Are their Lost Books of the Bible?
Why are some 'inspired' books NOT in our Bibles?

Q. I want to know what scrolls or books have been found since the bible was initially assembled that some say are inspired by God. Should these books be added to our current Bible and if not, why not?

Many of the larger and more expensive Bibles contain books of the so-called "apocrypha" – books that some in the past thought should have been included in the canon but were excluded and many of these will have the history of these books in their introductory remarks. Books printed by Catholic oriented publishers are often the most comprehensive in this area.

Here are some good reference works in which you can find in-depth answers to your questions about books that were excluded from the canon, the dates they were found, reasons for their exclusion, etc.

The latter of these two books is especially comprehensive, containing information about the following "lost" books:

The Lost Books of the Bible

• The Gospel of the Birth of Mary
• The Protevangelion
• The Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ
• The Infancy Gospel of Thomas
• The Epistles of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edessa
• The Gospel of Nicodemus (Acts of Pilate)
• The Apostles' Creed (throughout history)
• The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Laodiceans
• The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to Seneca, with Seneca's to Paul
• The Acts of Paul and Thecla
• The Epistles of Clement (The First and Second Epistles of Clement to the Corinthians)
• The Epistle of Barnabas
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrneans
• The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp
• The Shepherd of Hermas (Visions, Commands, and Similitudes)
• Letter of Herod To Pilate the Governor
• Letter of Pilate to Herod
• The Lost Gospel of Peter
• The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians

The Forgotten Books of Eden

• The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan (The First and Second Book of Adam and Eve)
• The Secrets of Enoch
• The Psalms of Solomon
• The Odes of Solomon
• The Letter of Aristeas
• The Fourth Book of Maccabees
• The Story of Ahikar
• Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

A search of the reference section of your local public library may well show these books on hand or available as well as quite a few others that will help you find the answers to your questions.

After some 40 years of researching the subject and reading most of the "lost" books and apocryphal writing, I have never found one that an in-depth reading will not be self-explanatory as to why it was excluded from the canon.