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|subtitle=[[File:Celebrity star.png|left|20px|link=The Sims Wiki:Featured article|Featured Article]] The Sims Wiki's [[The Sims Wiki:Featured article|Featured Article]] for June 2013.
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'''Books''' are items in ''[[The Sims (series)|The Sims series]]'' that serve a variety of purposes throughout the different games. They are stored in [[bookshelf|bookshelves]], but Sims can put them down on most surfaces.
'''Books''' are items in ''[[The Sims (series)|The Sims series]]'' that serve a variety of purposes throughout the different games. They are stored in [[bookshelf|bookshelves]], but Sims can put them down on most surfaces.


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===The Sims: Makin' Magic===
===The Sims: Makin' Magic===
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|name = A Sim's Guide to Cooking
|name = A Sim's Guide to Cooking
|desc = Why waste precious time and energy trying to follow that cryptic recipe scrawled by your great-great grandmother? The Busy Baker's Association has spent years collecting the best and most popular recipes to make your life that much easier. Printed in large, clear text on plastic coated pages, there's absolutely no better resource for your cooking needs.
|desc = Why waste precious time and energy trying to follow that cryptic recipe scrawled by your great-great grandmother? The Busy Baker's Association has spent years collecting the best and most popular recipes to make your life that much easier. Printed in large, clear text on plastic coated pages, there's absolutely no better resource for your cooking needs.
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}}''The Sims: Makin' Magic'' introduced a special cookbook that could be purchased in [[Buy mode]]. It came on a bookholder, but the book itself could not be removed from the holder. Sims can use the cookbook to look up and [[Cooking#The Sims: Makin.27 Magic|cook]] recipes for special foods, such as pie or cake. This is essential, as using the wrong recipes or the wrong combination of ingredients will always result in a burned, inedible mess.
}}
''The Sims: Makin' Magic'' introduced a special cookbook that could be purchased in [[Buy mode]]. It came on a bookholder, but the book itself could not be removed from the holder. Sims can use the cookbook to look up and [[Cooking#The Sims: Makin.27 Magic|cook]] recipes for special foods, such as pie or cake. This is essential, as using the wrong recipes or the wrong combination of ingredients will always result in a burned, inedible mess.


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== The Sims 2 ==
== The Sims 2 ==
In ''[[The Sims 2]]'', there are three books, a romance book, a study book, and a kids book. Sims can use them to study [[mechanical]], [[cooking]], or [[cleaning]], to write in a diary, or to ''Read a Book'', which increases the [[fun]] motive. [[Teen]]s, [[adult]]s and [[elder]]s can read to [[toddler]]s and [[child]]ren. [[Young adult]]s on [[college]] lots can research from books, which will raise their [[class performance]]. Sims who relax on a bed can read in bed, even if a bookcase is not in the same room; if ''[[FreeTime]]'' is installed, this will build [[Film and Literature]] [[enthusiasm]]. In ''The Sims 2: Apartment Life'', child or teen Sims can be read to sleep by older Sims, within 1 hour after they get to bed.
In ''[[The Sims 2]]'', there are three books: a romance book, a study book, and a kids book. Sims can use them to study [[mechanical]], [[cooking]], or [[cleaning]], to write in a diary, or to ''Read a Book'', which increases the [[fun]] motive. [[Teen]]s, [[adult]]s and [[elder]]s can read to [[toddler]]s and [[child]]ren. [[Young adult]]s on [[college]] lots can research from books, which will raise their [[class performance]]. Sims who relax on a bed can read in bed, even if a bookcase is not in the same room; if ''[[FreeTime]]'' is installed, this will build [[Film and Literature]] [[enthusiasm]]. If ''[[Apartment Life]]'' is installed, child or teen Sims can be read to sleep by older Sims within an hour after going to bed.


When a Sim reads in bed, the book will disappear when they are finished, which is usually when the player cancels the action. Otherwise, books need to be put back in a bookcase, though it doesn't need to be the one they were taken from. [[Personality#Qualities|Sloppy]] Sims will usually put books on nearby desks or tables, even if the bookcase is closer, and will put them on the floor if no desk or table is available. Books that have not been put away are clickable; a Sim can be directed to use the book, or to put it away. The player may also click on a bookshelf and select "Put Away All Books", which will direct the selected Sim to put away all books that are not being used. [[Maid]]s will usually put books away, though a maid will occasionally leave a book lying on a table or floor.
When a Sim reads in bed, the book will disappear when they are finished, which is usually when the player cancels the action. Otherwise, books need to be put back in a bookcase, though it doesn't need to be the one they were taken from. [[Personality#Qualities|Sloppy]] Sims will usually put books on nearby desks or tables, even if the bookcase is closer, and will put them on the floor if no desk or table is available. Books that have not been put away are clickable; a Sim can be directed to use the book, or to put it away. The player may also click on a bookshelf and select "Put Away All Books", which will direct the selected Sim to put away all books that are not being used. [[Maid]]s will usually put books away, though a maid will occasionally leave a book lying on a table or floor.


[[Magazines]] can be bought and read to alter Sims' interests.
[[Magazines]] can be bought and read to alter Sims' interests.

''[[The Sims 2: Open for Business|Open for Business]]'' adds three unique books that can only be purchased from a bookshelf at an owned business.

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|-style="background:#efefef;"
!class="unsortable" width=1%|
!width=11%| Title
!width=3% | Genre
!class="unsortable" width=27% | Description
|-
|[[File:Children book cover.png|32px]]
|Frumpy the Bear's Humble Journeys
|Children's
|<small>''These pages are filled with the thrilling story of Frumpy, the most humble bear, and his travels throughout the world. Enjoy page after page of his misfortunes and missteps. What's bad for Frumpy is hilarious for you! Lovingly illustrated, Frumpy the Bear's Humble Journeys will mope off of the pages and into your heart!''</small>
|-
|[[File:Romance book cover.png|32px]]
|Once Upon Wherever by Felicity Joyeuse
|Romance
|<small>''You've read about them before, and yet you're back for more. No matter what the odds, or how high the stakes or how humbling their failures -- love reigns in the end. Relax into romance with Felicity's patented pastiche of exotic settings, changeable characters, palpable plots, and digestible dialog.''</small>
|-
|[[File:Generic book cover.png|32px]]
|Make Something! Vol.1
|Skill
|<small>''Is that television set sparking something fierce? Learn to fix it! Burned yet another plate of Grilled Cheese? Learn to cook it! House a mess? Learn to Clean it! Nuclear fuel rods losing their fizz? Learn to set things right! The best-selling Make Something! series will teach you to do it today! Don't live in filth and chaos...make something!''</small>
|}


The ''[[The Sims 2: Seasons|Seasons]]'' [[expansion pack]] added [[Career rewards#Books First for Learning: A Bookshelf of Education|Books First for Learning: A Bookshelf of Education]] as the career reward for the [[Education#The Sims 2|Education]] career. This bookshelf replaces the study book with "the Golden Book of Cornelius von Schtoop", which allows Sims to study any skill. Players should note that maids will ''not'' put away books from this bookshelf if ''Seasons'' is the latest expansion pack.{{confirm}}
The ''[[The Sims 2: Seasons|Seasons]]'' [[expansion pack]] added [[Career rewards#Books First for Learning: A Bookshelf of Education|Books First for Learning: A Bookshelf of Education]] as the career reward for the [[Education#The Sims 2|Education]] career. This bookshelf replaces the study book with "the Golden Book of Cornelius von Schtoop", which allows Sims to study any skill. Players should note that maids will ''not'' put away books from this bookshelf if ''Seasons'' is the latest expansion pack.{{confirm}}
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In ''[[FreeTime]]'', six types of book are added for variety, and "Read..." replaces "Read a Book" in the pie menu. The types of book are Children, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Drama, and Cooking. This feature is carried forward into ''[[Apartment Life]]''. Reading Cooking will increase [[Cuisine]] [[enthusiasm]]<ref>The [[The Sims 2: FreeTime/patch|''FreeTime'' patch]] fixed the game so this occurs properly</ref> while other books will increase [[Film and Literature]] enthusiasm. Each book has a unique cover. Reading a Sci-Fi book depletes a Sim's hygiene quickly, a Cuisine book depletes a Sim's hunger quickly, while a Romance book increases a Sim's [[social]] need.
In ''[[FreeTime]]'', six types of book are added for variety, and "Read..." replaces "Read a Book" in the pie menu. The types of book are Children, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Drama, and Cooking. This feature is carried forward into ''[[Apartment Life]]''. Reading Cooking will increase [[Cuisine]] [[enthusiasm]]<ref>The [[The Sims 2: FreeTime/patch|''FreeTime'' patch]] fixed the game so this occurs properly</ref> while other books will increase [[Film and Literature]] enthusiasm. Each book has a unique cover. Reading a Sci-Fi book depletes a Sim's hygiene quickly, a Cuisine book depletes a Sim's hunger quickly, while a Romance book increases a Sim's [[social]] need.


Novels are also available in ''The Sims 2''. Sims can purchase 3 existing novels from bookcases on owned [[business]] lots in ''[[Open for Business]]''. A novel purchased in this way will be in the Sim's [[inventory]]. When placing the novels, they will improperly lean on the table or floor, and after a Sim reads them, they will disappear. Sims can put them away in the bookcase, but they will just disappear in the bookcase as well.In ''[[FreeTime]]'' and ''[[Apartment Life]]'', written novels can be customized and brought home by the delivery person,<ref>Sims could always "Write a Novel" on a home [[Computer#The Sims 2|computer]], but written novels did not exist as game objects prior to ''FreeTime''.</ref> and can be read to fulfill the ''Read a Novel'' want. Only one copy of a written novel exists, so other families won't find it in their bookcase. The novel is only available if put in a bookcase. If the novel is deleted or given to another familiy, it will no longer be available in the bookcase, and cannot be retrieved.
Novels are also available in ''The Sims 2''. Sims can purchase 3 existing novels from bookcases on owned [[business]] lots in ''[[Open for Business]]''. A novel purchased in this way will be in the Sim's [[inventory]]. When placing the novels, they will improperly lean on the table or floor, and after a Sim reads them, they will disappear. Sims can put them away in the bookcase, but they will just disappear in the bookcase as well. In ''[[FreeTime]]'' and ''[[Apartment Life]]'', written novels can be customized, and are brought home by the delivery person,<ref>Sims could always "Write a Novel" on a home [[Computer#The Sims 2|computer]], but written novels did not exist as game objects prior to ''FreeTime''.</ref> and can be read to fulfill the ''Read a Novel'' want. Only one copy of a written novel exists, so other families won't find it in their bookcase. The novel is only available if put in a bookcase. If the novel is deleted or given to another family, it will no longer be available in the bookcase, and cannot be retrieved.


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== The Sims 3 ==
== The Sims 3 ==
[[File:Book Warlock etc.jpg|thumb|300px|Three different books in ''The Sims 3''.]]
{{See also|List of books in The Sims 3}}
In ''[[The Sims 3]]'', the book system was massively overhauled.
In ''[[The Sims 3]]'', the book system was massively overhauled.


