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===Cooking=== | ===Cooking=== | ||
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| class="shaded" |Handiness Vol. 3: Puddles and Electricity Don't Mix | | class="shaded" |Handiness Vol. 3: Puddles and Electricity Don't Mix | ||
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A Bibliophile's Dream
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
These books can be bought at the book store and/or come as starter books for a bookshelf.
General
- 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.
Skill Books
Sims can read these to improve general skills like cooking and handiness.
Logic
These books raise the Logic Skill.
Cooking
These books raise the Cooking Skill.
Handiness
These books raise the Handiness Skill.
Charisma
These books raise the Charisma Skill.
Gardening
These books raise the Gardening Skill.
Photography
This book raises the Photography Skill.
Icon | Title | Author | # of Pages | Skill Level | Price | EP | Comments |
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Photography Vol. 1: Taking off the Lens Cap | Henrich Van Steerderdang | 199 | 0 - 3 | 50 | ![]() |
Can only be bought in Egypt. |
Martial Arts
This book raises the Martial Arts Skill.
Icon | Title | Author | # of Pages | Skill Level | Price | EP | Comments |
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Martial Arts Vol. 1: Wax On Philosophic | Shan Cai | 199 | 0 - 3 | 50 | ![]() |
Can only be bought in China. |
Fishing
Fishing skill books teach which baits are used for particular fish, but do not add to the sim's fishing skill level.
Sheet Music
Similar to the way the fishing books work, sheet music books do not add to actual guitar skill, but instead allow sims to add more songs to their repertoire. Once one of these books have been read once, it will be destroyed.
Child Development
Child development books can be read to toddlers by teen, young adult, adult, or elder sims. The books help 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. If you put the book on the ground the toddler can read it without having another sim read it to them first.
Sims with the Childish trait can read and enjoy a Child Development book regardless of age.
Recipes
As your sim's cooking skill increases they can read recipes to create more complex and satisfying meals. For more information on all the recipes available as well as cooking skill, see: Cooking & Recipes. Note: once one of these books have been read once, it will be destroyed.
Career Specific Books
These books are obtained via career challenges and other special opportunities, and cannot be bought at the store.
Athletics
Title | # of Pages | Career Level | Comments |
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When to Rave And When to Riot | 144 | 1 | |
Making the Sale: From Hot Dogs to Foam Fingers | 151 | 2 | |
Dealing With Difficult Players | 171 | 3 | |
Bus Cramps: A Cautionary Tale | 218 | 4 | |
Getting Past the Draft | 244 | 5 | |
Name Positioning: Starting Your Brand | 304 | 6 | |
It's More Than Good Moves | 364 | 7 | |
Making Better Shoe Deals | 388 | 9 | |
Avoiding the Downward Spiral | 412 | 10 |
Business
Title | # of Pages | Career Level | Comments |
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The Wright Papers | 225 | - | Written by I.M. Wright |
The Goth Account | 301 | - | Written by Alexandra Goth |
Landgraab Financial | 242 | - | Written by Malcolm Landgraab |
Caffeine Culture | 150 | 1 | |
Going Paperless | 190 | 2 | |
Bloviation on Hyper Inflation | 212 | 3 | |
You Are Special | 269 | 4 | |
Limiting Liability | 310 | 5 | |
Woes of Whistleblowing | 359 | 6 | |
Yay Tax Shelters! | 391 | 7 | |
ABC's of Downsizing | 412 | 8 |
Culinary
Title | # of Pages | Career Level | Comments |
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Secrets of The Master Chef | 354 | - | Written by Charles Gast |
Criminal
Title | # of Pages | Career Level | Comments |
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Avoid Bulges and Other Helpful Tips | 116 | 1 | |
Adapting to the Wallet Environment | 183 | 2 | |
From Goon to Guido: Thuggery Evolved | 191 | 3 | |
Make Em' Pay | 202 | 4 | |
Losing the Huckster Label | 245 | 5 | |
Snake Oil and Other Sound Investment Strategies | 312 | 6 | |
Advanced Combinatorials | 383 | 7 | |
Making Yourself Indispensable | 403 | 8 | |
The Mythical Hot Tin Roof | 475 | 9 | |
Hostile Takeover: When to Make the Move | 512 | 10 |
