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A Bibliophile's Dream

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Remember when reading time for the sims was that one red generic book in The Sims 1? Well, bookshelves have since evolved from that one defacto book to over a hundred different books in The Sims 3!

Buyable Books

Books that can be bought at the book store and/or come as starter books for a bookshelf.

General Reads

  • Sims can read these books for pleasure and enjoyment.
  • A sim will get better enjoyment out of reading books that relate to their traits. For example, a Flirty and/or Hopeless Romantic sim will enjoy reading books of the Romance genre more than an Unflirty sim.


  Title Author Genre Number of Pages Price EP Comments
Romance.jpg A Magnetic Attraction Grant Rodiek Trashy 310 80 File:Ts3.jpg
Fiction.jpg Abstract With Turkey Cecil Wilson Fiction 413 210 File:Ts3.jpg
Children.jpg The Adventures of Raymundo Ray Mazza Children's 299 50 File:Ts3.jpg
Prenatal.jpg Baby Incoming: Preparing With Vigilance Eric Holmberg-Weidler Non-Fiction/Prenatal 220 300 File:Ts3.jpg A suggested read for first-time pregnant sims. Often, the sim carrying the baby will suggest that the other parent read it, too.
Commitment.jpg Commitment Issues Harvey Williams Drama 407 130 File:Ts3.jpg
Historical.jpg The Crumplebottom Legacy: A Tale Terri Ledonur Historical 301 480 File:Ts3.jpg
Autobiog.jpg The Economy James McLiteralson Political Memoir 405 300 File:Ts3.jpg
Humor.jpg Exit at Powell Len Jean Satire 676 230 File:Ts3.jpg
Mystery.jpg Game of Thorns Guy le Frace Mystery 309 405 File:Ts3.jpg
Scifi.jpg GPod Wayne Smug Science Fiction 225 250 File:Ts3.jpg
Nonfic.jpg How to Spin Plates Hannon Grey Non-Fiction 202 360 File:Ts3.jpg
Humor.jpg I'm Still Cool Leonard Prosper Humor 653 535 File:Ts3.jpg
Historical.jpg Llama Rights Peter Siren Historical 438 610 File:Ts3.jpg
Mystery.jpg Murder In Pleasantview Alexander Goth Mystery 391 65 File:Ts3.jpg
Autobiog.jpg The Nobel History of Socks Linus Becket Biography 601 1000 File:Ts3.jpg
Notexpecting.jpg Not Expecting Much Charlie Richards Vaudeville 299 940 File:Ts3.jpg
Humor.jpg On the Margins Willy Magnusson Satire 212 780 File:Ts3.jpg
Autobiog.jpg Point Farmer: the Story of Grant Rodiek Waylon Wilsonoff Autobiography 546 25 File:Ts3.jpg
Nonfic.jpg The Point of Pointilism Sebastian Humorsbane Non-Fiction 235 875 File:Ts3.jpg
Romance.jpg Special Snowflake Harvest Rain Song Romance 275 705 File:Ts3.jpg
Humor.jpg Stragedy and Other Messterpieces Gat Moss Humor 327 135 File:Ts3.jpg
Prenatal.jpg Totally Preggers: An Expecting Mother's Tale Eric Holmberg Non-Fiction/Prenatal 180 200 File:Ts3.jpg A suggested read for first-time pregnant sims. Often, the sim carrying the baby will suggest that the other parent read it, too.
Fiction.jpg Thunking T. Wilson Fiction 142 580 File:Ts3.jpg
Fantasy.jpg Unicorns for Audrey S.C. Gastern Fantasy 408 210 File:Ts3.jpg
Fantasy.jpg The Warlock of Palladia Matt Goss Fantasy 343 35 File:Ts3.jpg
Children.jpg Where's Bella? I.M. Wright Children's 107 40 File:Ts3.jpg
Scifi.jpg Zombies? Zombies! Robert Mankowitz Science Fiction 1,198 155 File:Ts3.jpg


