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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wraith Form" data-source="post: 2151268" data-attributes="member: 10789">Yeah, explain publicly (before/after a gaming session) that your books are being stolen and explain that, due to the immaturity of one of the players, they'll all have to buy their own darn books.  Be a hard-a$$.  Non-thieves will understand, they really will.  Don't underestimate the empathy that the non-thieves will feel for you, and how cool they'll be if you have to be "strict".  It's a sad situation, that someone is taking advantage of you after you put your hospitality out there and someone walks all over it, but there you go... OTOH, if you can afford the loss....if this individual needs to take the books--either he's in some financial straits or he's got a klepto streak/chemical imbalance.  Either way, have pity on the poor sod.  If they need 'em that badly, let 'em take the darn books.  Just don't make any other new ones available. Or, you could have a "library check-out" system, where each book has the gamer's name associated with it on a sheet...with a small deposit required per book (per person).  They'll get their deposit back once they return the book. I'd never tolerate hosting & running a game, making the books available to people out of trust, and then having someone steal.  A can of whoop-arse would be quickly forthcoming.</blockquote>