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There are two types of '''books''' in the [[Fallout games|''Fallout'' games]]: Skillbooks which increase the [[player character]]'s skills or attributes and other books, usually either quest items or simply clutter. Unlike '''magazines''', the effect of each skillbook is permanent.
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'''Skill books''' are special [[item]]s which increase the [[Character#Player character|player character]]'s [[skill]]s when used. Unlike those of [[skill magazine]]s, the effects of skill books are permanent.
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==List of skill books==
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==Skillbooks==
  
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! class="unsortable" style="width: 5em;" | ''Fallout''
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! style="width: 12%;" | ''Fallout 2''
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! style="width: 12%;" | ''Fallout 3''
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! style="width: 12%;" | ''New Vegas''
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|[[Big Book of Science]]
  
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==Other books==
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[[Category:Skill books| ]]
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* [[Cat's Paw Magazine]]
  
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* [[Chemistry Journals]]
  
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* [["The Lavender Flower"]]
  
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* [[Pre-War Book]]
  
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* [[The Krivbeknih]]
  
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* [[Naked Moose Mag.]]
  
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* [[the Wasteland Survival Guide]]
  
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[[pl:Kocia Łapka nr 5]]
  
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==Dead Money==
  
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In the DLC pack Dead Money contains one of each of the skill books in Fallout: New Vegas.
  
   
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[[pl: Kocia Łapka nr 5]]
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* Big Book of Science- The bookshelf in Vera's room, to the left of the door you find Christine in.
  
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* Chinese Spec Ops Manual- In the last room of the switching station, on a catwalk.
  
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* D.C. Journal of Medicine- In the Villa Clinic
  
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* Dean's Electronics- When you put Christine at the switching station, it is to the left when you attempt to hack the terminal in the room with the grenade bouquet and dead body in a leather trenchcoat.
  
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* Grognak the Barbarian - Inside the Police Station Basement, on the floor in the room in the Northwest corner in front of the filing cabinets.
  
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* Guns and Bullets- In the Sierra Madre casino near a safe, downstairs from the door to the Cashier's Office. It is next to the Cashier hologram once you turn the power on.
  
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* Lying, Congressional Style- At the end of the room with the Holodisk projector during Curtain Call at the Tampico
  
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* Nikola Tesla and You- In the Sierra Madre Vault. (When facing the Vault door, turn around and look for a Skeleton on a pipe, there should be a Duffel Bag with the book inside)
  
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* Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor- In Salida del Sol South, go up the stairs that take you to the Salida del Sol House that would take you to Salida del Sol North. Turn South and go across the board that leads you through a hole in the wall. As soon as you enter the hole turn east and it is on the second shelf of the book shelf, directly under the terminal.
  

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Skill books are special items which increase the player character's skills when used. Unlike those of skill magazines, the effects of skill books are permanent.

List of skill books

Name Skill Fallout Fallout 2 Fallout 3 New Vegas Tactics
Big Book of Science Science Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cat's Paw issue no.5 Energy Weapons No Yes No No No
Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual Sneak No No Yes Yes No
D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine Medicine No No Yes Yes No
Dean's Electronics Repair Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Duck and Cover! Explosives No No Yes Yes No
Fallout 2 Hintbook All No Yes No No No
First Aid Book First Aid Yes Yes No No Yes
Grognak the Barbarian Melee Weapons No No Yes Yes No
Guns and Bullets Small Guns, Guns Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lying, Congressional Style Speech No No Yes Yes No
Maddock's Tricks & Traps Traps No No No No Yes
Motivational Secrets of the Stars Speech No No Cut content No No
Nikola Tesla and You Energy Weapons No No Yes Yes No
Paradise Lost Speech No No Yes No No
Pugilism Illustrated Unarmed No No Yes Yes No
Scout Handbook Outdoorsman Yes Yes No No Yes
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor Barter No No Yes Yes No
Tumblers Today Lockpick No No Yes Yes No
U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes Big Guns No No Yes No No
Wasteland Survival Guide Survival No No Not a skill book Yes No
Zen & Art of Piloting Pilot No No No No Yes
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