Skill Books

General Skills

  • Sims can read these to improve general skills like cooking and handiness.
  Title Author Number of Pages Skill Level Price EP Comments
Logic.jpg Logic Vol. 1: Knights vs. Bishops Matt Goss 299 - 50 File:Ts3.jpg
Logic.jpg Logic Vol. 2: To Xor or Not to Xor Matt Goss 340 Logic 3 500 File:Ts3.jpg
Logic.jpg Logic Vol. 3: 3.14159265 Matt Goss 323 Logic 6 750 File:Ts3.jpg
Cooking.jpg Cooking Vol. 1: Too Much Salt Mario Oliver 199 - 50 File:Ts3.jpg
Cooking.jpg Cooking Vol. 2: Why You Need Baking Soda Sha Sha Chu 203 Cooking 3 500 File:Ts3.jpg
Cooking.jpg Cooking Vol. 3: Yummy and Delicious Basil Annato 225 Cooking 6 750 File:Ts3.jpg
Handiness.jpg Handiness Vol. 1: Unplug It First! Ray Mazza 200 - 50 File:Ts3.jpg
Handiness.jpg Handiness Vol. 2: Turn off the Water! Ray Mazza 211 Handiness 3 500 File:Ts3.jpg
Handiness.jpg Handiness Vol. 3: Puddles and Electricity Don't Mix Ray Mazza 297 Handiness 6 750 File:Ts3.jpg
Charisma.jpg Charisma Vol. 1: Fixing the Friend Problem Brock Sweeney 180 - 350 File:Ts3.jpg
Charisma.jpg Charisma Vol. 2: Talking to Anyone Slater Stone 201 Charisma 3 500 File:Ts3.jpg
Charisma.jpg Charisma Vol. 3: Becoming Irresistible Dirk Sterling 177 Charisma 6 750 File:Ts3.jpg
Gardening.jpg Gardening Vol. 1: The Watercan Chronicles Margaret Ng 250 - 350 File:Ts3.jpg
Gardening.jpg Gardening Vol. 2: Odor Free Fertilizer Margaret Ng 276 Gardening 3 500 File:Ts3.jpg
Gardening.jpg Gardening Vol. 3: Gardening to Riches Margaret Ng 281 Gardening 6 750 File:Ts3.jpg


Fishing

  • Sims can read these books to increase their fishing skill and their chance of reeling in a good quality fish.
  Title Author Number of Pages Skill Level Price EP Comments
Fish1.jpg The Wee Swimmers: Reeling Anchovy and Minnow Mac McHemit 60 Fishing 1 50 File:Ts3.jpg
Fish1.jpg The Whiskered Deep: Catfish and You Cletus Bagsworth 90 Fishing 1 100 File:Ts3.jpg
Fish2.jpg All that Glitters is Goldfish Hank Castwell 180 Fishing 1 200 File:Ts3.jpg
Fish1.jpg Gilled Tragedy: Trout and Clownfish Baiting Techniques Remick Statler 120 Fishing 2 300 File:Ts3.jpg
Fish2.jpg Sushi Swimmers: How to Catch Tuna, Salmon and Blowfish Parker O'Toole 180 Fishing 3 400 File:Ts3.jpg
Fish2.jpg Predators of the Deep: Piranha, Shark and Swordfish Tips Sammy Sturgeon 180 Fishing 5 500 File:Ts3.jpg
Fish3.jpg Heavenly Delicacies: Hooking the Angelfish and Lobster Anabelle Austin 270 Fishing 5 750 File:Ts3.jpg
Fish3.jpg Binary Fishing and Analog Bait for Robotfish Baylee Bodeen 360 Fishing 6 1400 File:Ts3.jpg
Fish3.jpg Fishing for the Dead; Deathfish and Vampirefish on the Line Cliff Boderick 360 Fishing 7 2000 File:Ts3.jpg