[[File:Book Warlock etc.jpg|thumb|450px|left|Three different books in The Sims 3.]]
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===General Books===
There are a variety of books in ''The Sims 3'', including different genres and books with dramatically different properties such as skill books and compositions. There is a wide variety of possible book covers, and several different sizes. Generally, books have the following properties:
There are a variety of books in ''The Sims 3'', including different genres and books with dramatically different properties such as skill books and compositions. There is a wide variety of possible book covers, and several different sizes. Generally, books have the following properties:
* Distinct genre/type cover
* Distinct genre/type cover
* Size (small/medium/large)
* Small/Medium/Large
* Number of pages
* Number of pages
* Price
* Price


Sims can buy many premade books from the [[bookstore]], a [[rabbit hole]] found in premade [[neighborhood]]s such as [[Riverview]]. General books also appear to read in the [[library]].
Sims can buy many premade books from the [[bookstore]], a [[rabbit hole]] found in premade [[neighborhood]]s such as [[Riverview]]. General books can also be read, but not borrowed or bought, in the [[library]].


There are a wide range of premade books that cannot be bought, but are instead gained through opportunities in work or adventures.
There are a wide range of premade books that cannot be bought, but are instead gained through opportunities in work or adventures.


In ''The Sims 3: Into the Future'', the books in Oasis Landing are E-Books.
In ''[[The Sims 3: Into the Future]]'', the books in [[Oasis Landing]] are referred to as "E-Books".


There several kinds of special books, all of which have properties beyond those of general books.
====Base Game General Books====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Genre
!Author
!Page
!Price
|-
|Point Farmer: The Story of Grant Rodiek
|[[File:Book General Autobiography1.png|50px]]
|Autobiography
|Waylon Wilsonoff
|546
|§25
|-
|The Warlock of Palladia
|[[File:Book General Fantasy.png|50px]]
|Fantasy
|Matt Goss
|343
|§35
|-
|Where's Bella?
|[[File:Book General Childrens.png|50px]]
|Children's
|I.M. Wright
|107
|§40
|-
|The Adventures Of Raymundo
|[[File:Book General Childrens.png|50px]]
|Children's
|Ray Mazza
|299
|§50
|-
|Murder in Pleasantview
|[[File:Book General Mystery.png|50px]]
|Mystery
|Alexander Goth
|391
|§65
|-
|A Magnetic Attraction
|[[File:Book General Romance.png|50px]]
|Trashy
|Grant Rodiek
|310
|§80
|-
|Commitment Issues
|[[File:Book General Drama.png|50px]]
|Drama
|Harvey Williams
|407
|§130
|-
|Stragedy and Other Messterpieces
|[[File:Book General Humor.png|50px]]
|Humor
|Gat Moss
|327
|§135
|-
|Zombies? Zombies!
|[[File:Book General SciFi.png|50px]]
|Science Fiction
|Robert Mankowitz
|1,198
|§180
|-
|Abstract with Turkey
|[[File:Book General Fiction.png|50px]]
|Fiction
|Cecil Wilson
|413
|§210
|-
|Unicorns for Audrey
|[[File:Book General Fantasy.png|50px]]
|Fantasy
|S.C. Gastern
|408
|§210
|-
|Exit at Powell
|[[File:Book General Humor.png|50px]]
|Satire
|Len Jean
|676
|§230
|-
|GPod
|[[File:Book General SciFi.png|50px]]
|Science Fiction
|Wayne Smug
|225
|§250
|-
|The Economy
|[[File:Book General Autobiography.png|50px]]
|Political Memoir
|James McLiteralson
|405
|§310
|-
|How to Spin Plates
|[[File:Book General NonFiction.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Hannon Grey
|202
|§360
|-
|Game of Thorns
|[[File:Book General Mystery.png|50px]]
|Mystery
|Guy le Frace
|309
|§405
|-
|The Crumplebottom Legacy: A Tale
|[[File:Book General History.png|50px]]
|Historical
|Terri Ledonur
|301
|§480
|-
|I'm Still Cool
|[[File:Book General Humor1.png|50px]]
|Humor
|Leonard Prosper
|653
|§535
|-
|Thunking
|[[File:Book General Fiction.png|50px]]
|Fiction
|T. Wilson
|142
|§580
|-
|Llama Rights
|[[File:Book General History1.png|50px]]
|Historical
|Peter Siren
|438
|§610
|-
|Special Snowflake
|[[File:Book General Romance.png|50px]]
|Romance
|Harvest Rain Song
|275
|§705
|-
|On the Margins
|[[File:Book General Humor.png|50px]]
|Satire
|Willy Magnusson
|212
|§780
|-
|The Point of Pointilism
|[[File:Book General NonFiction.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Sebastian Humorsbane
|235
|§875
|-
|Not Expecting Much
|[[File:Book General Vaudeville.png|50px]]
|Vaudeville
|Charlie Richards
|299
|§940
|-
|The Noble History of Socks
|[[File:Book General Autobiography1.png|50px]]
|Autobiography
|Linus Becket
|601
|§1,000
|}


===Childhood development books===
====Base Game Opportunity Books====
Childhood development books are mini-skill books for [[toddler]] Sims. They are also a way for players to improve the chances they will get to choose a [[Trait (The Sims 3)|trait]] for the Sim when it ages up into a [[child]].
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Career/<br />Opportunity
!Page
!Level
|-
|The Wright Papers
|Business
|225
|
|-
|The Goth Account
|Business
|301
|
|-
|Landgraab Financial
|Business
|242
|
|-
|Caffeine Culture
|Business
|150
|1
|-
|Going Paperless
|Business
|190
|2
|-
|Bloviation on Hyper Inflation
|Business
|212
|3
|-
|You Are Special
|Business
|269
|4
|-
|Limiting Liability
|Business
|310
|5
|-
|Woes of Whistleblowing
|Business
|359
|6
|-
|Yay Tax Shelters!
|Business
|391
|7
|-
|ABC's of Downsizing
|Business
|412
|8
|-
|Dos and Don'ts of the Dons
|Criminal
|116
|1
|-
|Adapting to the Wallet Environment
|Criminal
|183
|2
|-
|From Goon to Guido: Thuggery Evolved
|Criminal
|191
|3
|-
|Make Em' Pay
|Criminal
|202
|4
|-
|Losing the Huckster Label
|Criminal
|245
|5
|-
|Snake Oil and Other Sound Investment Strategies
|Criminal
|312
|6
|-
|Advanced Combinatorials
|Criminal
|383
|7
|-
|Making Yourself Indispensable
|Criminal
|403
|8
|-
|The Mythical Hot Tin Roof
|Criminal
|475
|9
|-
|Hostile Takeover: When to Make the Move
|Criminal
|512
|10
|-
|Secrets of The Master Chef
|Culinary
|354
|
|-
|Street or Sidewalk?, A Cautionary Tale
|Journalism
|164
|1
|-
|Faster Checking Through the Power of Word Processing!
|Journalism
|174
|2
|-
|Avoiding Plagiarism
|Journalism
|208
|3
|-
|From Notepad to Laptop
|Journalism
|227
|4
|-
|101 Ways to Be Vague
|Journalism
|395
|5
|-
|The Finer Points of Yellow Journalism
|Journalism
|431
|6
|-
|Fronts and Barometrics: Excellence Through Jargon
|Journalism
|568
|7
|-
|(sic) and Its Use In Important Stories
|Journalism
|642
|8
|-
|How To Fix It When News Breaks
|Journalism
|712
|9
|-
|How to Avoid Concrete Shoes
|Law Enforcement
|139
|1
|-
|More Out Than In: Maintaining Proper Desk Environment
|Law Enforcement
|181
|2
|-
|Advanced Whistle Techniques
|Law Enforcement
|206
|3
|-
|Protect, Serve And Look Good Doing It
|Law Enforcement
|224
|4
|-
|Free Donuts and Other Great Leadership Tips
|Law Enforcement
|267
|5
|-
|How Not to Be Seen
|Law Enforcement
|299
|5
|-
|Keep 'Em Guessing
|Law Enforcement
|306
|6
|-
|Effective Luminol Spraying Techniques
|Law Enforcement
|378
|7
|-
|Avoiding Squint Jargon for Better Communication
|Law Enforcement
|444
|8
|-
|The Gift of Life
|Medical
|222
|1
|-
|Better Out Than In
|Medical
|175
|2
|-
|Respecting the Ambulance
|Medical
|317
|3
|-
|Blood Is Not Blue
|Medical
|197
|4
|-
|The 36 Hour Shift And You
|Medical
|301
|5
|-
|The Golden Hour
|Medical
|276
|6
|-
|The ATGCs of Genetics
|Medical
|178
|7
|-
|The Simmania Pandemic
|Medical
|255
|8
|-
|Grey Matters
|Medical
|350
|9
|-
|Getting Out of the Pit
|Military
|150
|1
|-
|Advanced Elbow Lubricant Techniques
|Military
|197
|2
|-
|Learning to Speak Officer
|Military
|203
|3
|-
|Learn to Fly In 21 Days
|Military
|277
|4
|-
|Dealing With Whining From Engines and Pilots
|Military
|299
|5
|-
|How to Take the Ugly for the Team
|Military
|375
|6
|-
|Beyond the Aviator Glasses
|Military
|422
|7
|-
|Herding Cats
|Military
|502
|8
|-
|Coping With Geese and Vipers
|Military
|536
|9
|-
|Getting Noticed in a Sea of Fans
|Music
|170
|1
|-
|Life on the Hard Rocky Road
|Music
|187
|2
|-
|Don't Upstage the Band
|Music
|199
|3
|-
|Herding Cats: Music Edition
|Music
|214
|4
|-
|Diamonds in the Rough
|Music
|256
|5
|-
|It’s More than Rhyme Books
|Music (Electronic Rock!)
|19
|6
|-
|True Symphonic Synergy
|Music (Symphonic)
|377
|6
|-
|Developing Good Rock Habits
|Music (Electronic Rock!)
|
|8
|-
|Legends Of Rock
|Music (Electronic Rock!)
|
|9
|-
|Improving Conductivity Between Brass and Woodwinds
|Music (Symphonic)
|612
|9
|-
|Wax Until There's No More
|Politics
|140
|1
|-
|Cheating With Chads
|Politics
|170
|2
|-
|The Joy of Smear Campaigning
|Politics
|192
|3
|-
|There Is No "No"
|Politics
|216
|4
|-
|Taze Gently
|Politics
|234
|5
|-
|An Earmark Economy
|Politics
|267
|6
|-
|Yay Pork Barrels!
|Politics
|288
|7
|-
|Gerrymandapalooza!
|Politics
|301
|8
|-
|A Free Free Free World
|Politics
|401
|9
|-
|When to Rave And When to Riot
|Professional Sports
|144
|1
|-
|Making the Sale: From Hot Dogs to Foam Fingers
|Professional Sports
|151
|2
|-
|Dealing With Difficult Players
|Professional Sports
|171
|2
|-
|Bus Cramps: A Cautionary Tale
|Professional Sports
|218
|4
|-
|Getting Past the Draft
|Professional Sports
|244
|5
|-
|Name Positioning: Starting Your Brand
|Professional Sports
|304
|6
|-
|It's More Than Good Moves
|Professional Sports
|364
|7
|-
|Making Better Shoe Deals
|Professional Sports
|388
|9
|-
|Avoiding the Downward Spiral
|Professional Sports
|412
|10
|-
|Living With Mutation
|Science
|146
|1
|-
|Dangerous Device Disposal
|Science
|178
|2
|-
|Practical Science From Boast to Beaker
|Science
|208
|3
|-
|Nitrates: They're Not Just for Bombs Anymore
|Science
|238
|4
|-
|Strange Correlations of Little Shops and Venus
|Science
|274
|5
|-
|When Pigs Fly, Going Too Far?
|Science
|326
|6
|-
|Goldfish, Piranha and Other Friendly Creatures
|Science
|367
|7
|-
|Advanced Deniability Procedures
|Science
|401
|8
|-
|The Evolution of the Robo-Llama
|Science
|456
|9
|}
<br />


