What books increase skills?
I've found a whole lot of libraries to 'borrow' from, but I'm not sure which books are worth stea..borrowing. Where can I find a list of books that increase skills when they are read? Preferably with their locations.
Solution 1:
For books in you inventory (or laying face up):
Books that increase a skill have that skill's icon on the cover
The full list of books including their locations can be found on the Skyrim wiki
Below is an except:
Lockpicking
- Advances in Lockpicking
- Proper Lock Design
- Surfeit of Thieves
- The Locked Room
- The Wolf Queen, v1
One Handed
- 2920, Morning Star, v1
- Fire and Darkness
- Mace Etiquette
- Night Falls on Sentinel
- The Importance of Where
Pickpocket
- Aevar Stone-Singer
- Beggar
- Guide to Better Thieving
- Purloined Shadows
- Thief
Restoration
- 2920, Rain's Hand, v4
- Mystery of Talara, v 2
- Racial Phylogeny
- The Exodus
- Withershins
Smithing
- Cherim's Heart of Anequina
- Heavy Armor Forging
- Light Armor Forging
- The Armorer's Challenge
- The Last Scabbard of Akrash
Sneak
- 2920, Last Seed, v8
- Legend of Krately House
- Sacred Witness
- The Red Kitchen Reader
- Three Thieves
Speech
- 2920, Second Seed, v5
- A Dance in Fire, v6
- A Dance in Fire, v7
- Biography of the Wolf Queen
- The Buying Game
Twohanded
- Battle of Sancre Tor
- King
- Song of Hrormir
- The Legendary City of Sancre Tor
- Words and Philosophy
Multiple Skills
- Oghma Infinium
Solution 2:
If the value is about 2 to 15 gold, ignore it.
If it is worth 50-70 gold, then read it - it's a skill book.
This does not take into account a few books that give you quests.
Solution 3:
Here is a website with all of the skill books listed by skill.