Sheet Music

  • Sims with high musical skills can purchase sheet music to add more songs to their repertoire.
  Title Author Number of Pages Skill Level Price EP Comments
Yellow.jpg Yes Ma'am, I do Bea Minor 30 Guitar 5 100 File:Ts3.jpg
Yellow.jpg Flamenco Fever Melody McDermott 60 Guitar 6 250 File:Ts3.jpg
Red.jpg A Perfect Moment Dee Major 90 Guitar 7 425 File:Ts3.jpg
Red.jpg Improvise Here and Now Harmony Williams 120 Guitar 8 600 File:Ts3.jpg
Blue.jpg Dream Escape Veronica Gonzalez 150 Guitar 9 1400 File:Ts3.jpg


Child Development

  • Child development books can be read to toddlers by teen/YA/adult/elder sims to increase the skill level of the toddler. Once the book is completely read to the toddler they can pick it up and read it by themselves.
  • Sims with the Childish trait can read and enjoy a Child Development book.
  Title Author Number of Pages Price EP Comments
Childlogic.jpg Being Smart for Fun and Profit Alfred Russel 15 210 File:Ts3.jpg Improves the logic skill
Seuss.jpg Bluish Eggs With a Side of Pastrami Brady Bobcat 6 50 File:Ts3.jpg A play on Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham

Improves the writing skill

Childlogic.jpg Counting for Those Who Cannot Anne Teak 6 50 File:Ts3.jpg Improveσ the logic skill
Childart.jpg Don't Stay Within the Lines Vincent Dali 15 210 File:Ts3.jpg Improves the painting skill
Childart.jpg Finger Painting 101 Melissa Vertrund 6 50 File:Ts3.jpg Improves the painting skill
Seuss.jpg Frank I'm Not Sarah Glass 10 125 File:Ts3.jpg A play on Dr. Seuss's Sam I Am

Improves the writing skill

Childart.jpg Handprints of the Masters Jessica Granada 10 125 File:Ts3.jpg Improves the painting skill
Jimmy.jpg Jimmy Sprocket and the Chalice of Lichens Kelly Davis 10 125 File:Ts3.jpg A play on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Jimmy.jpg Jimmy Sprocket and the Escape from "Fun" Land Bobby the Clown 15 210 File:Ts3.jpg A play on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Jimmy.jpg Jimmy Sprocket and the Squishy Stone Jenna Conroy 6 50 File:Ts3.jpg A play on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Seuss.jpg Oh the Destinations You'll Briefly Visit Brian Bell 15 210 File:Ts3.jpg A play on Dr. Seuss's Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Improves the writing skill

Childlogic.jpg Squares Are Not Triangles Ferris Wheeler 10 125 File:Ts3.jpg Improves the logic skill


Recipies

  • As your sim's cooking skill increases they can read recipes to create more complex and satisfying meals.
  Title Number of Pages Skill Level Price EP Comments
Bluerec.jpg Ratatouilee 30 Cooking 1 25 File:Ts3.jpg
Bluerec.jpg Fish and Chips 45 Cooking 3 50 File:Ts3.jpg
Bluerec.jpg Cookies 60 Cooking 3 100 File:Ts3.jpg
Bluerec.jpg Fruit Parfait 75 Cooking 4 200 File:Ts3.jpg
Redrec.jpg Cheesesteak 90 Cooking 5 300 File:Ts3.jpg
Redrec.jpg Cobbler 105 Cooking 6 450 File:Ts3.jpg
Redrec.jpg Eggs Machiavellian 120 Cooking 7 580 File:Ts3.jpg
Greenrec.jpg Tri-Tip Steak 135 Cooking 8 650 File:Ts3.jpg
Greenrec.jpg Stuffed Turkey 155 Cooking 9 800 File:Ts3.jpg
Greenrec.jpg Baked Angel Food Cake 180 Cooking 10 1000 File:Ts3.jpg
Greenrec.jpg Ambrosia 360 Cooking 10 12000 File:Ts3.jpg



Books Not Sold In Stores

Career Reads

  • These books are obtained via career challenges and other special opportunities.

