Seven Kingdoms, The Invasion of Draenor, The Founding of Quel'Thalas, War of the Spider
Silvermoon City: Walk of Elders, Wayfarer's Rest Tavern	The Betrayer Ascendant, The Alliance of Lordaeron
Stormwind City: Academy of Arcane Arts and Sciences in the Mage Quarter, The Park, Dwarven District, Royal Library, War Room in Stormwind Keep	[Mount Hyjal and Illidan's Gift], The World Tree and the Emerald Dream, War of the Three Hammers, The War of the Ancients, Archimonde's Return and the Flight to Kalimdor, The Alliance of Lordaeron, The Waking World and the Well of Eternity, The New Horde, War of the Spider, Beyond the Dark Portal,  [Aegwynn and the Dragon Hunt], The Guardians of Tirisfal, Aftermath of the Second War, Civil War in the Plaguelands, The Battle of Grim Batol, The Dark Portal and the Fall of Stormwind
Stranglethorn Vale: Booty Bay, Salty Sailor Tavern in Booty Bay	Beyond the Dark Portal, The Sentinels and the Long Vigil,  [Empires' Fall], The Scourge of Lordaeron, The Twin Empires, Wrath of Soulflayer,  [Sunwell - The Fall of Quel'Thalas]
Stratholme: Scarlet Bastion	Civil War in the Plaguelands, Icecrown and the Frozen Throne, Kel'Thuzad and the Forming of the Scourge, Kil'jaeden and the Shadow Pact, The Birth of the Lich King,  [The Lich King Triumphant], The Scourge of Lordaeron, The Seven Kingdoms, War of the Spider
Swamp of Sorrows: Stonard	Rise of the Horde (History of Warcraft), The New Horde, The Dark Portal and the Fall of Stormwind
Tanaris: Gadgetzan Inn, Tavern of Time in the Caverns of Time	Old Hatreds - The Colonization of Kalimdor, The Twin Empires,  [Empires' Fall], Wrath of Soulflayer, The Waking World and the Well of Eternity
The Barrens: Bael Modan, Northwatch Hold, Ratchet Inn, Jazzik's General Goods in Ratchet	Ironforge - the Awakening of the Dwarves, The New Horde, Lethargy of the Orcs,  [Mount Hyjal and Illidan's Gift], Sargeras and the Betrayal, Charge of the Dragonflights,  [Exile of the High Elves], Archimonde's Return and the Flight to Kalimdor
Tirisfal Glades: Brill Town Hall, Gallows' End Tavern	Charge of the Dragonflights,  [Aegwynn and the Dragon Hunt]
Undercity: The Apothecarium, Trade Quarter	Icecrown and the Frozen Throne, Kel'Thuzad and the Forming of the Scourge, The Old Gods and the Ordering of Azeroth, Civil War in the Plaguelands,  [Exile of the High Elves]
Westfall: Sentinel Hill Inn	The Last Guardian
Wetlands: Menethil Keep, Deepwater Tavern	Charge of the Dragonflights, The Battle of Grim Batol

Notes

• All books to be read for this achievement are laying out by themselves on tables or on the floor in some cases (Stormwind Library).
  • They are not in bookshelves, stacks of books, or written on scrolls. They can be on the same table as stacks, but they will not be in stacks.
• You don't have to "read" the whole book, just open the book.
• The act of reading a book does not break stealth.
• This achievement offers no reward other than achievement points.

Patch changes

• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Moved to Exploration category.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

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