Skills learned from these books will not appear in the skill panel until the Sim ages up, and Sims can only learn three points in any particular skill from these books.
====World Adventures General Books====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Genre
!Author
!Page
!Price
!Country
|-
|Jimmy Sprocket and the Cave of the Dragon
|[[File:Book General China1.png|50px]]
|Children's
|Chin-Han Ping
|142
|§486
|China
|-
|Toddlers and Chopsticks
|[[File:Book General China2.png|50px]]
|Children's
|Lucanja Voit
|178
|§628
|China
|-
|Planet Beeboz
|[[File:Book General China1.png|50px]]
|Science Fiction
|An Yu Shu
|408
|§810
|China
|-
|The Year of the Llama
|[[File:Book General China2.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Shum Lin
|170
|§933
|China
|-
|The Dragon's Age
|[[File:Book General China2.png|50px]]
|Fantasy
|Rui Yi
|350
|§966
|China
|-
|The Life and Times of Mr. Chan
|[[File:Book General China2.png|50px]]
|Historical
|Sifu Lu
|197
|§1,210
|China
|-
|Li Bing and the King's Daughter
|[[File:Book General China2.png|50px]]
|Fiction
|Leslie Chui
|140
|§1,311
|China
|-
|Imperial Military Tactics
|[[File:Book General China1.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Leh-Lin Chan
|327
|§1,323
|China
|-
|Terracotta Bodyguard II
|[[File:Book General China2.png|50px]]
|Fiction
|Leh-Lin Chan
|276
|§1,355
|China
|-
|Raymundo the Dragon
|[[File:Book General China1.png|50px]]
|Fantasy
|Leslie Chui
|220
|§1,385
|China
|-
|The Rice Tourist's Companion
|[[File:Book General China1.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Rui Yi
|180
|§1,439
|China
|-
|How Rain Built the World
|[[File:Book General China1.png|50px]]
|Historical
|Shum Lip
|222
|§1,906
|China
|-
|A Wall Between Us
|[[File:Book General China1.png|50px]]
|Romance
|Po Sin Wang
|175
|§2,009
|China
|-
|How to Handle Fireworks: Lessons from a Man with No Fingers
|[[File:Book General China2.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Chin-Han Ping
|301
|§2,135
|China
|-
|Sim Fu: Jumping Kicks
|[[File:Book General China1a.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Sifu Lu
|676
|§2,224
|China
|-
|The Memoirs of Chin Han
|[[File:Book General China1.png|50px]]
|Historical
|Dingbang Ho
|317
|§2,297
|China
|-
|Fishing for the Moon
|[[File:Book General China2.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Po Sin Wang
|192
|§2,394
|China
|-
|The International Reader of Fried Rice
|[[File:Book General China2.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|An Yu Shu
|255
|§2,469
|China
|-
|Noodles! And Sauerkraut!
|[[File:Book General China1.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Lucanja Voit
|301
|§2,471
|China
|-
|The Dragon Ripple
|[[File:Book General China2.png|50px]]
|Fantasy
|Dingbang Ho
|216
|§2,475
|China
|-
|The Price of Treasure
|[[File:Book General Egypt2.png|50px]]
|Mystery
|Sefu Yahya
|225
|§200
|Egypt
|-
|Ra! Ra! Ra!
|[[File:Book General Egypt1.png|50px]]
|Fiction
|Kneph Mbizi
|212
|§355
|Egypt
|-
|South of The Simhara
|[[File:Book General Egypt1.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Sefu Yayha
|107
|§462
|Egypt
|-
|Are You My Mummy?
|[[File:Book General Egypt1.png|50px]]
|Humor
|Sana Rabbani
|309
|§514
|Egypt
|-
|From Dead to Mummy: The History of Healing
|[[File:Book General Egypt1.png|50px]]
|Historical
|Malik Najam
|202
|§567
|Egypt
|-
|The Keystone's Countertpart
|[[File:Book General Egypt2.png|50px]]
|Fiction
|Gyasi Hamedi
|413
|§788
|Egypt
|-
|Do I Exist?
|[[File:Book General Egypt2.png|50px]]
|Satire
|Kneph Mbizi
|310
|§842
|Egypt
|-
|Thread Count
|[[File:Book General Egypt2a.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Omari Nebibi
|1,198
|§1,111
|Egypt
|-
|The Legend of Queen Nosylla and King Nayr
|[[File:Book General Egypt1a.png|50px]]
|Drama
|Hasan Khamoosh
|653
|§1,280
|Egypt
|-
|Advanced Facial Expressions
|[[File:Book General Egypt2a.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Sana Rabbani
|546
|§1,515
|Egypt
|-
|Tomb Raiding for Toddlers: What to Know
|[[File:Book General Egypt2.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Ishaq Jafari
|407
|§1,544
|Egypt
|-
|The Mummy in Love
|[[File:Book General Egypt2.png|50px]]
|Romance
|Amon "Joe" Ra
|391
|§1,816
|Egypt
|-
|The Sand Mirage
|[[File:Book General Egypt1a.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Gyasi Hamedi
|601
|§1,819
|Egypt
|-
|A Guide to Desert Stick Pokey
|[[File:Book General Egypt2.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Malik Najam
|405
|§1,851
|Egypt
|-
|Jimmy Sprocket and the Mummy's Curse
|[[File:Book General Egypt1.png|50px]]
|Children's
|Omari Nebibi
|299
|§2,002
|Egypt
|-
|Free Kicks, Hard Tackles, and Red Cards
|[[File:Book General Egypt2.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Hasan Khamoosh
|343
|§2,210
|Egypt
|-
|Thats a Wrap!: The True Life Story of the First Mummy Film Director
|[[File:Book General Egypt1.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Amon "Joe" Ra
|275
|§2,226
|Egypt
|-
|The River that Sustains Us
|[[File:Book General Egypt1.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Irfan
|438
|§2,253
|Egypt
|-
|A Good Shawarma
|[[File:Book General Egypt1.png|50px]]
|Humor
|Ishaq Jafari
|235
|§2,275
|Egypt
|-
|Flo and Her Kenspa
|[[File:Book General France1.png|50px]]
|Fiction
|Jean-Paul Zanon
|244
|§109
|France
|-
|Where's the Soup
|[[File:Book General France1.png|50px]]
|Humor
|Amelie Agace
|274
|§164
|France
|-
|The White Flag of Victory
|[[File:Book General France1.png|50px]]
|Historical
|Dominique Collin
|146
|§422
|France
|-
|Avant-garde Literature for the Masses
|[[File:Book General France2.png|50px]]
|Fiction
|Jerome Philippine
|144
|§484
|France
|-
|Mr. McKay's Photographics
|[[File:Book General France1.png|50px]]
|Historical
|Marie Chuc
|388
|§487
|France
|-
|Shadow of the Tower
|[[File:Book General France2.png|50px]]
|Mystery
|Marie Chuc
|301
|§528
|France
|-
|French Toast, French Fries, and French Kissing
|[[File:Book General France2.png|50px]]
|Satire
|Margaux Gigi
|171
|§569
|France
|-
|Gibson's Delight
|[[File:Book General France2.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Dominique Collin
|120
|§577
|France
|-
|The Curator's Lost Museum
|[[File:Book General France1.png|50px]]
|Mystery
|Margaux Gigi
|238
|§663
|France
|-
|Une Historie de Champs Les Sims
|[[File:Book General France1.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Marion Catania
|208
|§725
|France
|-
|Fashion Advice for Hermits
|[[File:Book General France2.png|50px]]
|Humor
|Marion Catania
|151
|§945
|France
|-
|The Case of the Red Bicycle
|[[File:Book General France2.png|50px]]
|Mystery
|Soozie Bretagne
|288
|§988
|France
|-
|Film Noir or Just Black and White?
|[[File:Book General France1.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Jerome Philippine
|178
|§1,156
|France
|-
|Crepes et Cidres
|[[File:Book General France2.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Gilbert Tomber
|267
|§1,350
|France
|-
|Jimmy Sprocket and the Chalice of Nectar
|[[File:Book General France2.png|50px]]
|Children's
|Amelie Agace
|218
|§1,376
|France
|-
|Field of Sims
|[[File:Book General France1.png|50px]]
|Fiction
|Gilbert Tomber
|304
|§1,663
|France
|-
|Phillipe's Monuments
|[[File:Book General France2.png|50px]]
|Historical
|Dionne Paureau
|401
|§1,768
|France
|-
|Le Velo de Tate
|[[File:Book General France1.png|50px]]
|Fiction
|Dionne Paureau
|412
|§1,968
|France
|-
|For the Love of Nectar
|[[File:Book General France1.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|Soozie Bretagne
|364
|§2,100
|France
|}


Books written in the Children's genre do not have the same effects as these books.
====World Adventures Opportunity Books====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Opportunity
!Page
|-
|Questionable Romantic Foods
|
|
|-
|The Saga of the Three Relics <ref>When this book is acquired through the adventure it will not stay in the Sim's inventory upon completion of the adventure, but if your Sim is in the book club they have a chance of receiving it in the mail.</ref>
|
|
|}


===Compositions===
====Ambitions Opportunity Books====
A '''composition''' is a book of sheet music that lets Sims learn new [[Instrument skill#Compositions|songs]] for the Guitar, Drums, Piano, Bass and Laser Rhythm-a-con skills. Once a Sim finishes reading one of these books, it will disappear completely and need to be bought all over again for other Sims.
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Career/<br />Opportunity
!Page
!Level
|-
|How to Run Recess
|Education
|150
|1
|-
|The ABCDFs of Grading
|Education
|190
|2
|-
|Substitutes - There is no Substitute
|Education
|212
|3
|-
|Molding Young Minds
|Education
|269
|4
|-
|Teenage Rebellion and You
|Education
|310
|5
|-
|Standardized Test Standards
|Education
|359
|6
|-
|Designing the Perfect Syllabus
|Education
|391
|7
|-
|The Principles of Principals
|Education
|412
|8
|-
|}