Note: I dug these out from the Books xml file, so the titles may not be %100 percent accurate.

Athletics

Title Number of Pages Career Level EP Comments
When to Rave And When to Riot 144 1 File:Ts3.jpg
Making the Sale: From Hot Dogs to Foam Fingers 151 2 File:Ts3.jpg
Dealing With Difficult Players 171 3 File:Ts3.jpg
Bus Cramps: A Cautionary Tale 218 4 File:Ts3.jpg
Getting Past the Draft 244 5 File:Ts3.jpg
Name Positioning: Starting Your Brand 304 6 File:Ts3.jpg
It's More Than Good Moves 364 7 File:Ts3.jpg
Making Better Shoe Deals 388 9 File:Ts3.jpg
Avoiding the Downward Spiral 412 10 File:Ts3.jpg


Business

Title Number of Pages Career Level EP Comments
Caffeine Culture 150 1 File:Ts3.jpg
Going Paperless 190 2 File:Ts3.jpg
Bloviation on Hyper Inflation 212 3 File:Ts3.jpg
You Are Special 269 4 File:Ts3.jpg
Limiting Liability 310 5 File:Ts3.jpg
Woes of Whistleblowing 359 6 File:Ts3.jpg
Yay Tax Shelters! 391 7 File:Ts3.jpg
ABC's of Downsizing 412 8 File:Ts3.jpg


Criminal

Title Number of Pages Career Level EP Comments
Avoid Bulges and Other Helpful Tips 116 1 File:Ts3.jpg
Adapting to the Wallet Environment 183 2 File:Ts3.jpg
From Goon to Guido: Thuggery Evolved 191 3 File:Ts3.jpg
Make Em' Pay 202 4 File:Ts3.jpg
Losing the Huckster Label 245 5 File:Ts3.jpg
Snake Oil and Other Sound Investment Strategies 312 6 File:Ts3.jpg
Advanced Combinatorials 383 7 File:Ts3.jpg
Making Yourself Indispensable 403 8 File:Ts3.jpg
The Mythical Hot Tin Roof 475 9 File:Ts3.jpg
Hostile Takeover: When to Make the Move 512 10 File:Ts3.jpg


Journalism

Title Number of Pages Career Level EP Comments
Street or Sidewalk?, A Cautionary Talk 164 1 File:Ts3.jpg
Faster Checking Through the Power of Word Processing! 174 2 File:Ts3.jpg
Avoiding Plagiarism 208 3 File:Ts3.jpg
From Notepad to Laptop 227 4 File:Ts3.jpg
101 Ways to Be Vague 395 5 File:Ts3.jpg
The Finer Points of Yellow Journalism 431 6 File:Ts3.jpg
Fronts and Barometrics: Excellence Through Jargon 568 7 File:Ts3.jpg
(sic) and Its Use In Important Stories 642 8 File:Ts3.jpg
How To Fix It When News Breaks 712 9 File:Ts3.jpg


Law

Title Number of Pages Career Level EP Comments
How to Avoid Concrete Shoes 139 1 File:Ts3.jpg
More Out Than In: Maintaining a Proper Desk Environment 181 2 File:Ts3.jpg
Advanced Whistle Techniques 206 3 File:Ts3.jpg
Protect, Serve and Look Good Doing It 224 4 File:Ts3.jpg
Free Donuts and Other Great Leadership Tips 267 4 File:Ts3.jpg
How Not to Be Seen 299 5 File:Ts3.jpg
Keep Em' Guessing 306 6 File:Ts3.jpg
Effective Luminol Spraying Techniques 378 7 File:Ts3.jpg
Avoiding Squint Jargon for Better Communication 444 8 File:Ts3.jpg


Medical

Novels

Title Number of Pages Career Level EP Comments
The Gift of Life 222 1 File:Ts3.jpg
Better Out Than In 175 2 File:Ts3.jpg
Respecting the Ambulance 317 3 File:Ts3.jpg
Blood Is Not Blue 197 4 File:Ts3.jpg
The 36 Hour Shift And You 301 5 File:Ts3.jpg
The Golden Hour 276 6 File:Ts3.jpg
The ATGCs Of Genetics 178 7 File:Ts3.jpg
The Simmania Pandemic 255 8 File:Ts3.jpg
Grey Matters 350 9 File:Ts3.jpg

