Skill Books
There are five books that will advance each of your skills, except that there are six for four of the schools of magic and four for Speechcraft - if there is a fifth, someone please let me know the title and location. Here's a list of the books associated with each skill and where they are located. This list does not include books showing up as levelled loot, but it does include titles that may be given as quest rewards. Unless otherwise noted, these books are not in containers. They are out in the open in bookshelves, laying on tables or desks, or whatever.
Skill | Title | Locations |
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Acrobatics | Thief |
S'Krivva's house in Bravil |
A Dance in Fire, vol. 1 |
Ganredhel's house in Cheydinhal | |
A Dance in Fire, vol. 4 |
Kvatch Caste | |
The Black Arrow, vol. 1 |
Torbald the Sufficient's House (chest) | |
Mystery of Talara, vol. 1 |
May show up as leveled loot | |
Alchemy | A Game at Dinner |
Chorral Mages Guild |
Mannimarco: King of Worms |
Arcane University: Mystic Archives | |
Song of the Alchemists |
Arcane University: Lustratorium | |
De Rerum Dirennis |
All Things Alchemical (Skingrad) | |
Calcinator Treatise |
Imperial Bridge Inn | |
Alteration | Daughter of the Niben |
Skingrad Mages Guild Living Quarters |
The Dragon Break |
Elven Gardens District: Dovyn Aren's House (Upstairs) | |
Sithis |
Leyawiin Chapel | |
Reality and Other Falsehoods |
Southern Books, 2nd Floor | |
The Lunar Lorkhan |
Henantier's Dream (only accessible in "Through a Nightmare Darkly") |
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Armorer | The Armorer's Challenge |
Cheydinhal Fighters Guild |
Last Scabbared of Akrash |
Market District: A Fighting Chance, Upstairs | |
Light Armor Repair |
Bravil Castle: Barracks | |
Cherim's Heart of Anequina |
Market District: First Edition, Upstairs | |
Heavy Armor Repair |
May show up as leveled loot | |
Athletics | The Ransom of Zarek |
Arena Bloodworks (cupboard) |
A Dance in Fire, vol. 3 |
Juras the Shepherd's House (Skingrad) | |
The Red Kitchen Reader |
Anvil Castle: Private Quarters | |
Beggar |
Cloud Ruler Temple, Great Hall | |
The Argonian Account, Book 1 |
May show up as leveled loot |
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Blade | Words and Philosophy |
Modryn Oreyn's House (Chorral) |
2920, Morning Star |
Castle Cheydinhal, Private Quarters Castle Leyawiin, Steward's quarters Reward for "The Wandering Scholar" quest (Fighter's Guild) |
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Fire and Darkness |
Chest in the Imperial Sewers during "The Ultimate Heist" quest | |
Song of Hrormir |
Castle Bravil, Private Quarters, East Wing Arena District (chest near sleeping pallets) |
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Battle of Sancre Tor |
Castle Bravil, Great Hall May show up as leveled loot |
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Block | Death Blow of Abernanit |
Anvil Fighters Guild, Dining Hall (chest) |
The Mirror |
Leyawiin City Watch Barracks | |
A Dance in Fire, vol. 2 |
Elven Gardens Guardhouse | |
Warrior |
Castle Leyawiin, Private Quarters | |
The Warp in the West |
Cloud Ruler Temple, Great Hall Brother Piner (gives it to you if you ask for assistance in Main Quest) May show up as leveled loot |
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Blunt | The Legendary Sancre Tor |
Chorral: Vilena Donton's House, Vilena Donton's Quarters |
The Importance of Where |
Castle Bravil, Dungeon | |
Night Falls on Sentinel |
Goblin Jim's Cave | |
King |
Anvil Castle: Royal Quarters | |
Mace Etiquette |
May show up as leveled loot | |
Conjuration | The Doors of Oblivion |
Fort Caractacus (exterior area) Anvil Mages Guild, Library Cloud Ruler Temple, Great Hall |
Liminal Bridges |
Arcane University, Mystic Archives, Upstairs | |
2920, Hearth Fire |
Bruma Chapel Hall | |
2920, Frostfall |
Anvil Chapel Hall | |
The Warrior's Charge | May show up as leveled loot | |
Mythic Dawn Commentaries 1 |
You'll get it during the "Path of Dawn" quest | |
Destruction | Mythic Dawn Commentaries 2 | You'll get it during the "Path of Dawn" quest |
The Horrors of Castle Xyr |
Bravil Mages Guild, 3rd Floor | |
Response to Bero's Speech |
Arcane University, Mystic Archives | |
A Hypothetical Treachery |
Castle Skingrad, Lord's Manor | |
The Art of War Magic |
Leafrot Cave | |
Mystery of Talara, vol. 3 |
May show up as leveled loot | |
Hand-to-Hand | Immortal Blood |