====Ambitions Past Books====
===Pregnancy books===
Pregnancy books look like general books and can be used as such by non-pregnant Sims. However, if a Sim is [[pregnancy|pregnant]] then reading from these books improves the outcome of the pregnancy.
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Genre
!Author
!Page
!Price
|-
|Fire: Terrifying but Essential
|Non-Fiction
|Herg Mammoth Slayer
|301
|§751
|-
|Plague and Pestilence
|Fiction
|Sir Pembrook Pennington
|244
|§1,109
|-
|Men are From Tar Pits, Women from Sabertooth Den
|Non-Fiction
|Herg Mammoth Slayer
|288
|§1,188
|-
|To Hunt or to Gather?
|Children's
|Tug Tug
|218
|§1,376
|-
|1000 Ways to Stew Brontosaurus
|Fiction
|Thag
|144
|§1,484
|-
|Sul Sul: Trapped in Tar
|Satire
|Tug Tug
|171
|§1,569
|-
|Lady Veronica Farfleton and the Magical Harpsichord
|Non-Fiction
|Sir Nardone
|120
|§1,577
|-
|War and More War
|Fiction
|Sir Pembrook Pennington
|304
|§1,663
|-
|The Four Corners of the Earth
|Humor
|Thag
|151
|§1,945
|-
|The Fall of Atlantis.
|Historical
|Sir Nardone
|401
|§2,068
|}


Better pregnancies make it more likely that a player can choose the new baby's [[Trait (The Sims 3)|traits]] at birth (bad pregnancies result in random traits).
====Ambitions Future Books====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Genre
!Page
!Price
|-
|Mars Real Estate Do's and Don'ts
|
|
|§497
|-
|Blips and Bloops: A Thesis on Mechanics
|
|
|§799
|-
|Gone with the Solar Wind
|
|
|§967
|-
|So Hot in Binary
|Fantasy
|350
|§1,266
|-
|Don't Tread on Me: A Robot Manifesto on Freedom
|
|
|§1,470
|-
|SimCity 7940 Tips and Tricks
|
|
|§1,707
|-
|Signs You're A Clone
|
|
|§2,493
|-
|Remembering the Internet; How the World was Changed
|Non-Fiction
|192
|§2,754
|}


===Recipe books===
====Late Night Opportunity Books====
A '''recipe''' is a book that lets Sims learn new [[Cooking (The Sims 3)#Recipes|dishes]] for the cooking skill. Once a Sim finishes reading one of these books, it will disappear completely and need to be bought all over again for other Sims.
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Career/<br />Opportunity
!Page
!Level
|-
|How To Get Noticed by Not Being Seen
|Film
|150
|1
|-
|Film's Most Mysterious Crew Member
|Film
|190
|2
|-
|The Key to Being a Key Grip
|Film
|212
|3
|-
|Dealing With Divas
|Film
|269
|4
|-
|What To Do When Your Set Catches Fire
|Film
|310
|5
|-
|Looking Into the Camera: Don't Do It
|Film (Acting)
|359
|6
|-
|Panel By Panel: The Art of Storyboarding
|Film (Directing)
|359
|6
|-
|How to Steal Scenes from the Lead Without Even Trying
|Film (Acting)
|412
|8
|-
|Fade To Black and Other Overused Devices
|Film (Directing)
|412
|9
|-
|}


====Supernatural General Books====
===Skill books===
[[File:Skill books basic.jpg|thumb|300px|Three skill books in ''The Sims 3'']]
{|class="sortable" width=100%
Skill books have three levels, and can be too easy - or too advanced - for Sims to read depending on their skill level. Sims can find basic skill books at the library, but more advanced books need to be bought at the bookstore or at a market. Level one skill books will raise a Sim's skill up to a maximum of level three.
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Author
!Genre
!Page
!Price
|-
|One Wolf, Two Wolves. Where Wolf? There Wolf!
|[[File:Book General SN1.png|50px]]
|Hans L.Geisel
|Children's
|32
|§25
|-
|Ballard's Ballads
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Christina Ballard
|Poetry
|120
|§60
|-
|Haute Knights
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Butch Andrews
|Trashy
|300
|§65
|-
|More Bawdy Tales
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Butch Andrews
|Trashy
|300
|§65
|-
|Plan 8 from Lunar Lakes
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Woody Edwards
|Science Fiction
|280
|§70
|-
|Baron Graff Van Gould
|[[File:Book General SN1.png|50px]]
|Alexander Goth
|Biography
|365
|§75
|-
|Catch A Magic Fish, Cook a Magic Meal
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Mel Neilson
|Non-Fiction
|136
|§90
|-
|Under Siege and Ogre Powered
|[[File:Book General SN1.png|50px]]
|Mercedes Salazar
|Fantasy
|198
|§95
|-
|True Fairy Tales
|[[File:Book General SN1a.png|50px]]
|Chauncey Grimm
|Children's
|125
|§100
|-
|White Mountain Haikus
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Fumiko Yamashiro
|Poetry
|75
|§100
|-
|The Wight Wail
|[[File:Book General SN1.png|50px]]
|Mel Neilson
|Drama
|275
|§100
|-
|Who Do Vampires Suck?
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Cole Stoker
|Non-Fiction
|162
|§100
|-
|The Sandwich Horror
|[[File:Book General SN1.png|50px]]
|Howard L.Phelps
|Horror
|184
|§100
|-
|Logical Fallacies You Can Really Believe
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Araceli Doucet
|Non-Fiction
|239
|§105
|-
|Germ Warfare
|[[File:Book General SN1.png|50px]]
|General Malaise
|Non-Fiction
|285
|§115
|-
|The Silence of the Llamas
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Harrison J.Thomas
|Horror
|196
|§120
|-
|Seances and Sixth Sense Abilities
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Jane Houston
|Romance
|349
|§120
|-
|The Secret History of Lost Lemuria
|[[File:Book General SN1.png|50px]]
|Grigori Blavatsky
|Historical
|234
|§120
|-
|Breaking Wind
|[[File:Book General SN1.png|50px]]
|Steven Meiers
|Humor
|358
|§125
|-
|Things That Go Bump In The Night
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Topher Stubbs
|Non-Fiction
|383
|§130
|-
|Loafing, Whining, and Thou
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Donna LeFromage
|Poetry
|210
|§130
|-
|Hotel Diavolo: Hell's Bellhops
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Tabitha K.Stephens
|Horror
|313
|§130
|-
|Accumulating Orgone With The Wind
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Peter Reich
|Non-Fiction
|412
|§135
|-
|Spellslinger: Have Wand, Will Travel
|[[File:Book General SN1.png|50px]]
|Tabitha K.Stephens
|Fiction
|436
|§135
|-
|Predictions Of The Future
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|I.M.Wright
|Non-Fiction
|473
|§140
|-
|Compendium of Curses
|[[File:Book General SN1.png|50px]]
|Hrithik Dixit
|Non-Fiction
|698
|§150
|-
|Loel and Lola
|[[File:Book General SN1.png|50px]]
|Louise S.Robertson
|Horror
|475
|§150
|-
|The Epic of the Tattered Trousers
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Euripides
|Poetry
|600
|§150
|-
|Inappropriate Manor
|[[File:Book General SN1.png|50px]]
|Brittany Aaron
|Mystery
|572
|§155
|-
|How To Win At Videogames Without Really Trying
|[[File:Book General SN2.png|50px]]
|Henry Ryan
|Non-Fiction
|720
|§180
|}
====University Life General Books====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Author
!Genre
!Page
!Price
|-
|Basic Body Types and The Sports That Love Them
|[[File:Book General Sport7.png|50px]]
|Billy Jean Sparks
|
|260
|§30
|-
|Grafittiology: The Rhythm and Poetry of Art
|[[File:Book General FineArts.png|50px]]
|Christina Ballard
|
|648
|§35
|-
|Which is Better, Pen or Pencil? It's a Draw!
|[[File:Book General FineArts.png|50px]]
|Francis Parks
|
|368
|§40
|-
|The Ultimate Guide To Overhyping Sensationalism
|[[File:Book General Communication.png|50px]]
|Stan Powers
|
|624
|§45
|-
|Computer Short Cuts and Circuit Boards
|[[File:Book General Technology.png|50px]]
|Job Stephens
|
|1,024
|§45
|-
|Green Genes: Planting Information
|[[File:Book General Science.png|50px]]
|Herb Gardner
|
|750
|§45
|-
|The Dreams of Jerome
|[[File:Book General Sport6.png|50px]]
|Jason Pittler
|Sports
|134
|§50
|-
|Odes to Science
|[[File:Book General Poetry1.png|50px]]
|Araceli Doucet
|Poetry
|150
|§50
|-
|Motorology: Get Your Engine Running
|[[File:Book General Technology.png|50px]]
|Shelby Gere
|
|2,048
|§55
|-
|Spinning Mass Hysteria
|[[File:Book General Communication.png|50px]]
|Ben Gleck
|
|139
|§55
|-
|Technology for Luddites
|[[File:Book General NonFiction2.png|50px]]
|Araceli Doucet
|Non-Fiction
|180
|§60
|-
|Understanding The Power of Print
|[[File:Book General Communication.png|50px]]
|Bill Hearst
|
|190
|§60
|-
|Discovering Your Own Intelligence
|[[File:Book General Science.png|50px]]
|Araceli Doucet
|
|500
|§60
|-
|Money Suits For Money Business
|[[File:Book General Business.png|50px]]
|Hugo Vanderbilt
|
|400
|§65
|-
|Exposology: Introduction to Denouement
|[[File:Book General Communication.png|50px]]
|Carrie Wack
|
|356
|§70
|-
|Hymn of Festive Stone
|[[File:Book General Poetry2.png|50px]]
|Elle. M.Effayo
|Poetry
|210
|§70
|-
|Exploring The Microscopic World
|[[File:Book General Science.png|50px]]
|Ishmael Smirnoff
|
|1,000
|§75
|-
|Preparation for Professional Sports
|[[File:Book General Sport9.png|50px]]
|Duke Howell
|Sports
|246
|§75
|-
|Passive Plays that Play
|[[File:Book General Sport1.png|50px]]
|Martin McFreed
|Sports
|234
|§75
|-
|Physically Fit To Be Tied
|[[File:Book General NonFiction3.png|50px]]
|Billy Jean Sparks
|Non-Fiction
|240
|§75
|-
|A Blueprint of Modern Technology
|[[File:Book General Technology.png|50px]]
|Lewis Rodgers
|
|256
|§75
|-
|The Principles Of Avoiding Expenditures
|[[File:Book General Business.png|50px]]
|Penny Pinscher
|
|500
|§80
|-
|Swish, Dribble, Swish
|[[File:Book General Sport4.png|50px]]
|Derek D.Dublin
|Sports
|275
|§80
|-
|Core Coed Curriculum
|[[File:Book General Trashy.png|50px]]
|Butch Andrews
|Trashy
|270
|§80
|-
|Forensic Models: Learning From Simulations
|[[File:Book General Technology.png|50px]]
|Henry Ryan
|
|512
|§80
|-
|Reflexology: Training More Than Muscle Memories
|[[File:Book General Sport7.png|50px]]
|Duke Howell
|
|430
|§85
|-
|Cosmology: The Universe Is A Really Really Big Place
|[[File:Book General Science.png|50px]]
|Tyson O'Neil
|
|1,250
|§85
|-
|Humanities: Form, Fashion, and Function
|[[File:Book General FineArts.png|50px]]
|Thomas Harper
|
|792
|§85
|-
|Fine Arts Course Materials
|[[File:Book General NonFiction4.png|50px]]
|Francis Parks
|Non-Fiction
|300
|§90
|-
|Play Smarter: Diet And Exercise is for Wimps
|[[File:Book General Sport7.png|50px]]
|Jason Pittler
|
|1,370
|§90
|-
|Criminalology: Best Practices Of Competitive Economics
|[[File:Book General Business.png|50px]]
|Dick Anson
|
|600
|§95
|-
|Trash is Treasure: Finding Art and Keeping Art
|[[File:Book General FineArts.png|50px]]
|Mel Neilson
|
|1,679
|§95
|-
|The Business of Building A Better Business Building
|[[File:Book General Business.png|50px]]
|Chester Rockefeller
|
|300
|§95
|-
|The Vampire Blogs
|[[File:Book General SciFi1.png|50px]]
|J.L.Conners
|
|333
|§95
|-
|Sports Almanac of the Century
|[[File:Book General Sport3.png|50px]]
|Joe C.Ribbons
|Sports
|345
|§100
|-
|It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It
|[[File:Book General Communication.png|50px]]
|Martin Archibald
|
|725
|§105
|-
|Zombies Ate My Plants
|[[File:Book General Fantasy1.png|50px]]
|Herb Gardner
|Fantasy
|360
|§110
|-
|Day of the Plantsims
|[[File:Book General Horror.png|50px]]
|Lucas Wyndham
|Horror
|390
|§120
|-
|Peace, Protest and Herbs
|[[File:Book General Fiction.png|50px]]
|Donna LeFromage
|Poetry
|420
|§130
|-
|The Player's Journey
|[[File:Book General Sport2.png|50px]]
|Sabrina Star
|Sports
|423
|§130
|-
|AutoBiology: Know Your Body
|[[File:Book General NonFiction5.png|50px]]
|Lewis Rodgers
|Non-Fiction
|450
|§135
|-
|Training in the Rain
|[[File:Book General Sport8.png|50px]]
|Candy Swoonson
|Sports
|488
|§140
|-
|Taking the Ball Home
|[[File:Book General Sport5.png|50px]]
|Francis P.Ruvin
|Sports
|561
|§145
|-
|I Found This University
|[[File:Book General History.png|50px]]
|Hugo Vanderbilt
|Historical
|600
|§160
|-
|What Do You Mean By Communication?
|[[File:Book General NonFiction1.png|50px]]
|Martin Archibald
|Non-Fiction
|720
|§170
|-
|Business Law
|[[File:Book General NonFiction6.png|50px]]
|Chester Rockefeller
|Non-Fiction
|900
|§180
|}