Medical Journals

Title Number of Pages Career Level EP Comments
Selling Organs for Fun And Profit 4 File:Ts3.jpg
Managing Medical Malpractice 5 File:Ts3.jpg
Et Tu Nurse? 6 File:Ts3.jpg
Surgey for Dummies: Unrated Edition 7 File:Ts3.jpg
101 Things to Try Out In the Operating Room 8 File:Ts3.jpg
Clever Interpretations of the Hippocratic Oath 9 File:Ts3.jpg
Fashionable Pagers That Bling 10 File:Ts3.jpg


Military

Title Number of Pages Career Level EP Comments
Getting Out of the Pit 150 1 File:Ts3.jpg
Advanced Elbow Lubricant Techniques 197 2 File:Ts3.jpg
Learning to Speak Officer 203 3 File:Ts3.jpg
Learn to Fly In 21 Days 277 4 File:Ts3.jpg
Dealing With Whining From Engines and Pilots 299 5 File:Ts3.jpg
How to Take the Ugly for the Team 375 6 File:Ts3.jpg
Beyond the Aviator Glasses 422 7 File:Ts3.jpg
Herding Cats 502 8 File:Ts3.jpg
Coping With Geese and Vipers 536 9 File:Ts3.jpg


Music

Title Number of Pages Career Level EP Comments
Getting Noticed In the Sea of Fans 170 1 File:Ts3.jpg
Life on the Hard Rocky Road 187 2 File:Ts3.jpg
Don't Upstage the Band 199 3 File:Ts3.jpg
Herding Cats: Music Edition 214 4 File:Ts3.jpg
Diamonds In the Rough 256 5 File:Ts3.jpg
It's More Than Rhyme Books 19 6 - Rock File:Ts3.jpg
True Symphonic Synergy 377 6 - Symphonic File:Ts3.jpg
Legends of Rock 9 - Rock File:Ts3.jpg
Improving Conductivity Between Brass and Woodwind 612 9 - Symphonic File:Ts3.jpg


Political

Title Number of Pages Career Level EP Comments
Wax On, Wax Off 140 1 File:Ts3.jpg
Cheating With Chads 170 2 File:Ts3.jpg
The Joy of Smear Campaigning 192 3 File:Ts3.jpg
There Is No No 216 4 File:Ts3.jpg
Don't Taze Your Bros! 234 5 File:Ts3.jpg
An Earmark Economy 267 6 File:Ts3.jpg
Yay Pork Barrels! 288 7 File:Ts3.jpg
Gerrymandapalooza! 301 8 File:Ts3.jpg
Taters 401 9 File:Ts3.jpg


Science

Title Number of Pages Career Level EP Comments
Living With Mutation 146 1 File:Ts3.jpg
Dangerous Device Disposal 178 2 File:Ts3.jpg
Practical Science From Boast to Beaker 208 3 File:Ts3.jpg
Nitrates: They're Not Just for Bombs Anymore 238 4 File:Ts3.jpg
Strange Correlations of Little Shops and Venus 274 5 File:Ts3.jpg Alludes to the movie Little Shop of Horror
When Pigs Fly, Going Too Far? 326 6 File:Ts3.jpg
Goldfish, Piranha and Other Friendly Creatures 367 7 File:Ts3.jpg
Advanced Deniability Procedures 401 8 File:Ts3.jpg
The Evolution of the RoboLlama 456 9 File:Ts3.jpg


Hints and Tips

  • The Divisadero Budget Books Store periodically has sales. When books do go on sale, it's best to go ahead and buy the really expensive books. You can score discounts as great as 2,000 simoleans!
  • Reading a book at the library helps your sim complete a book faster.
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