Throughout Vvardenfell, there are books designed to enhance various skill levels through academic study of them. When you open one of these skill books, you receive a one-point increase in its associated skill. Unlike training, this skill increase occurs without regard to the level of the skill's governing attribute; however, once a particular skill reaches 100 points, skill books don't raise that skill above 100, but you still get a skill increase message, and if the skill raised is in major/minor groups, the raise counts towards leveling up. Note that reading a book does not count as theft even if it happens to belong to somebody. Thus you can read a book (and get your skill bonus) right in front of its owner without being accused of stealing. Unless you click the "Take" button on the bottom, it's not illegal.
A particular book only improves a skill once, when you first read it; repeat readings have no additional effect on your skill level. An exception to this is a few books which exist in both opened and closed varieties. You can read one of each and gain a skill point each time.
See Also:
Note: Locations only list places you are guaranteed to find a book. All of these books can also be found as random loot elsewhere.
Book Name | Skill | Author | Description | Locations |
---|---|---|---|---|
Realizations of Acrobacy bookskill_acrobatics1 |
Acrobatics | Master Rhunen Zebavi | Story of a struggle between Telvanni councilors |
|
A Dance in Fire, Chapter 1 BookSkill_Acrobatics2 |
Acrobatics |
|
||
A Dance in Fire, Chapter 4 BookSkill_Acrobatics3 |
Acrobatics |
|
||
The Black Arrow, Volume 1 BookSkill_Acrobatics4 |
Acrobatics | |||
Mystery of Talara, Part 1 BookSkill_Acrobatics5 |
Acrobatics |
|
||
A Game at Dinner BookSkill_Alchemy1 |
Alchemy | An Anonymous Spy | A spy's observations upon poison making and a dinner party |
|
The Cake and the Diamond BookSkill_Alchemy2 |
Alchemy | Athyn Muendil | An alchemist tricks a thief! | |
Song of the Alchemists BookSkill_Alchemy3 |
Alchemy | Marobar Sul | Book 5 of an incomplete series of fictional stories about the Dwemer |
|
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 2 BookSkill_Alchemy4 |
Alchemy | Vivec | Book 2 of a series of words of wisdom relating to Vivec | |
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 18 BookSkill_Alchemy5 |
Alchemy |
|
||
Breathing Water BookSkill_Alteration1 |
Alteration | Haliel Myrm | Lessons on water breathing |
|
The Dragon Break Re-Examined BookSkill_Alteration2 |
Alteration | Fal Droon | Explanation of a historical error of timing |
|
Sithis BookSkill_Alteration3 |
Alteration | Text detailing an apparent connection between Sithis and Lorkhan |
|
|
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 13 BookSkill_Alteration4 |
Alteration | |||
The Lunar Lorkhan BookSkill_Alteration5 |
Alteration | Fal Droon | A theory about the moons Masser and Secunda |
|
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 6 BookSkill_Armorer3 |
Armorer | |||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 25 BookSkill_Armorer4 |
Armorer | |||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 29 BookSkill_Armorer5 |
Armorer | |||
The Armorer's Challenge BookSkill_Armorer1 |
Armorer | Mymophonus | A competition between two skilled armorsmiths |
|
Last Scabbard of Akrash BookSkill_Armorer2 |
Armorer | Tabar Vunqidh | Story of a slaver's daughter and her Khajiit lover |
|
The Ransom of Zarek BookSkill_Athletics1 |
Athletics | Marobar Sul | How a boy escapes his kidnappers |
|
A Dance in Fire, Chapter 3 BookSkill_Athletics2 |
Athletics | |||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 1 BookSkill_Athletics3 |
