Library

Not to be confused with Family bin.

A library is a community building found in The Sims 3 that allows Sims to read books, but not bring them home. Every single book in the game is here, with the exception of the cooking, fishing, and guitar books. If a player gets their Sims to write a novel, then when it is completed it is often seen on the shelves of the library.

The library in Sunset Valley is known as Papyrus Memorial Library. The name refers to papyrus, the first paper-like material, and the origin of the word "paper". Papyrus is no longer used, hence memorial. The library in Riverview is smaller, and named the Wright Reading Room.

The library also provides the use of computers and a few children's toys. Children's toys are not featured in the Wright Reading Room.

Libraries could be made in The Sims and The Sims 2, but they were just classified as standard community lots. In The Sims 3, they can be classified as libraries.

Being in a library gives the Power Study moodlet. It increases the productivity of doing homework, working at home, and general reading.