▁Re ed ; ▁The ▁Ros etta ▁Key ▁( 2 0 0 8 ) ▁by ▁William ▁Diet rich ; ▁and ▁The ▁Ser pent ' s ▁Sh adow ▁( 2 0 1 2 ) ▁by ▁Rick ▁Ri ord an . ▁The ▁Book ▁plays ▁a ▁role ▁in ▁Henry ▁H . ▁Ne ff ' s ▁ju ven ile ▁fant asy ▁series ▁The ▁T apest ry ▁and ▁Lyn ne ▁E wing ' s ▁young ▁adult ▁series ▁Sister s ▁of ▁Is is . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁third ▁arc ▁of ▁the ▁m anga ▁( and ▁an ime ) ▁Jo Jo ' s ▁B izar re ▁Advent ure , ▁the ▁ant agon ist ▁Bo ingo ' s ▁super natural ▁ability ▁is ▁named ▁Th oth ▁and ▁takes ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁a ▁fortune - t elling ▁com ic ▁book . ▁In ▁the ▁Japanese ▁novel ▁( and ▁an ime ) ▁My ri ad ▁Colors ▁Ph antom ▁World , ▁the ▁protagon ist ▁has ▁an ▁ability ▁called ▁" The ▁Book ▁of ▁Th oth ". ▁ ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁Th oth ▁also ▁appears ▁in ▁video ▁games . ▁For ▁example , ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁side - quest ▁element ▁in ▁Shin ▁Meg ami ▁T ense i : ▁Str ange ▁J our ney . ▁ ▁In ▁both ▁the ▁multi - player ▁online ▁battle ▁ar ena ▁Sm ite ▁and ▁Board ▁Game ▁Online , ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Th oth ▁is ▁a ▁us able ▁item . ▁Also ▁in ▁Sid ▁Me ier ' s ▁Civil ization ▁ 6 ▁it ▁is ▁present ▁as ▁a ▁holy ▁re lic ▁that ▁generates ▁faith ▁and ▁tour ism . ▁