====Written Books====
===Writing books===
{{Main|Writing}}
{{Main|Writing}}
Sims learning the [[Writing]] skill can produce books, some of which are only accessible under certain conditions. Books produced by writer Sims will also be classified as either flops, normal, hit, or best seller. Sims rummaging through garbage will often find copies of flops. Books that Sims have written are available in the [[library]], but can only be bought privately in multiple copies through a menu on a Sim's Writing skill journal.
Sims learning the [[Writing (The Sims 3)|writing]] skill can produce books, some of which are only accessible under certain conditions. Books produced by writer Sims will also be classified as either flops, normal, hit, or best seller. Sims rummaging through garbage will often find copies of flops. Books that Sims have written are available in the [[library]], but can only be bought privately in multiple copies through a menu on a Sim's Writing skill journal.

====Conditions for Getting Certain Books====


====Conditions for getting certain books====
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:Either travel to [[Market#Al Simhara Market|Al Simhara Market]] and buy one, or have a Sim with the Egyptian Culture [[hidden trait]] write books until they get one.


==The Sims 4==
There several kinds of special books, all of which have properties beyond those of general books.
{{See also|List of books in The Sims 4}}
''[[The Sims 4]]'' features many books encompassing multiple different genres, skills, and moods. Each [[bookcase]] comes with a selection of general books that can be read for fun. Additional books, including skill and emotion books can be purchased by Sims in live mode directly from an owned bookcase, or can be ordered online with a [[computer]].


Emotional books will put Sims that read them into a specific [[emotion]]al state. Skill books, like in ''The Sims 3'', can be too easy - or too advanced - for Sims to read depending on their skill level. If a Sim with a high skill level reads a low skill book, they become [[bored]]. And if a Sim reads a too high level skill book, they will become [[tense]].
===Skill books===
[[File:Skill books basic.jpg|thumb|450px|left|Three skill books in The Sims 3]]
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Sims with the [[Writing (The Sims 4)|writing]] skill can write their own books on a [[computer]], which can have a custom title and description. Each genre of book that can be written has a variety of template titles that will initially appear in the text field when creating a new book. The default description for each of these template books simply says what genre of book it is. Dollhouse-genre books can only be created by [[children]], comedy books can only be written by Sims with high [[comedy]] skill and travel guides can only be written by Sims with high [[Selvadoradian culture]] skill. The author Sim will then receive royalties every day for their published works. They can be published through a [[mailbox]] and have different qualities affected by the Sims writing skill that affect the amount of the received royalties.
Skill books have three levels, and can be too easy - or too advanced - for Sims to read depending on their skill level. Sims can find basic skill books at the library, but more advanced books need to be bought at the bookstore or at a market. Level one skill books will raise a Sim's skill up to a maximum of level three.


Sims with the '''Professiorial''' reward [[Trait (The Sims 4)|trait]] from completing the Renaissance Sim [[Aspiration (The Sims 4)|aspiration]] are able to write custom skill manuals of any skill they are proficient in. Manuals for [[baking]], [[herbalism]], [[parenting]], [[wellness]], and [[vampire lore]] cannot be created however, despite being skills that can be learned from books.
====Base Game Skill Books====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Charisma Vol.1: Fixing the Friend Problem
|[[File:Book Skills Charisma1.png|50px]]
|0
|180
|§350
|-
|Charisma Vol.2: Talking to Anyone
|[[File:Book Skills Charisma2.png|50px]]
|3
|201
|§500
|-
|Charisma Vol.3: Becoming Irresistible
|[[File:Book Skills Charisma3.png|50px]]
|6
|117
|§750
|-
|Cooking Vol.1: Too much Salt!
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking1.png|50px]]
|0
|199
|§50
|-
|Cooking Vol.2: Why You Need Baking Soda
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking2.png|50px]]
|3
|203
|§500
|-
|Cooking Vol.3: Yummy and Delicious
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking3.png|50px]]
|6
|225
|§750
|-
|Gardening Vol.1: The Watercan Chronicles
|[[File:Book Skills Gardening1.png|50px]]
|0
|250
|§350
|-
|Gardening Vol.2: Odor Free Fertilizer
|[[File:Book Skills Gardening2.png|50px]]
|3
|276
|§500
|-
|Gardening Vol.3: Gardening to Riches
|[[File:Book Skills Gardening3.png|50px]]
|6
|281
|§750
|-
|Handiness Vol.1: Unplug It First!
|[[File:Book Skills Handiness1.png|50px]]
|0
|200
|§50
|-
|Handiness Vol.2: Turn off the Water!
|[[File:Book Skills Handiness2.png|50px]]
|3
|211
|§500
|-
|Handiness Vol.3: Puddles and Electricity Don't Mix
|[[File:Book Skills Handiness3.png|50px]]
|6
|297
|§750
|-
|Logic Vol.1: Knight vs. Bishops
|[[File:Book Skills Logic1.png|50px]]
|0
|299
|§50
|-
|Logic Vol.2: To Xor or Not Xor
|[[File:Book Skills Logic2.png|50px]]
|3
|340
|§500
|-
|Logic Vol.3: 3.14159265
|[[File:Book Skills Logic3.png|50px]]
|6
|323
|§750
|}

====World Adventures Skill Books====
These skill books are only found in [[market]]s in ''World Adventures'' [[sub-neighborhood]]s

{|class="sortable" width="100%"
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Level
!Page
!Price
!Country
|-
|Martial Arts Vol. 1: Wax on Philosophic
|[[File:Book Skills Martial Arts1.png|50px]]
|0
|199
|§50
|China
|-
|Photography Vol. 1: Taking off the Lens Cap
|[[File:Book Skills Photography1.png|50px]]
|0
|199
|§50
|Egypt
|-
|L'amour de Nectar: An Introductory Reader
|[[File:Book Skills Nectar Making1.png|50px]]
|0
|199
|§50
|France
|-
|Nectar Making: The Culture, The Lifestyle
|[[File:Book Skills Nectar Making2.png|50px]]
|3
|203
|§500
|France
|-
|Advanced Nectarology
|[[File:Book Skills Nectar Making3.png|50px]]
|6
|225
|§750
|France
|}

====Ambitions Skill Books====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Inventing Vol. 1: Nuts and Bolts
|[[File:Book Skills Inventing1.png|50px]]
|0
|
|§50
|-
|Inventing Vol. 2: Create & Detonate
|[[File:Book Skills Inventing2.png|50px]]
|3
|
|§500
|-
|Inventing Vol. 3: Inside the Robot Mind
|[[File:Book Skills Inventing3.png|50px]]
|6
|
|§750
|}

====Late Night Skill Books====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Mixology Vol. 1: It's All in the Pour
|[[File:Book Skills Mixology1.png|50px]]
|0
|
|§50
|-
|Mixology Vol. 2: Shaken or Stirred? That is the question!
|[[File:Book Skills Mixology2.png|50px]]
|3
|
|§500
|-
|Mixology Vol. 3: Strategic drink mixing for professionals
|[[File:Book Skills Mixology3.png|50px]]
|6
|
|§750
|}

====Pets Skill Books====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Riding Vol. 1: Zen and the Art of Not Falling Off a Horse
|[[File:Book Skills Riding1.png|50px]]
|0
|180
|§50
|-
|Riding Vol. 2: The Galloping Guru
|[[File:Book Skills Riding2.png|50px]]
|3
|201
|§500
|-
|Riding Vol. 3: Sunsets and Other Fun Things to Ride Into
|[[File:Book Skills Riding3.png|50px]]
|6
|177
|§750
|}

====Supernatural Skill Books====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Alchemy Vol. 1: Alchemy Basic
|[[File:Book Skills Alchemy1.png|50px]]
|0
|199
|§50
|-
|Alchemy Vol. 2: Secret Motions and Super Potions
|[[File:Book Skills Alchemy2.png|50px]]
|3
|204
|§500
|-
|Alchemy Vol. 3: Omnimustericon: The Ultimate Book of Shadows
|[[File:Book Skills Alchemy3.png|50px]]
|6
|225
|§750
|}

