Books
Books and readable items are a steady path to intelligence, skill ticks, and morale swings. They appear in the market, library, and special vendors; some are single-use while others are flavor logs with stat effects.
Intelligence and learning
Many books push intelligence or academics—ideal for students and white-collar careers. Stack reading with school and courses for faster promotion gates.
Skill training
Skill-specific manuals (or generic “improvement” reads) grant targeted skill progress. Match the book to your planned job: cooking tomes for chefs, crime manuals for illegal playstyles (where offered). Public library visits and market restocks rotate what is easy to buy—check both when min-maxing.
Prison reading
Prison adds morale reads (magazines, diary writing) and prison life training through written routines. The prison scholar achievement rewards dedicated study behind bars—pair books with safe yard days.
Read during low-risk days when energy is cheap—books rarely outperform a paid work shift for money, but they compound across decades. In prison, the diary mixes morale and prison life for efficient sentence use.
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Some books are gag items with big morale swings; check effects before reading in critical moments.