Athletics | ڤيڤك | Book 1 of a series of words of wisdom relating to Vivec | |
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 8 BookSkill_Athletics4 |
Athletics | |||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 31 BookSkill_Athletics5 |
Athletics |
|
||
The Axe Man bookskill_axe2 |
Axe | A surprising way to become proficient with an axe |
|
|
The Seed BookSkill_Axe3 |
Axe | Marobar Sul | Book 2 of an incomplete series of fictional stories about the Dwemer |
|
The Third Door BookSkill_Axe1 |
Axe | Annanar Orme | Tale of a heart-broken, vengeful, axe-wielding woman |
|
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 5 BookSkill_Axe4 |
Axe |
|
||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 16 BookSkill_Axe5 BookSkill_Axe5_open |
Axe | Closed:
Open:
|
||
A Dance in Fire, Chapter 2 BookSkill_Block3 |
Block |
|
||
The Death Blow of Abernanit BookSkill_Block1 |
Block | Anonymous (with notes by Geocrates Varnus) | The death of Dagoth Thras | |
The Mirror bookskill_block2 |
Block | Berdier Wreans | About a skilled fighter's showdown with his greatest enemy |
|
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 7 BookSkill_Block4 |
Block |
|
||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 32 BookSkill_Block5 |
Block | |||
The Hope of the Redoran bookskill_blunt weapon1 |
Blunt Weapon | Turiul Nirith | A tale of a child blessed by a prophecy and the interpretation thereof |
|
The Importance of Where BookSkill_Blunt Weapon2 |
Blunt Weapon | Marobar Sul | Book 3 of an incomplete series of fictional stories about the Dwemer |
|
Night Falls On Sentinel bookskill_blunt weapon3 |
Blunt Weapon | Boali | How a knight weeds out an enemy of the king | |
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 3 BookSkill_Blunt Weapon4 |
Blunt Weapon |
|
||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 9 BookSkill_Blunt Weapon5 |
Blunt Weapon | |||
Feyfolken II BookSkill_Conjuration1 |
Conjuration | |||
Feyfolken III BookSkill_Conjuration2 |
Conjuration | |||
2920, Hearth Fire BookSkill_Conjuration3 |
Conjuration |
|
||
2920, FrostFall BookSkill_Conjuration4 |
Conjuration |
|
||
The Warrior's Charge bookskill_conjuration5 |
Conjuration | An old poem of the Redguards that deals with the constellations | ||
The Horror of Castle Xyr bookskill_destruction1 |
Destruction | Baloth-Kul | A One Act Play |
|
Response to Bero's Speech bookskill_destruction2 |
Destruction | Malviser, Battlemage | Commentaries of "Bero's Speech to the Battlemages" book |
|
A Hypothetical Treachery bookskill_destruction3 |
Destruction | Anthil Morvir | A One Act Play |
|
The Art of War Magic bookskill_destruction4 |
Destruction | Zurin Arctus, with Commentary By Other Learned Masters | Mastering the art of winning |
|
Mystery of Talara, Part 3 BookSkill_Destruction5 BookSkill_Destruction5_open |
Destruction | Closed:
Open: |
||
Feyfolken I BookSkill_Enchant1 |
Enchant | |||
The Wolf Queen, Book VIII BookSkill_Enchant2 |
Enchant |
|
||
Palla, Book II bookskill_enchant3 |
Enchant |
|
||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 19 bookskill_enchant4 |
Enchant |
|
||
The Final Lesson bookskill_enchant5 |
Enchant | Aegrothius Goth | Two apprentices are separated |
|
Charwich-Koniinge, Volume 2 bookskill_hand to hand3 |
Hand-to-hand |
|
||
Charwich-Koniinge, Volume 4 bookskill_hand to hand4 |
Hand-to-hand |
|
||
Master Zoaraym's Tale bookskill_hand to hand5 |
Hand-to-hand | Gi'Nanth | About the Temple of the Two Moons in Elsweyr and its students |
|
The Prayers of Baranat bookskill_hand to hand1 |
Hand-to-hand | Adventure of a man in his quest to release a kidnapped lady |
|
|
The Wolf Queen, Book II bookskill_hand to hand2 |
Hand-to-hand |
|
||