====University Life Skill Books====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Science Vol.1: Chew The Fact
|[[File:Book Skills Science1.png|50px]]
|0
|199
|§50
|-
|Science Vol.2: Quantum Genetics
|[[File:Book Skills Science2.png|50px]]
|3
|203
|§500
|-
|Science Vol.3: Replicating Nature Artificially
|[[File:Book Skills Science3.png|50px]]
|6
|225
|§750
|-
|Social Networking Vol.1: The Zen Of Blogging
|[[File:Book Skills Social Networking1.png|50px]]
|0
|199
|§50
|-
|Social Networking Vol.2: Cyber-stalking And You
|[[File:Book Skills Social Networking2.png|50px]]
|3
|203
|§500
|-
|Social Networking Vol.3: Strictly Online Relationships
|[[File:Book Skills Social Networking3.png|50px]]
|6
|225
|§750
|-
|Street Art Vol.1: The Word On The Street
|[[File:Book Skills Street Art1.png|50px]]
|0
|199
|§50
|-
|Street Art Vol.2: Don't Say It, Spray It!
|[[File:Book Skills Street Art2.png|50px]]
|3
|203
|§500
|-
|Street Art Vol.3: Urban Makeovers
|[[File:Book Skills Street Art3.png|50px]]
|6
|225
|§750
|}

====Into the Future Skill Books====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Bot Building Vol. 1: Integrated Circuits and You
|[[File:Book Skills BotBuilding1.png|50px]]
|0
|199
|§50
|-
|Bot Building Vol. 2: A.I. for Dummies
|[[File:Book Skills BotBuilding2.png|50px]]
|3
|203
|§500
|-
|Bot Building Vol. 3: In Case of Uprising
|[[File:Book Skills BotBuilding3.png|50px]]
|6
|225
|§750
|}

===Childhood Development Books===
Childhood development books are mini-skill books for [[Toddler]] Sims.

They are also a way for players to improve the chances they will get to choose a [[Trait (The Sims 3)|trait]] for the Sim when it ages up into a [[Child]].

Skills learned from these books will not appear in the skill panel until the Sim ages up, and Sims can only learn three points in any particular skill from these books.

Books written in the Children's genre do not have the same effects as these books.

{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Skill
!Page
!Price
|-
|Jimmy Sprocket and the Squishy Stone
|[[File:Book Childrens Jimmy.png|50px]]
|None
|6
|§50
|-
|Jimmy Sprocket and the Chalice of Lichens
|[[File:Book Childrens Jimmy.png|50px]]
|None
|10
|§125
|-
|Jimmy Sprocket the Escape from Funland
|[[File:Book Childrens Jimmy.png|50px]]
|None
|15
|§210
|-
|Counting for Those Who Cannot
|[[File:Book Childrens Logic.png|50px]]
|Logic
|6
|§50
|-
|Squares are Not Triangles
|[[File:Book Childrens Logic.png|50px]]
|Logic
|10
|§125
|-
|Being Smart for Fun and Profit
|[[File:Book Childrens Logic.png|50px]]
|Logic
|15
|§210
|-
|Finger Painting 101
|[[File:Book Childrens Art.png|50px]]
|Painting
|6
|§50
|-
|Handprints of the Masters
|[[File:Book Childrens Art.png|50px]]
|Painting
|10
|§125
|-
|Don't Stay Within the Lines
|[[File:Book Childrens Art.png|50px]]
|Painting
|15
|§210
|-
|Bluish Eggs with Side of Pastrami
|[[File:Book Childrens Writing.png|50px]]
|Writing
|6
|§50
|-
|Frank I'm Not
|[[File:Book Childrens Writing.png|50px]]
|Writing
|10
|§125
|-
|Oh the Destinations You'll Briefly Visit
|[[File:Book Childrens Writing.png|50px]]
|Writing
|15
|§210
|}

===Pregnancy books===
Pregnancy books look like general books and can be used as such by non-pregnant Sims. However, if a Sim is [[pregnancy|pregnant]] then reading from these books improves the outcome of the pregnancy.

Better pregnancies make it more likely that a player can choose the new baby's [[Trait (The Sims 3)|trait]]s at birth (bad pregancies result in random traits).

{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Genre
!Page
!Price
|-
|Totally Preggers: An Expecting Mother's Tale
|[[File:Book General Pregnancy1.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|180
|§200
|-
|Baby Incoming: Preparing with Vigilance
|[[File:Book General Pregnancy.png|50px]]
|Non-Fiction
|220
|§300
|}

===Compositions===
A '''composition''' is a book of sheet music that lets Sims learn new [[Instrument skill#Compositions|songs]] for the Guitar, Drums, Piano and Bass skills. Once a Sim finishes reading one of these books, it will disappear completely and need to be bought all over again for other Sims.

====Base Game Compositions====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Instrument
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Level 5: Yes Ma'am, I Do
|[[File:Book Skills Music Guitar Yellow.png|50px]]
|Guitar
|5
|30
|§100
|-
|Level 6: Flamenco Fever
|[[File:Book Skills Music Guitar Yellow.png|50px]]
|Guitar
|6
|60
|§250
|-
|Level 7: Perfect Moment
|[[File:Book Skills Music Guitar Red.png|50px]]
|Guitar
|7
|90
|§425
|-
|Level 8: Improvise Here and Now
|[[File:Book Skills Music Guitar Red.png|50px]]
|Guitar
|8
|120
|§600
|-
|Level 9: Dream Escape
|[[File:Book Skills Music Guitar Blue.png|50px]]
|Guitar
|9
|150
|§1,400
|}

====Late Night Compositions====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Instrument
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Level 5: In My Truck
|[[File:Book Skills Music Bass Yellow.png|50px]]
|Bass
|5
|30
|§100
|-
|Level 6: Cha Cha Cha Ching
|[[File:Book Skills Music Bass Yellow.png|50px]]
|Bass
|6
|60
|§250
|-
|Level 7: Subway Glances
|[[File:Book Skills Music Bass Red.png|50px]]
|Bass
|7
|90
|§425
|-
|Level 8: Feeling Cheated
|[[File:Book Skills Music Bass Red.png|50px]]
|Bass
|8
|120
|§600
|-
|Level 9: Gobo Trance
|[[File:Book Skills Music Bass Blue.png|50px]]
|Bass
|9
|150
|§1,400
|-
|Level 5: Howdy! Means Hello
|[[File:Book Skills Music Drum Yellow.png|50px]]
|Drums
|5
|30
|§100
|-
|Level 6: Dancing Duel
|[[File:Book Skills Music Drum Yellow.png|50px]]
|Drums
|6
|60
|§250
|-
|Level 7: If Only I Had Known
|[[File:Book Skills Music Drum Red.png|50px]]
|Drums
|7
|90
|§425
|-
|Level 8: Be Bob Blues
|[[File:Book Skills Music Drum Red.png|50px]]
|Drums
|8
|120
|§600
|-
|Level 9: The Awesome Song
|[[File:Book Skills Music Drum Blue.png|50px]]
|Drums
|9
|150
|§1,400
|-
|Level 5: Summer Hayrides
|[[File:Book Skills Music Piano Yellow.png|50px]]
|Piano
|5
|30
|§100
|-
|Level 6: Nicholas's Fresco Impromptu
|[[File:Book Skills Music Piano Yellow.png|50px]]
|Piano
|6
|60
|§250
|-
|Level 7: Wilkinson's Day Sonata
|[[File:Book Skills Music Piano Red.png|50px]]
|Piano
|7
|90
|§425
|-
|Level 8: Peanut Butter and Jelly Blues
|[[File:Book Skills Music Piano Red.png|50px]]
|Piano
|8
|120
|§600
|-
|Level 9: Roland Forebearance
|[[File:Book Skills Music Piano Blue.png|50px]]
|Piano
|9
|150
|§1,400
|}

====Into the Future Compositions====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Instrument
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Level 5: Better Plucky Than Good
|[[File:Book Skills Music Laser Purple.png|50px]]
|Laser Rhythm-a-con
|5
|30
|§100
|-
|Level 6: Dungeon Crawler
|[[File:Book Skills Music Laser Brown.png|50px]]
|Laser Rhythm-a-con
|6
|60
|§250
|-
|Level 7: The Chattering Classes
|[[File:Book Skills Music Laser Blue.png|50px]]
|Laser Rhythm-a-con
|7
|60
|§425
|-
|Level 8: Ghost on the Moors
|[[File:Book Skills Music Laser Red.png|50px]]
|Laser Rhythm-a-con
|8
|60
|§600
|-
|Level 9: Whistle while you Twerk
|[[File:Book Skills Music Laser Red.png|50px]]
|Laser Rhythm-a-con
|9
|60
|§1,400
|}

===Recipe Books===
A '''recipe''' is a book that lets Sims learn new [[Cooking (The Sims 3)#Recipes|dishes]] for the Cooking skill.<br />
Once a Sim finishes reading one of these books, it will disappear completely and need to be bought all over again for other Sims.

====Base Game Recipe Books====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Ratatouille
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Blue.png|50px]]
|1
|30
|§25
|-
|Fish and Chips
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Blue.png|50px]]
|3
|45
|§50
|-
|Cookies
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Blue.png|50px]]
|3
|60
|§100
|-
|Fruit Parfait
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Blue.png|50px]]
|4
|75
|§200
|-
|Cheesesteak
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Brown.png|50px]]
|5
|90
|§300
|-
|Cobbler
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Brown.png|50px]]
|6
|105
|§400
|-
|Eggs Machiavellian
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Brown.png|50px]]
|7
|120
|§580
|-
|Tri-Tip steak
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Green.png|50px]]
|8
|135
|§650
|-
|Stuffed Turkey
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Green.png|50px]]
|9
|155
|§800
|-
|Baked Angel Food Cake
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Green.png|50px]]
|10
|180
|§1,000
|-
|Ambrosia
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Green.png|50px]]
|10
|360
|§12,000
|}

====World Adventures Recipe Books====
These recipe books are only found in [[market]]s in ''World Adventures'' [[sub-neighborhood]]s

{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Level
!Page
!Price
!Country
|-
|Cheese Plate
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Purple.png|50px]]
|1
|100
|§100
|France
|-
|Shawarma
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Beige.png|50px]]
|1
|95
|§325
|Egypt
|-
|Egg Rolls
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Red.png|50px]]
|2
|95
|§325
|China
|-
|Bouillabaisse
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Purple.png|50px]]
|3
|100
|§100
|France
|-
|Frogs Legs
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Purple.png|50px]]
|3
|160
|§900
|France
|-
|Falafel
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Beige.png|50px]]
|5
|110
|§475
|Egypt
|-
|Stir-Fry
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Red.png|50px]]
|6
|75
|§200
|China
|-
|Crepes
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Purple.png|50px]]
|8
|120
|§540
|France
|}

