Literature of Equestria and beyond

Throughout Equestria and beyond several pieces of literature exists, from comic books to mighty tomes.

A Brief History of the Wagon Harness
A Brief History of the Wagon Harness was a book used to lure  to a party. The book presumably contains historical information on Wagon Harness'.

A Metallurgical History of Ancient Sword Making
A Metallurgical History of Ancient Sword Making was a book written at some point before the Sacking of the Crystal Empire. It was seen in Princess Celestia's library.

Aardvarks to Alicorns
Aardvarks to Alicorns was a book owned by, presumably a collection of species that inhabited Equestria.

Advanced Placement Calculus
Advanced Placement Calculus was a text book that was used in Canterlot Academy in the 1980s. Shining Armor had a copy in the year 1987.

Spike's art book collection
Spike owned at least 4 art-books with either names or attached authors. He studied them while making a painting for 's birthday.


 * Newton
 * Leyendecker — Presumably named for.
 * Sneyd — Presumably named after.
 * Pony Clip Art #2 — Possibly a meta-reference to how several pieces of merchandise use stock-art.
 * Cover Run
 * Wrightson — Possibly a reference to Bernie Wrightson.

Dark Magic wing
Several books are seen in the Dark Magic wing of the library, many named, some with authors. These books are the following.
 * Beware of the Titans
 * Black Magic
 * Condestoga Cannibalism
 * Corpexiphan
 * Creation of Discord
 * Crisis of Infinite Equestrias
 * Crossing Over
 * EVIL
 * Evil Origins of Canterlot
 * Exorcoltism
 * GHOSTS
 * Green Lantern
 * History of Aquastria
 * History of the Preservers
 * How to Stop the Unicorn Uprise
 * Infamous Cemeteries of Equestria
 * Kelpies
 * LEGENDS
 * Lovecolt
 * Memento Mori
 * Necronomicon
 * O
 * Origin of the Everfree Forest
 * Pony War Stories
 * Quantum Physics
 * Salem's Stable
 * Sea-Ponies
 * Secrets of Nightmare Moon
 * Skull and Crossbones
 * Soylent Green Recipes
 * SPELLS
 * Survive?
 * The Cruel Horseshoes
 * The First Ponies
 * The Haunting of Hill Horse
 * The Headless Horse
 * The Mare in Black
 * The Observers
 * The Origin of the Diamond Dogs
 * The Pegasus Prophecy: Evil of the Sky
 * The Ponyville Horror
 * The Witch Queen of New Horseleans
 * There is More Than One of Everything
 * Through the Looking Glass
 * True Tales of Trotsylvania
 * War of the Zebras
 * Who Do The Changelings Work For?
 * Who Was Megan?
 * World Domination And You
 * Zebra Magic
 * ZFT

Foal Titans


The Foal Titans were a famous superhero team. Shining Armor was a huge fan of them and had their poster on his wall.


 * The Titans are a reference to the Teen Titans of DC comics fame. In this universe however, they appear to be published by IDW, who also apparently publish Harley Quinn, Death of the Endless and...Deadpool of all things.