Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

The description for this trophy is slightly misleading as there are a total of 47 lore entries (books) in Arizona and Los Angeles. This trophy is slightly glitchy, not that it's broken but some have reported getting the trophy with only 45 or 46 books, but their books collected differ from one to the next, so while this suggests that 1 or 2 books might not count towards the trophy, it's thus far impossible to pin down which. Hence for sanity's sake just get them all. There are many books in the game, but those that do count (be it 45, 46 or 47) will open up an extra dialogue box to show the book's contents when you read them.

35 Arizona books
Note that saving either Ag Centre or Highpool gets you 2 extra books. You lose these 2 books if you save neither. Saving Highpool still allows you to get the 4 Ag Centre books. Hence saving either one still gives you 6 books total, however saving Highpool prevents access to the monkey suit required for Not Monkeying Around. For a single playthrough Platinum, save Ag Centre.

• (Ranger Citadel) Intelligence report Part 1: Shelf near Cartographer Thrasher.
• (Ranger Citadel) Intelligence report Part 2: Shelf in Museum.
• (Ranger Citadel) Memories of My Time in the Rangers Part 1/2: Shelf in Vargas's Office.
• (Ranger Citadel) Memories of My Time in the Rangers Part 3: Shelf in Museum.
• (Ranger Citadel) The History of the Desert Rangers Part 1/2/5: Shelf in Museum.
• (Ranger Citadel) The History of the Desert Rangers Part 3/6: Shelf near Cartographer Thrasher.
• (Ranger Citadel) The History of the Desert Rangers Part 4: Erik Tidemann, after you give him 10 pain-killers.
• (Ag Center - Central Complex) Lab Journal: Rose's Desk (only if you saved Ag Centre).
• (Ag Center - Mushroom Caves) History of the Ag Center Part 2: Shelf where Skinner is hiding.
• (Ag Center - East Field) History of the Ag Center Part 3: Shelf in House with trapped researcher.
• (Ag Center - East Field) History of the Ag Center Part 4: Shelf in south Storehouse behind brambles.
• (Ag Center - West Field) Garden journal: Mound in Garden (only if you saved Ag Centre); Perception 4 required.
• (Ag Center - Central Complex) History of the Ag Center Part 1: Shelf in Matt Forrestal's office.
• (Highpool) Ballad of Bobby & Rex: Shelf in Jesse-Bell's house (only if you saved Highpool).
• (Highpool) Legend of the Red Ryder: Shelf in Townhall (only if you saved Highpool).
• (Ag Centre - Central Complex) History of the Ag Center Part 1-4: On Larsen (only if you saved Highpool).
• (Rail Nomads) The Story of John Henry Part 1: In Meeting Hall, left wall bookshelf.
• (Rail Nomads) The Story of John Henry Part 2: In a boxcar between the haunted boxcar and Quarex the arcade guy. Boxcar has a red toy train on its roof and the Engineer's Note is inside.
• (Rail Nomads) The Story of John Henry Part 3: Bookshelf inside Casey's house.
• (Prison Valley) Farmer's diary Part 1: Dead body near entrance, against cliff with graffiti that says "CHROM".
• (Prison Valley) Farmer's diary Part 2: Locked chest near Brown's pig farm.
• (Prison Valley) Farmer's diary Part 3: Dresser next to Anna who wants to die.
• (Prison) Anger Management for Angry Managers: RSM heavy gunner at checkpoint near Cactus-henge.
• (Prison) Farmer's diary Part 4: Chest in Auwaerter Farm near red kennel
• (Titan Canyon) Your Friend The Great Glow: Box in Overrun Camp with Tom's dead wife & honey badgers.
• (Temple of Titan) The Servants of Titan Part 1/2/3: 3 shelves near Brother Nero.
• (Damonta) Blood-Stained Journal: Corpse north of the turret that's next to the western cornfield; follow the pipe North-West.
• (Damonta) The History of the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base: Corpse next to a stack of barrels between Red Baychowski & the Motel.
• (Damonta) KPOW playlist for Monday July 21st: Werewolf Wally's.
• (Silo 7) Double Six tragedy report: Sierra Madre plane in Silo 7; requires NPC Baychowski found in Damonta to be with your party or Perception 7.
• (Temple of Titan - post-Silo 7) The Flame Deluge Canticle: Toaster near Titan Temple western exit, after you resolved the nuke issue. Need Toaster Repair 6 or 7.
• (Prison - After leaving the area once) Farmer's diary Part 5: Back wall of Prison area. You can't access this area until you find the missing tank tread in Damonta and use it to fix the robot or return later to deal with Danforth's poisoned dogs.

12 Los Angeles books

• (Rodia) A Brief History of the Watts Tower: Bookshelf in Mayor's office
• (Santa Fe/Bastion) The Story of Samson Parts 1-4: Recruitable Brother Thomas later on (after finishing Angel Oracle - thanks archnero), or in Bastion's bookshelves.
• (Hollywood) Welcome to Hollywood!: On the road just as you enter the city.
• (Hollywood) The Ten Commandments of James King: Cemetery, near the tent.
• (Los Feliz) The Griffith Observatory: A History: Bookshelf in Laban's Rest.
• (Wasteland) Stoll's Journal: Loot from random encounter, stating that it's Mannerites on the rooftops. With 8 Outdoorsman it's 25% escape chance, 10 Outdoorsman 50%. Walk between Hollywood and Angel Oracle to trigger this encounter.
• (Mysterious Shrine (SW-most)) Blood-Stained Journal: On a corpse. Need +5 rad suits or is instant death.
• (Seal Beach) Your Golden Future: Near the Water Source, inside a crate behind some mines.
• (Seal Beach - New Citadel) The Gospel According to Matthias: Southwest section, in a locker by the wall.