Who takes every book they come across?

[llanita]

Just curious. I have this thing where I have to take every book I come across. Lol. I don't read them though, maybe one day I will start. Im trying to fill every single bookcase in all of my 7 houses.

[Halcyform]

As you mentioned, taking books typically isn't that big of a deal because most people today are cleptos anyway.

The real question is who actually reads them. I'm not an Elder Scrolls super freak, but I do like the lore so I not only read everything I come across, I actively try to find complete sets for works that have multiple volumes.

[alexander_dougherty]

I read nearly every book I find, but most of them are low value items, so I don't take them.

[RamiroRa]

If I find interesting the book and it's an abandoned place or some bandit cave, then maybe I do. However there are books you will find a dozen of times in the game, so it's not a big deal leaving it. Currently the only book I permanently take with me it's the Dragonborn. As for read them, I try at least to get an idea of what they say, but sometimes I'm in a hurry or feel like a chore and do it later.

[thegrimeyone]

I take every book, except for the common ones. I have at least one of every book though. I read them sometimes as opposed to adventuring. Don't want to end up like 85% of the population of Skyrim and take an arrow to the knee.

[Sabaithal]

Got a mod "unread books glow". It helps me only pick up the books I haven't seen yet.

[llanita]

That's awesome. Thanks guys😃

[Grumpy Old Dude]

moi...I have this idle goal of collecting 1 of each

[Liquid Inc]

i don't, but i do look at what books are there, and take + read any that i don't remember or haven't seen in a while.

I don't need to pick up the 50th copy of "the oblivion crisis" from every bandit occupied imperial fort though... Wasted inventory space, unless you modded in that your dovah requires a toilet once in a while. Probably mods for that somewhere LOL

[jonnin]

I was trying for a while to make an epic library but the bookshelves are unstable and often crash out, losing entire rows of books, making that a lost cause.
Long ago, after hearthfire but way before improved graphics, I had every spell book organized by school that I could lay my hands on in a beautiful display but several are unique sadly and I frown upon cheating them in.
Anyway I only pick up books worth 20+ gold pieces even if collecting them, which I am more or less not doing much of these days. Anything under 20 is going to be common.

[Fear2288]

I do when I’m playing an intellectual-leaning type character (ie a Mage-type).

I figure it makes sense, and I’ll try and collect them all and fill out my bookshelves in my player home(s).

Unread Books Glow is a tremendously helpful mod if you’re wanting to spare yourself the task of getting rid of extra copies or want to avoid picking ones you already have up.

Other book-related mods worth checking out:

- Book Covers of Skyrim + Lost Library

Retextures all vanilla books to give them a higher quality look and unique appearances for each one/set. The Lost Library add-on brings in all the books from previous games like Oblivion and Morrowind and gives them the same treatment (adds an additional 200+)


- BURP & BURP Spell Tomes

Extends the BCS treatment to over 700 additional books added by various mods.

The Spell Tome add-on gives both vanilla and 80+ mod-added spell tomes a similar makeover.


- Books of Skyrim SE

Adds a bookstore to Solitude that sells - you guessed it - various books from vanilla and mods. It’s location is one that doesn’t get touched by many mods so it should be compatible with most Solitude overhauls as long as they don’t dramatically change the layout of the city (it’s compatible with JK’s Solitude and it may or may not actually be integrated into Enhanced Solitude - I forget).


- Unlimited Bookshelves + Patcher

If you like collecting and displaying your books, you probably want/need this.

This mod makes it so that a shelf will hold as many books as it actually can fit. So if you have a home that doesn’t have a ton of shelves, the amount you can display will now double or even triple.

It also lets you put other items on shelves but in my experience it can get kinda finicky.

A separate patcher mod is also available that when installed correctly will ensure that everything vanilla or mod-added will fit nicely on the shelves and either severely reduce or entirely solve any/all clipping issues.

[Skumboni]

Legacy of the Dragonborn has one of the better libraries in the game, and the curators companion will let you know which books you already have when you mouse over them.