Journalism
Title | # of Pages | Career Level | Comments |
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Street or Sidewalk?, A Cautionary Talk | 164 | 1 | |
Faster Checking Through the Power of Word Processing! | 174 | 2 | |
Avoiding Plagiarism | 208 | 3 | |
From Notepad to Laptop | 227 | 4 | |
101 Ways to Be Vague | 395 | 5 | |
The Finer Points of Yellow Journalism | 431 | 6 | |
Fronts and Barometrics: Excellence Through Jargon | 568 | 7 | |
(sic) and Its Use In Important Stories | 642 | 8 | |
How To Fix It When News Breaks | 712 | 9 |
Law
Title | # of Pages | Career Level | Comments |
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How to Avoid Concrete Shoes | 139 | 1 | |
More Out Than In: Maintaining a Proper Desk Environment | 181 | 2 | |
Advanced Whistle Techniques | 206 | 3 | |
Protect, Serve and Look Good Doing It | 224 | 4 | |
Free Donuts and Other Great Leadership Tips | 267 | 5 | |
How Not to Be Seen | 299 | 5 | |
Keep Em' Guessing | 306 | 6 | |
Effective Luminol Spraying Techniques | 378 | 7 | |
Avoiding Squint Jargon for Better Communication | 444 | 8 |
Medical
Novels
Title | # of Pages | Career Level | Comments |
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The Gift of Life | 222 | 1 | |
Better Out Than In | 175 | 2 | |
Respecting the Ambulance | 317 | 3 | |
Blood Is Not Blue | 197 | 4 | |
The 36 Hour Shift And You | 301 | 5 | |
The Golden Hour | 276 | 6 | |
The ATGCs Of Genetics | 178 | 7 | |
The Simmania Pandemic | 255 | 8 | |
Grey Matters | 350 | 9 |
Medical Journals
Title | Career Level | Comments |
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Selling Organs for Fun And Profit | 4 | |
Managing Medical Malpractice | 5 | |
Et Tu Nurse? | 6 | A reference to Shakespear's Julius Caesar |
Surgey for Dummies: Unrated Edition | 7 | |
101 Things to Try Out In the Operating Room | 8 | |
Clever Interpretations of the Hippocratic Oath | 9 | |
Fashionable Pagers That Bling | 10 |
Military
Title | # of Pages | Career Level | Comments |
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Getting Out of the Pit | 150 | 1 | |
Advanced Elbow Lubricant Techniques | 197 | 2 | |
Learning to Speak Officer | 203 | 3 | |
Learn to Fly In 21 Days | 277 | 4 | |
Dealing With Whining From Engines and Pilots | 299 | 5 | |
How to Take the Ugly for the Team | 375 | 6 | |
Beyond the Aviator Glasses | 422 | 7 | |
Herding Cats | 502 | 8 | |
Coping With Geese and Vipers | 536 | 9 | Alludes to the movie Top Gun |
Music
Title | # of Pages | Career Level | Comments |
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Getting Noticed In the Sea of Fans | 170 | 1 | |
Life on the Hard Rocky Road | 187 | 2 | |
Don't Upstage the Band | 199 | 3 | |
Herding Cats: Music Edition | 214 | 4 | |
Diamonds In the Rough | 256 | 5 | |
It's More Than Rhyme Books | 19 | 6 - Rock | |
True Symphonic Synergy | 377 | 6 - Symphonic | |
Legends of Rock | 9 - Rock | ||
Improving Conductivity Between Brass and Woodwind | 612 | 9 - Symphonic |
Political
Title | # of Pages | Career Level | Comments |
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Wax On, Wax Off | 140 | 1 | Alludes to the movie Karate Kid |
Cheating With Chads | 170 | 2 | |
The Joy of Smear Campaigning | 192 | 3 | |
There Is No No | 216 | 4 | |
Don't Taze Your Bros! | 234 | 5 | A play on the iconic phrase "Don't taze me bro!" |
An Earmark Economy | 267 | 6 | |
Yay Pork Barrels! | 288 | 7 | |
Gerrymandapalooza! | 301 | 8 | |
Taters | 401 | 9 |
Science
Title | # of Pages | Career Level | Comments |
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Living With Mutation | 146 | 1 | |
Dangerous Device Disposal | 178 | 2 | |
Practical Science From Boast to Beaker | 208 | 3 | |
Nitrates: They're Not Just for Bombs Anymore | 238 | 4 | |
Strange Correlations of Little Shops and Venus | 274 | 5 | Alludes to the movie Little Shop of Horror |
When Pigs Fly, Going Too Far? | 326 | 6 | |
Goldfish, Piranha and Other Friendly Creatures | 367 | 7 | |
Advanced Deniability Procedures | 401 | 8 | |
The Evolution of the RoboLlama | 456 | 9 |
Time Machine Books
These books are obtained via time traveling, and cannot be bought at the store.
Past
Future
Hints and Tips
- The book 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 simoleons!
- Reading a book at the library helps your sim complete a book faster due to the "Power Study" moodlet.
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