Hallgerd's Tale bookskill_heavy armor1 |
Heavy Armor | Tavi Dromio | Squabbling over the greatest warrior ever leads to a tale of heavy-armor-master Hlaalu Pasoroth |
|
2920, MidYear BookSkill_Heavy Armor2 |
Heavy Armor | |||
Chimarvamidium BookSkill_Heavy Armor3 |
Heavy Armor | Marobar Sul | Book 6 of a series of fictional stories about the Dwemer | |
How Orsinium Passed to the Orcs bookskill_heavy armor4 |
Heavy Armor | Menyna Gsost | The story of how Gortwog won the land to the north of Wayrest |
|
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 12 bookskill_heavy armor5 |
Heavy Armor |
|
||
Incident in Necrom bookskill_illusion3 |
Illusion | Jonquilla Bothe | A story about an illusionist |
|
Mystery of Talara, Part 4 bookskill_illusion5 |
Illusion |
|
||
Palla, Book I bookskill_illusion4 |
Illusion | |||
Silence bookskill_illusion2 |
Illusion | Ganpheril Kimeth | How an adventurer's fight with a powerful mage was aided with a simple Silence spell | |
The Wolf Queen, Book III bookskill_illusion1 |
Illusion | |||
Ice and Chiton BookSkill_Light Armor2 |
Light Armor | Pletius Spatec | A tale of the manipulation of chitin armor |
|
Lord Jornibret's Last Dance bookskill_light_armor3 |
Light Armor | Song involving men and women's parts |
|
|
The Rear Guard BookSkill_Light Armor1 |
Light Armor | Tenace Mourl | How a lone man guards a besieged castle and how he obtains his food | |
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 21 bookskill_light armor4 |
Light Armor | |||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 28 bookskill_light armor5 |
Light Armor |
|
||
2920, Morning Star BookSkill_Long Blade2 |
Long Blade |
|
||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 17 bookskill_long blade3 |
Long Blade |
|
||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 20 bookskill_long blade4 |
Long Blade |
|
||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 23 bookskill_long blade5 |
Long Blade | |||
Words and Philosophy BookSkill_Long Blade1 |
Long Blade | An interview with a Bosmer master swordsman about her life |
|
|
The Black Arrow, Volume II bookskill_marksman5 |
Marksman |
|
||
A Dance in Fire, Chapter 5 BookSkill_Marksman2 |
Marksman |
|
||
The Gold Ribbon of Merit bookskill_marksman1 |
Marksman | Ampyrian Brum | A man tutors his old friend in marksmanship | |
The Marksmanship Lesson bookskill_marksman4 |
Marksman | Alla Llaleth | How a Bosmer slave teaches his master's son marksmanship |
|
Vernaccus and Bourlor bookskill_marksman3 |
Marksman | Tavi Dromio | How a short-tempered Daedra tries to make something of himself |
|
Bone, Part One BookSkill_Medium Armor2 |
Medium Armor |
|
||
Bone, Part Two BookSkill_Medium Armor3 |
Medium Armor |
|
||
Cherim's Heart of Anequina bookskill_medium armor1 |
Medium Armor | Livillus Perus, Professor at the Imperial University | Interview with Cherim, a master tapestry weaver |
|
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 22 bookskill_medium armor4 |
Medium Armor | |||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 33 bookskill_medium armor5 |
Medium Armor |
|
||
2920, Sun's Height BookSkill_Mercantile3 |
Mercantile |
|
||
The Buying Game bookskill_mercantile1 |
Mercantile | Adabael Timsar-Dadisun | Tips on buying and selling |
|
A Dance in Fire, Chapter 6 bookskill_mercantile4 |
Mercantile |
|
||
A Dance in Fire, Chapter 7 bookskill_mercantile5 |
Mercantile |
|
||
The Wolf Queen, Book IV bookskill_mercantile2 |
Mercantile |
|
||
2920, Sun's Dawn BookSkill_Mysticism2 |
Mysticism |
|
||
Charwich-Koniinge, Volume 3 BookSkill_Mysticism5 |
Mysticism |
|
||
The Firsthold Revolt bookskill_mysticism1 |
