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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. In [[Fallout: New Vegas]] they are not to be confused with [[skill magazine]]s, with temporary effects.
   
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Skill books were replaced with [[Fallout 4 magazines|perk magazines]] in [[Fallout 4]], as the skill system was merged with [[perks]] to create the new [[Fallout 4 perks]] system.
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==Skillbooks==
  
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==List of skill books==
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!Name
  
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!Skill
  
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! class="unsortable" style="width: 5em;" | ''Fallout''
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! style="width: 20%;" | Name
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! class="unsortable" style="width: 5em;" | ''Fallout 2''
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! style="width: 20%;" | Skill
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! class="unsortable" style="width: 5em;" | ''Fallout 3''
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! style="width: 12%;" | ''Fallout''
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! class="unsortable" style="width: 5em;" | ''Tactics''
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! style="width: 12%;" | ''Fallout 2''
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! class="unsortable" style="width: 5em;" | ''New Vegas''
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! style="width: 12%;" | ''Fallout 3''
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! style="width: 12%;" | ''New Vegas''
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! style="width: 12%;" | ''Tactics''
 
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|[[Big Book of Science]]
  
|[[Big Book of Science]]
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|{{yes}}
  
|{{yes}}
 
|{{yes}}
  
|{{yes}}
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|[[Cat's Paw issue no.5]]
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|[[Energy Weapons]]
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|{{no}}
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|{{yes}}
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|{{no}}
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|{{no}}
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|{{no}}
 
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|[[Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual]]
  
|[[Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual]]
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|[[Sneak]]
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|[[Sneak (skill)|Sneak]]
 
|{{no}}
  
|{{no}}
 
|{{no}}
  
|{{no}}
 
|{{yes}}
  
|{{yes}}
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|{{no}}
  
 
|{{yes}}
  
|{{yes}}
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|{{no}}
 
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|[[D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine]]
  
|[[D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine]]
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|{{no}}
  
|{{no}}
 
|{{yes}}
  
|{{yes}}
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|{{no}}
  
 
|{{yes}}
  
|{{yes}}
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|{{no}}
 
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|[[Dean's Electronics]]
  
|[[Dean's Electronics]]
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|{{no}}
 
|{{yes}}
  
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|{{no}}
  
 
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|{{no}}
 
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|[[Fallout 2 Hintbook]]
  
|[[Fallout 2 Hintbook]]
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|{{no}}
  
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|[[Grognak the Barbarian]]
  
|[[Grognak the Barbarian]]
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|{{no}}
 
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|[[Guns and Bullets]]
  
|[[Guns and Bullets]]
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|[[Maddock's Tricks & Traps]]
  
|[[Maddock's Tricks & Traps]]
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|{{no}}
  
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|[[Motivational Secrets of the Stars]]
  
|[[Motivational Secrets of the Stars]]
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|{{no}}
 
|{{no}}
  
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|{{no}}
 
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|[[Paradise Lost]]
  
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|[[Scout Handbook]]
  
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|[[Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor]]
  
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|[[Tumblers Today]]
  
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|[[U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes]]
  
|[[U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes]]
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|[[Zen & Art of Piloting]]
  
|[[Zen & Art of Piloting]]
 
|[[Pilot]]
  
|[[Pilot]]
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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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[[Category:Books| ]]
  
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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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[[ru: Учебные книги]]
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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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* 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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* D.C. Journal of Medicine-
  
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* Chinese Spec Ops Manual-
  
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* Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor-
  
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* Nikola Tesla and You-
  

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Skill books are special items which increase the player character's skills when used. In Fallout: New Vegas they are not to be confused with skill magazines, with temporary effects.

Skill books were replaced with perk magazines in Fallout 4, as the skill system was merged with perks to create the new Fallout 4 perks system.

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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