Temple District, Seridur's House, Basement |
The Wolf Queen, vol. 2 |
Castle Skingrad, Lord's Manor | |
Ahzirr Traajijazeri |
Bruma, J'Ghasta's House Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, Training Room |
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Way of the Exposed Palm |
Fieldhouse Cave, Black Balconies of Fieldhouse | |
Master Zoaraym's Tale |
May show up as leveled loot | |
Heavy Armor | Hallgerd's Tale |
Chorral Fighters Guild, Tower (chest) |
2920, MidYear |
Chorral: Fire and Steel | |
Chimarvamidium |
Imperial Legion Headquarters, Barracks | |
How Orsinium Passed to Orcs |
Castle Bruma, Lord's Manor | |
History of the Fighters Guild |
Arcane University: Mystic Archives Chorral Fighters Guild May show up as leveled loot |
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Illusion | Mythic Dawn Commentaries 3 | You'll get it during the "Path of Dawn" quest |
The Wolf Queen, vol. 3 |
Bruma Mages Guild, Basement | |
The Argonian Account, Book 3 |
Arcane University, Mystic Archives, Upstairs | |
Incident in Necrom |
Cheydinhal: Willow Bank | |
Palla, vol. 1 |
Arkved's Tower, Arkved's Death Quarters (accessible during Vaermina's quest - not sure if it's available otherwise) | |
Mystery of Talara, vol. 4 |
Fort Caratacus (exterior) May show up as leveled loot |
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Light Armor | The Rear Guard |
Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, Training Room (chest) |
Ice and Chitin |
Leyawiin, Ahdarji's House, 2nd Floor, West (chest) | |
Lord Jornibret's Last Dance |
Bleak Flats Cave | |
The Refugees |
Cloud Ruler Temple, Great Hall Market District: First Edition Books |
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Rislav The Righteous |
May show up as leveled loot | |
Marksman | The Gold Ribbon of Merit |
Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, Training Room (chest) |
A Dance in Fire, vol. 5 |
Bruma, Regner's House | |
Vernaccus and Bourlor |
Chorral: Renoit's Books | |
Father Of The Niben |
Castle Bravil, Private Quarters, North Wing | |
The Black Arrow, vol. 2 |
Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, Living Quaters (Teinaava's Chest) May show up as leveled loot |
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Mercantile | The Buying Game |
Elven Gardens, Fathis Ules' House, Upstairs |
The Wolf Queen, vol. 4 |
Market District, Office of Imperial Commerce | |
2920, Sun's Height |
Mark District, Black Horse Courier | |
A Dance in Fire, vol. 6 |
Chorral: Casta Scribonia's House | |
A Dance in Fire, vol. 7 |
May show up as leveled loot | |
Mysticism | Mythic Dawn Commentaries 4 | You'll get it during the "Path of Dawn" quest |
The Firsthold Revolt |
Cheydinhal Mages Guild Basement | |
2920, Sun's Dawn |
Skingrad Chapel Hall | |
The Black Arts On Trial |
Market District, Mystic Emporium | |
Before the Ages of Man |
Arcane University, Chironasium | |
Souls, Black and White |
Fort Cuptor, Battlemains May show up as leveled loot |
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Restoration | Withershins |
Leyawiin Mages Guild Library |
Notes on Racial Phylogeny |
Chorral Chapel Hall (chest) | |
The Exodus |
Skingrad Chapel Hall | |
2920, Rain's Hand |
Bravil Chapel Great Hall | |
Mystery of Talara, vol. 2 |
May show up as leveled loot | |
Security | The Locked Room |
Anvil Castle, Smuggler's Cave (chest) |
The Wolf Queen, vol. 1 |
Bravil: Droshanji's House | |
Proper Lock Design |
Waterfront District, Dareloth's House, Upstairs (only available after completing the Thieves Guild questline) | |
Advances in Lock Picking |
Mach-Na (has a copy in his personal inventory) Fingerbowl Cave |
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Surfeit of Thieves |
May show up as leveled loot | |
Sneak | The Wolf Queen, vol. 6 |
Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary |
2920, Last Seed |
Bravil: City-Swimmer's House | |
Sacred Witness |
Lake Arrius Shrine, Shrine Living Chamers (chest) | |
Legend of Krately House |
Cloud Ruler Temple, East Wing | |
Purloined Shadows |
May show up as leveled loot | |
Speechcraft | Biography of the Wolf Queen |
Waterfront District, Armand Christophe's House (chest) Reward for "Caught in the Hunt" quest |
The Wolf Queen, vol. 5 |
Temple Distict: Hastrel Ottus' House | |
2920, Second Seed |
Imperial City Palace: Imperial Battlemage's Chambers | |
The Wolf Queen, vol. 7 |
Castle Cheydinhal, Lord's Quarters | |