Mysticism | Maveus Cie | The story of how Hlaalu Helseth's sister kept the Summerset Isle city of Firsthold | |
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 4 BookSkill_Mysticism3 |
Mysticism | |||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 36 BookSkill_Mysticism4 |
Mysticism | |||
2920, Rain's Hand BookSkill_Restoration4 |
Restoration |
|
||
The Four Suitors of Benitah bookskill_restoration3 |
Restoration | Jole Yolivess | A man quests to marry his childhood crush through the use of Fortify Attribute spells |
|
Mystery of Talara, Part 2 BookSkill_Restoration5 |
Restoration |
|
||
Notes on Racial Phylogeny bookskill_restoration2 |
Restoration | the Council of Healers, Imperial University | About the similarities and differences between the races of Tamriel |
|
Withershins bookskill_restoration1 |
Restoration | Yaqut Tawashi | A humorous tale of a man's ailment and cure |
|
Chance's Folly bookskill_security4 |
Security | Zylmoc Golge | The folly of a double-crosser |
|
The Dowry BookSkill_Security3 |
Security | Marobar Sul | Book 10 of a series of fictional stories about the Dwemer |
|
The Locked Room bookskill_security1 |
Security | Porbert Lyttumly | How a pupil outlocks her cruel picklock instructor |
|
Surfeit of Thieves bookskill_security5 |
Security | Aniis Noru | How a busted robbery gets even worse | |
The Wolf Queen, Book I bookskill_security2 |
Security | |||
2920, Sun's Dusk BookSkill_Short Blade2 |
Short Blade |
|
||
2920, Evening Star BookSkill_Short Blade3 |
Short Blade | |||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 10 BookSkill_Short Blade4 |
Short Blade |
|
||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 30 BookSkill_Short Blade5 |
Short Blade |
|
||
Unnamed Book bookskill_short blade1 |
Short Blade | Anonymous | A lesson on how to assassinate with a knife, followed by a story of counterbetrayal | |
2920, Last Seed BookSkill_Sneak2 |
Sneak | |||
Azura and the Box BookSkill_Sneak3 |
Sneak | Marobar Sul | Book 11 of a series of fictional stories about the Dwemer |
|
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 26 bookskill_sneak5 |
Sneak |
|
||
Trap bookskill_sneak4 |
Sneak | Anonymous | A starving man steals money for food, but pays a high price for his action |
|
The Wolf Queen, Book VI bookskill_sneak1 |
Sneak |
|
||
2920, First Seed BookSkill_Spear2 |
Spear |
|
||
Smuggler's Island bookskill_spear1 |
Spear | Quarde Anarion | A tale of eleven moon sugar smugglers' grisly fate |
|
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 14 bookskill_spear3 |
Spear | |||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 24 bookskill_spear4 |
Spear | |||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 35 bookskill_spear5 |
Spear |
|
||
2920, Second Seed BookSkill_Speechcraft3 |
Speechcraft |
|
||
Biography of the Wolf Queen BookSkill_Speechcraft1 |
Speechcraft | Katar Eriphanes | A history of the unambiguously evil Queen Potema, the so-called Wolf Queen of Solitude |
|
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 27 bookskill_speechcraft5 |
Speechcraft |
|
||
The Wolf Queen, Book V bookskill_speechcraft2 |
Speechcraft | |||
The Wolf Queen, Book VII bookskill_speechcraft4 |
Speechcraft |
|
||
Charwich-Koniinge, Volume 1 bookskill_unarmored2 |
Unarmored | |||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 11 bookskill_unarmored3 |
Unarmored |
|
||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 15 bookskill_unarmored4 |
Unarmored |
|
||
36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 34 bookskill_unarmored5 |
Unarmored |
|
||
The Wraith's Wedding Dowry bookskill_unarmored1 |
Unarmored | Voltha gra-Yamwort, translated by Apthorne | Story of how an Orc reclaims her wedding gift from thieves |
|