====Showtime Recipe Books====

{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Vegetarian Fish and Chips
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Blue.png|50px]]
|3
|45
|§50
|-
|Fried Peanut Butter & Banana Sandwich
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Brown.png|50px]]
|5
|90
|§250
|-
|Cheese Tofu Steak
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Brown.png|50px]]
|5
|90
|§300
|-
|Tri-Tip Tofu Steak
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Green.png|50px]]
|8
|135
|§650
|-
|Stuffed Tursoykey
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Green.png|50px]]
|9
|155
|§800
|}

====Supernatural Recipe Books====

{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Chili Con Carne
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Blue.png|50px]]
|1
|30
|§25
|-
|Vegetarian Chili
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Blue.png|50px]]
|1
|30
|§25
|-
|Mushroom Omelette
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Blue.png|50px]]
|2
|30
|§50
|-
|Hot and Sour Soup
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Blue.png|50px]]
|3
|45
|§100
|-
|Firecracker Shrimp
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Brown.png|50px]]
|5
|60
|§300
|-
|Firecracker Tofu
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Brown.png|50px]]
|5
|60
|§300
|-
|Aloo Masala Curry
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Brown.png|50px]]
|6
|75
|§450
|-
|Porcini Risotto
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Brown.png|50px]]
|7
|90
|§580
|-
|Potato and truffle Torte
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Green.png|50px]]
|9
|120
|§650
|-
|Ceviche
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Green.png|50px]]
|10
|150
|§750
|}

====Supernatural Alchemy Recipe Books====

{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Procreation Elixir Recipe Book
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Brown.png|50px]]
|5
|30
|§75
|-
|Liquid Job Booster Recipe Book
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Brown.png|50px]]
|6
|30
|§132
|-
|Potent Enlightenment Recipe Book
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Brown.png|50px]]
|7
|30
|§187
|-
|Potent Personality Adjuster Recipe Book
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Green.png|50px]]
|8
|30
|§225
|-
|Fountain of Youth Elixir Recipe Book
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Green.png|50px]]
|9
|30
|§471
|-
|Potent Zombification Recipe Book
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Green.png|50px]]
|9
|30
|§607
|-
|Origin of the Tragic Clown Recipe Book
|[[File:Book Skills Cooking Recipe Green.png|50px]]
|10
|30
|§800
|}

===Bait Books===
Reading bait books will teach baits for the [[Fishing (The Sims 3)|Fishing]] skill.

====Base Game Bait Books====
{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Author
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|The Wee Swimmers: Reeling Anchovy and Minnow
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Purple.png|50px]]
|Mac McHemit
|1
|60
|§50
|-
|The Wiskered Deep: Catfish and You
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Purple.png|50px]]
|Cletus Bagsworth
|1
|90
|§100
|-
|All that Glitters is Goldfish
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Grey.png|50px]]
|Hank Castwell
|1
|180
|§200
|-
|Gilled Tragedy: Trout and Clownfish Baiting Technique
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Purple.png|50px]]
|Remick Statler
|2
|120
|§300
|-
|Sushi Swimmers: How to Catch Tuna, Salmon and Blowfish
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Grey.png|50px]]
|Parker O'Toole
|3
|180
|§400
|-
|Predators of the Deep: Piranha, Shark and Swordfish Tips
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Grey.png|50px]]
|Sammy Sturgeon
|5
|180
|§500
|-
|Heavenly Delicacies: Hooking the Angelfish and Lobster
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Blue.png|50px]]
|Anabelle Austin
|5
|270
|§750
|-
|Binary Fishing and Analog Bait for Robofish
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Blue.png|50px]]
|Baylee Bodeen
|6
|360
|§1,400
|-
|Fishing for the Dead: Deathfish and Vampirefish on the Line
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Blue.png|50px]]
|Cliff Boderick
|7
|360
|§2,000
|}

====World Adventures Bait Books====
These bait books are only found in [[market]]s in ''World Adventures'' [[sub-neighborhood]]s

{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Author
!Level
!Page
!Price
!Country
|-
|Delicate Decorations: Katching Kawarimono Koi (and Doitsu)
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Blue.png|50px]]
|Tio Timoteo
|0
|90
|§75
|China
|-
|French Delicacies: Capturing Frogs, Snails and Crawfish
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Blue.png|50px]]
|Rufus Wade
|0
|120
|§100
|France
|-
|Dead-ly Delights: Catching Crocodiles and Mummyfish
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Blue.png|50px]]
|Larlene Bigswell
|2
|270
|§750
|Egypt
|-
|The Art of Koi Ponds: Ochiba and Tancho
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Blue.png|50px]]
|Gil Halil
|3
|180
|§400
|China
|-
|Mythical Fish Volume 1: Discovering Dragons
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Blue.png|50px]]
|Ricky Pegg
|7
|270
|§1,500
|China
|}

====Supernatural Bait Books====

{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Author
!Level
!Page
!Price
|-
|Toads, Salamanders, and Beyond: A Guide to Magical Fish
|[[File:Book Skills Fishing Bait Red.png|50px]]
|Mel Neilson
|0
|75
|§150
|}
===Comic Books===
These types of books introduced in [[University Life]] exp. pack

{|class="sortable" width=100%
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!Name
!Picture
!Author
!Page
!Price in regular Bookshop
!Price in Nerd Shop
|-
|Freezer Bunny Stories
|[[File:Book General Childrens.png|50px]]
|Roy Walters
|30
|§3
|§4
|-
|Xenophobic Travelogue
|[[File:Book Comic 14.png|50px]]
|Howard L.Phelps
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Supercute Magical Girl Maya
|[[File:Book Comic 04.png|50px]]
|Rumiko O
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Altruistic Squad International
|[[File:Book Comic 01.png|50px]]
|Herb Gardner
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Llama Man
|[[File:Book Comic 08.png|50px]]
|Kirby Simon
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Quickfoot
|[[File:Book Comic 15.png|50px]]
|George Mortimer
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Awesome Woman
|[[File:Book Comic 04.png|50px]]
|Olive Marston
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Archie Archer
|[[File:Book Comic 02.png|50px]]
|George Mortimer
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Fish Master
|[[File:Book Comic 08.png|50px]]
|George Mortimer
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Juice Pulp Romance
|[[File:Book Comic 07.png|50px]]
|Brittany Aaron
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Mystery Man
|[[File:Book Comic 10.png|50px]]
|Aleister Ruddygore
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Sagebrush and Sixguns
|[[File:Book Comic 11.png|50px]]
|Butch Andrews
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Doctor Macabre
|[[File:Book Comic 02.png|50px]]
|Stan Powers
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Ratticator
|[[File:Book Comic 05.png|50px]]
|Rob Todd
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Sports Team Extreme
|[[File:Book Comic 13.png|50px]]
|Armando Mendoza
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Plasma Bug
|[[File:Book Comic 06.png|50px]]
|Stan Powers
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Mighty Mutants
|[[File:Book Comic 12.png|50px]]
|Stan Powers
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Volcanic Mechanic
|[[File:Book Comic 15.png|50px]]
|Alan Layman
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Werecat and Womrat
|[[File:Book Comic 01.png|50px]]
|Jezebel DuClaw
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Outrageous Adventure
|[[File:Book Comic 09.png|50px]]
|Leod McGreggor
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Major Patriot
|[[File:Book Comic 08.png|50px]]
|Kirby Simon
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Neo-Knight Noir
|[[File:Book Comic 03.png|50px]]
|William Kane
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Horror Oracle
|[[File:Book Comic 11.png|50px]]
|Mel Neilson
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Shinjuku Baseball Kata
|[[File:Book Comic 13.png|50px]]
|Rumiko O
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|The Inedible Bulk
|[[File:Book Comic 12.png|50px]]
|Stan Powers
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Barney Aardvark
|[[File:Book Comic 05.png|50px]]
|Roy Walters
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Freedom Family
|[[File:Book Comic 09.png|50px]]
|Stan Powers
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Gumshoe Samurai
|[[File:Book Comic 10.png|50px]]
|Brittany Aaron
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Cyber Skateboarder
|[[File:Book Comic 07.png|50px]]
|Kirby Simon
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Upperclass Man
|[[File:Book Comic 14.png|50px]]
|Jerry Shuster
|30
|§5
|§7
|-
|Avenging Belas
|[[File:Book Comic 14.png|50px]]
|Rob Todd
|30
|§10
|§13
|-
|Tales From The Mine
|[[File:Book Comic 05.png|50px]]
|Christina Ballard
|30
|§12
|§15
|-
|Toadsim Ninjas
|[[File:Book Comic 11.png|50px]]
|Kevin Peters
|30
|§15
|§19
|-
|Flamingo Dancer
|[[File:Book Comic 01.png|50px]]
|Jezebel DuClaw
|30
|§25
|§32
|-
|Bridgeport Ghost
|[[File:Book Comic 06.png|50px]]
|Hrithik Dixit
|30
|§50
|§63
|}


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Books
Books
Game object · Featured in: The Sims The Sims 2 The Sims 3 The Sims 4 The Sims Medieval The Sims (console)

Featured Article
Featured Article
The Sims Wiki's Featured Article for June 2013.
See also: Bookstore, Writing, and Spell book

Books are items in The Sims series that serve a variety of purposes throughout the different games. They are stored in bookshelves, but Sims can put them down on most surfaces.

The Sims[edit | edit source]

Books are all identical. Sims can use them to study the mechanical or cooking skills, or to increase the fun motive. Children can study to improve their grades.

Sims will go to a bookcase to get books, but do not put them away. When a Sim is finished with a book, he or she will stand up and the book will simply disappear.

The Sims: Makin' Magic[edit | edit source]

A Sim's Guide to Cooking
Why waste precious time and energy trying to follow that cryptic recipe scrawled by your great-great grandmother? The Busy Baker's Association has spent years collecting the best and most popular recipes to make your life that much easier. Printed in large, clear text on plastic coated pages, there's absolutely no better resource for your cooking needs.
Game The Sims: Makin' Magic
Buyability Buy mode
Price in game §89
Size 1x1 table

The Sims: Makin' Magic introduced a special cookbook that could be purchased in Buy mode. It came on a bookholder, but the book itself could not be removed from the holder. Sims can use the cookbook to look up and cook recipes for special foods, such as pie or cake. This is essential, as using the wrong recipes or the wrong combination of ingredients will always result in a burned, inedible mess.

The Sims 2[edit | edit source]

In The Sims 2, there are three books: a romance book, a study book, and a kids book. Sims can use them to study mechanical, cooking, or cleaning, to write in a diary, or to Read a Book, which increases the fun motive. Teens, adults and elders can read to toddlers and children. Young adults on college lots can research from books, which will raise their class performance. Sims who relax on a bed can read in bed, even if a bookcase is not in the same room; if FreeTime is installed, this will build Film and Literature enthusiasm. If Apartment Life is installed, child or teen Sims can be read to sleep by older Sims within an hour after going to bed.

