# [adj] appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"
# [adj] not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones"
# [adj] (linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; "the word `car' is inanimate"
By those definitions, a book would appear inanimate; nonetheless, I would posit that it is possible for books to possess moral character (good or evil) in and of themselves. While it may be possible to use an evil book for good purposes or a good book for evil purposes, I would posit that does not prevent some books from being inherently good and others inherently evil.