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"The Book of Love" is a song written by Stephin Merritt and attributed to The Magnetic Fields, an American indie pop group founded and led by him. "The Book of Love" appears in Magnetic Fields' three-volume concept album 69 Love Songs containing 69 tracks described as "love songs", 23 tracks in each of the three volumes. The three-volume release was released in 1999 with "the Book of Love" appearing in volume 1 as track number 12.