When a Sim reads in bed, the book will disappear when they are finished, which is usually when the player cancels the action. Otherwise, books need to be put back in a bookcase, though it doesn't need to be the one they were taken from. Sloppy Sims will usually put books on nearby desks or tables, even if the bookcase is closer, and will put them on the floor if no desk or table is available. Books that have not been put away are clickable; a Sim can be directed to use the book, or to put it away. The player may also click on a bookshelf and select "Put Away All Books", which will direct the selected Sim to put away all books that are not being used. Maids will usually put books away, though a maid will occasionally leave a book lying on a table or floor.

Magazines can be bought and read to alter Sims' interests.

Open for Business adds three unique books that can only be purchased from a bookshelf at an owned business.

Title Genre Description
Frumpy the Bear's Humble Journeys Children's These pages are filled with the thrilling story of Frumpy, the most humble bear, and his travels throughout the world. Enjoy page after page of his misfortunes and missteps. What's bad for Frumpy is hilarious for you! Lovingly illustrated, Frumpy the Bear's Humble Journeys will mope off of the pages and into your heart!
Once Upon Wherever by Felicity Joyeuse Romance You've read about them before, and yet you're back for more. No matter what the odds, or how high the stakes or how humbling their failures -- love reigns in the end. Relax into romance with Felicity's patented pastiche of exotic settings, changeable characters, palpable plots, and digestible dialog.
Make Something! Vol.1 Skill Is that television set sparking something fierce? Learn to fix it! Burned yet another plate of Grilled Cheese? Learn to cook it! House a mess? Learn to Clean it! Nuclear fuel rods losing their fizz? Learn to set things right! The best-selling Make Something! series will teach you to do it today! Don't live in filth and chaos...make something!

The Seasons expansion pack added Books First for Learning: A Bookshelf of Education as the career reward for the Education career. This bookshelf replaces the study book with "the Golden Book of Cornelius von Schtoop", which allows Sims to study any skill. Players should note that maids will not put away books from this bookshelf if Seasons is the latest expansion pack.[confirmation needed]

In FreeTime, six types of book are added for variety, and "Read..." replaces "Read a Book" in the pie menu. The types of book are Children, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Drama, and Cooking. This feature is carried forward into Apartment Life. Reading Cooking will increase Cuisine enthusiasm[1] while other books will increase Film and Literature enthusiasm. Each book has a unique cover. Reading a Sci-Fi book depletes a Sim's hygiene quickly, a Cuisine book depletes a Sim's hunger quickly, while a Romance book increases a Sim's social need.

Novels are also available in The Sims 2. Sims can purchase 3 existing novels from bookcases on owned business lots in Open for Business. A novel purchased in this way will be in the Sim's inventory. When placing the novels, they will improperly lean on the table or floor, and after a Sim reads them, they will disappear. Sims can put them away in the bookcase, but they will just disappear in the bookcase as well. In FreeTime and Apartment Life, written novels can be customized, and are brought home by the delivery person,[2] and can be read to fulfill the Read a Novel want. Only one copy of a written novel exists, so other families won't find it in their bookcase. The novel is only available if put in a bookcase. If the novel is deleted or given to another family, it will no longer be available in the bookcase, and cannot be retrieved.

  • Cover of skill books

    Cover of skill books

  • Cover of children's books

    Cover of children's books

  • Cover of romance books

    Cover of romance books

  • Cover of mystery books

    Cover of mystery books

  • Cover of sci-fi books

    Cover of sci-fi books

  • Cover of cooking books

    Cover of cooking books

  • Cover of drama books

    Cover of drama books

The Sims 3[edit | edit source]

Three different books in The Sims 3.
See also: List of books in The Sims 3

In The Sims 3, the book system was massively overhauled.

There are a variety of books in The Sims 3, including different genres and books with dramatically different properties such as skill books and compositions. There is a wide variety of possible book covers, and several different sizes. Generally, books have the following properties:

  • Distinct genre/type cover
  • Size (small/medium/large)
  • Number of pages
  • Price

Sims can buy many premade books from the bookstore, a rabbit hole found in premade neighborhoods such as Riverview. General books can also be read, but not borrowed or bought, in the library.

There are a wide range of premade books that cannot be bought, but are instead gained through opportunities in work or adventures.

In The Sims 3: Into the Future, the books in Oasis Landing are referred to as "E-Books".

There several kinds of special books, all of which have properties beyond those of general books.

Childhood development books[edit | edit source]

Childhood development books are mini-skill books for toddler Sims. They are also a way for players to improve the chances they will get to choose a trait for the Sim when it ages up into a child.

Skills learned from these books will not appear in the skill panel until the Sim ages up, and Sims can only learn three points in any particular skill from these books.

Books written in the Children's genre do not have the same effects as these books.

Compositions[edit | edit source]

A composition is a book of sheet music that lets Sims learn new songs for the Guitar, Drums, Piano, Bass and Laser Rhythm-a-con skills. Once a Sim finishes reading one of these books, it will disappear completely and need to be bought all over again for other Sims.

Pregnancy books[edit | edit source]

Pregnancy books look like general books and can be used as such by non-pregnant Sims. However, if a Sim is pregnant then reading from these books improves the outcome of the pregnancy.

Better pregnancies make it more likely that a player can choose the new baby's traits at birth (bad pregnancies result in random traits).

Recipe books[edit | edit source]

A recipe is a book that lets Sims learn new dishes for the cooking skill. Once a Sim finishes reading one of these books, it will disappear completely and need to be bought all over again for other Sims.

Skill books[edit | edit source]

Three skill books in The Sims 3

Skill books have three levels, and can be too easy - or too advanced - for Sims to read depending on their skill level. Sims can find basic skill books at the library, but more advanced books need to be bought at the bookstore or at a market. Level one skill books will raise a Sim's skill up to a maximum of level three.

Writing books[edit | edit source]

Main article: Writing

Sims learning the writing skill can produce books, some of which are only accessible under certain conditions. Books produced by writer Sims will also be classified as either flops, normal, hit, or best seller. Sims rummaging through garbage will often find copies of flops. Books that Sims have written are available in the library, but can only be bought privately in multiple copies through a menu on a Sim's Writing skill journal.

Conditions for getting certain books[edit | edit source]

Genre Requirement Average Length Expected Royalties Royalty[3][4] Royalty / page Approx. Income range Bonus Trait
Fiction Writing Skill Level 0 90 § §137 §1.53 §20-130
Non-Fiction Writing Skill Level 0 90 § §137 §1.53 §20-130
Science Fiction Writing Skill Level 1 or Level 0 with ComputerWhiz trait 150 § §325 §2.17 up to §300+- Computer Whiz, Genius
Trashy Writing Skill Level 2 or Level 0 with Inappropriate trait 190 § §395 §2.08
Drama Writing Skill Level 3 305 §§ §858 §2.81 up to §600+- Commitment Issues
Humor Writing Skill Level 5 or Level 3 with Good Sense of Humor trait 345 §§ §1,388 §4.02 up to §550+- Good Sense of Humour, Inappropriate, Mean Spirited
Mystery Writing Skill Level 8 510 §§§ §1,633 §3.26 up to §1300+- Genius
Romance Writing Skill Level 10 or Level 5 with Hopeless Romantic trait 675 §§§§ §3,725 §5.52 up to §3100+- Hopeless Romantic
Children's Writing Skill Level 3 AND Painting skill Level 4 105 § §450 §4.29 up to §460 approx Artistic, Childish, Family Oriented
Historical Writing Skill Level 6 AND Requires the Elder Age 505 §§§ §1,625 §3.25 §1,286 approx. Perfectionist
Auto-Biography 3 Biography (From Skill Opportunity) 163 §§§ §813 §2.03 Charismatic, Unlucky, Daredevil, Insane, Kleptomaniac
Fantasy 3 Sci-Fi Books 440 §§§ §1,650 §3.75 up to §1350+-
Satire 3 Humor 350 §§§ §1,900 §5.43 Grumpy, Hot-Headed, Over-Emotional
Vaudeville 2 Sci-Fi, 2 Drama, 2 Humor, 2 Mystery, 2 Romance 1250 §§§§ §8,050 §6.44 up to §6,000+ Bookworm
Masterpiece 25 Novels 2000 §§§§§ §14,625 §7.31 §10,000 to §15,000+
Life Story From Top Level Career Opportunity 400 §§§ §2,000 §5.00
Political Memoir(Political Life Story) From Political Career Opportunity 400 §§§ §2,000 §5.00
Article (Story/Review) Journalist Level 3 79 none §218 §2.75
Report Law Enforcement Level 4 ?? none
Books with Asian-style covers[TS3:WA]
Either travel to Shang Simla Market and buy one, or have a Sim with the Asian Culture hidden trait write books until they get one.
Books with French-style covers[TS3:WA]
Either travel to Circle of Knowledge Bookstore and buy one, or have a Sim with the French Culture hidden trait write books until they get one.
Books with Egyptian-style covers[TS3:WA]
Either travel to Al Simhara Market and buy one, or have a Sim with the Egyptian Culture hidden trait write books until they get one.

The Sims 4[edit | edit source]

See also: List of books in The Sims 4

The Sims 4 features many books encompassing multiple different genres, skills, and moods. Each bookcase comes with a selection of general books that can be read for fun. Additional books, including skill and emotion books can be purchased by Sims in live mode directly from an owned bookcase, or can be ordered online with a computer.

Emotional books will put Sims that read them into a specific emotional state. Skill books, like in The Sims 3, can be too easy - or too advanced - for Sims to read depending on their skill level. If a Sim with a high skill level reads a low skill book, they become bored. And if a Sim reads a too high level skill book, they will become tense.

Sims with the writing skill can write their own books on a computer, which can have a custom title and description. Each genre of book that can be written has a variety of template titles that will initially appear in the text field when creating a new book. The default description for each of these template books simply says what genre of book it is. Dollhouse-genre books can only be created by children, comedy books can only be written by Sims with high comedy skill and travel guides can only be written by Sims with high Selvadoradian culture skill. The author Sim will then receive royalties every day for their published works. They can be published through a mailbox and have different qualities affected by the Sims writing skill that affect the amount of the received royalties.

Sims with the Professiorial reward trait from completing the Renaissance Sim aspiration are able to write custom skill manuals of any skill they are proficient in. Manuals for baking, herbalism, parenting, wellness, and vampire lore cannot be created however, despite being skills that can be learned from books.

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ The FreeTime patch fixed the game so this occurs properly
  2. ↑ Sims could always "Write a Novel" on a home computer, but written novels did not exist as game objects prior to FreeTime.
  3. ↑ The amount listed is per payment per book
  4. ↑ Average weekly royalty of Bestseller book for quite experienced top-level writer in best mood and ideal trait/genre combination. May be +25-50% higher than actual non-optimal writer. Royalty depends on various factors. So these are just broad approximation. Mood of writer, genre, personal traits, reward, books written in the specific genre, and number of books author read, etc influence bestseller probability and royalty. The more books you write in the specific genre, more best-seller and higher royalty from the genre. Books written in different genre does not matter. So, specialization is important to get higher royalty.

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