Online:Books

Thousands of books can be found in Elder Scrolls Online. Most books are included in the collections below, but there are some that are not; a list of all books in the game can be found here.

The majority of books just fill in back story or provide lore material. However, there are a number of different kinds of books, such as skill books, which give a boost to a skill or set of skills; quest books, which are needed (sometimes optionally) to start or progress a quest; style books, which are needed for unlocking crafting styles; and lore books, which are part of Shalidor's Library (see below) and will increase your rank in the Mages Guild. Some books may also reveal locations on your map, or even teach you Alchemy traits.

See also: Books by Zone

CollectionsEdit

Books are divided into collections, which vary greatly in size, and these collections are grouped into three larger libraries:

• Crafting Motifs: This collection includes all the crafting motifs, which were previously a part of Eidetic Memory.
• Eidetic Memory: This library lists most of the remaining books, letters and notes not included in Shalidor's Library. The Eidetic Memory is not visible until the Mages Guild questline is complete, but any books read before then will be marked as seen.
• Shalidor's Library: This is a set of collectible books that appear as glowing purple tomes. Reading them contributes towards the Mages Guild rank, even if you have not joined and unlocked the skill line.
• Hireling Correspondence was able to be read through the Quest Journal in Update 42.
• Finally, there are some books which are not part of any collections or libraries. These can be found here.

Crafting MotifsEdit

Abah's Watch Style Akaviri Style Aldmeri Dominion Style Ancestral Akaviri Style Ancestral Breton Style Ancestral High Elf Style Ancestral Nord Style Ancestral Orc Style Ancestral Reach Style Ancient Daedric Style Ancient Orc Style Anequina Style Annihilarch's Chosen Style Apostle Style Arkthzand Armory Style Ascendant Order Style Ashlander Style Assassins League Style Black Fin Legion Style Blackreach Vanguard Style Blessed Inheritor Style Blind Path Cultist Style Bloodforge Style Buoyant Armiger Style Celestial Style Clan Dreamcarver Style Coldsnap Style Crafting Books Crimson Oath Style

Daggerfall Covenant Style Dark Brotherhood Style Dead Keeper Style Dead-Water Style Dragonguard Style Draugr Style Dreadhorn Style Dreadsails Style Dremora Style Dro-m'Athra Style Drowned Mariner Style Dwemer Style Ebonheart Pact Style Ebonshadow Style Ebony Style Elder Argonian Style Exile's Revenge Style Fang Lair Style Fargrave Guardian Style Firesong Style Frostcaster Style* Glass Style Greymoor Style Grim Harlequin Style* Hazardous Alchemy Style Hircine Bloodhunter Style Hollowjack Style Honor Guard Style House Hexos Style

House Hlaalu Style House Mornard Style House Redoran Style House Telvanni Style Huntsman Style Icereach Coven Style Ivory Brigade Style Kindred's Concord Style Lucent Sentinel Style Malacath Style Mazzatun Style Mercenary Style Meridian Style Militant Monk Style Militant Ordinator Style Minotaur Style Moongrave Fane Style Morag Tong Style New Moon Priest Style Nighthollow Style Order Hour Style Outlaw Style Pellitine Style Psijic Style Pyandonean Style Pyre Watch Style Ra Gada Style The Recollection Style Refabricated Style

Sapiarch Style Scalecaller Style Scribes of Mora Style Sea Giant Style Shardborn Style Shield of Senchal Style Silken Ring Style Silver Dawn Style Silver Rose Style Skinchanger Style Stags of Z'en Style Steadfast Society Style Sul-Xan Style Sunspire Style Syrabanic Marine Style Systres Guardian Style Thieves Guild Style Tide-Born Style Thorn Legion Style Trinimac Style True-Sworn Style Tsaesci Style* Waking Flame Style Wayward Guardian Style West Weald Legion Style Welkynar Style Worm Cult Style Xivkyn Style Y'ffre's Will Style Yokudan Style

* These styles are currently not visible in the library due to the motifs themselves being available only during limited time period.

Eidetic MemoryEdit

Adventurer's Almanac Anequina Archives Apocryphal Pages Archipelago Books and Almanacs Books of Blackwood Clockwork Mnemonix Companions Correspondence Craglorn Secrets Criminal Correspondence Daedric Cults Diaries and Logs Dispatches from the Deadlands Dungeon Delver Documents Elusive Manuscripts Final Words Gold Coast Tomes Handbills, Posters, and Decrees Hearts and Flowers Hew's Bane Bookshelf Houses, Shops, and Trade Imperial Library Letters and Missives Library of Incunabula Lore and Culture Lore of Murkmire Military Orders and Reports Moawita Memories Mysteries and Clues

Notes and Memos Orsinium Archive Pellitine Postings Personal Journals Plots and Schemes Research Notes Rituals and Revelations Scholarium Scribblings Skill Books Solitude Soliloquies Solstice Summations Summerset Scrolls Systres Tomes and Scrolls Tales of Tamriel Telvanni Tomes The Devoted and the Deranged The Five Companions The Impresario's Catalogue The Reach Reader The World and Its Creatures Tomes of Tributes Vivec's 36 Lessons Vvardenfell Volumes West Weald Writings Western Skyrim Register Words of the Poets Wrothgar Writings

Shalidor's LibraryEdit

Alik'r Desert Lore Auridon Lore Bangkorai Lore Biographies Coldharbour Lore Daedric Princes Deshaan Lore Divines and Deities Dungeon Lore Dwemer

Eastmarch Lore Glenumbra Lore Grahtwood Lore Greenshade Lore Legends of Nirn Literature Magic and Magicka Malabal Tor Lore Myths of the Mundus Oblivion Lore

Poetry and Song Reaper's March Lore Rivenspire Lore Shadowfen Lore Stonefalls Lore Stormhaven Lore Tamriel History The Rift Lore The Trial of Eyevea

Hireling CorrespondenceEdit

• Enchanter Hireling Correspondence
• Forager Hireling Correspondence
• Miner Hireling Correspondence
• Lumberjack Hireling Correspondence
• Outfitter Hireling Correspondence

Cut BooksEdit

Cut books were planned to be added to the game during development, but were removed before release or were otherwise never made available for players to read.

→ See also: Cut Books

Deprecated BooksEdit

Deprecated books were removed from the game after an update and may not reflect current lore.

→ See also: Deprecated Books

Known IssuesEdit

There are a number of known Issues with current lorebooks. These have been categorised as below:

• No access to location post-quest - Books that are quest related but the game world location is not accessible post-quest. Quest Name - Location Name is given in parentheses

• Has post-quest location but cannot be read - Books in the game world but cannot be interacted with. Location Name is given in parentheses

• Disappears after quest - Books with accessible locations but that disappear post-quest

• Disappears from inventory after quest - Books that appear only in player inventory and have no post-quest location. Quest name is given in parentheses

• Unknown, not found in game - For books that are in the collection but no evidence they exist in the game world

• Not in collection - For books that are in the game, but are not in any collection within the Eidetic Memory