List of books in The Sims 3.
General books[]
Base Game General Books[]
Name | Picture | Genre | Author | Page | Price |
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Point Farmer: The Story of Grant Rodiek | Autobiography | Waylon Wilsonoff | 546 | §25 | |
The Warlock of Palladia | Fantasy | Matt Goss | 343 | §35 | |
Where's Bella? | Children's | I.M. Wright | 107 | §40 | |
The Adventures Of Raymundo | Children's | Ray Mazza | 299 | §50 | |
Murder in Pleasantview | Mystery | Alexander Goth | 391 | §65 | |
A Magnetic Attraction | Trashy | Grant Rodiek | 310 | §80 | |
Commitment Issues | Drama | Harvey Williams | 407 | §130 | |
Stragedy and Other Messterpieces | Humor | Gat Moss | 327 | §135 | |
Zombies? Zombies! | Science Fiction | Robert Mankowitz | 1,198 | §180 | |
Abstract with Turkey | Fiction | Cecil Wilson | 413 | §210 | |
Unicorns for Audrey | Fantasy | S.C. Gastern | 408 | §210 | |
Exit at Powell | Satire | Len Jean | 676 | §230 | |
GPod | Science Fiction | Wayne Smug | 225 | §250 | |
The Economy | Political Memoir | James McLiteralson | 405 | §310 | |
How to Spin Plates | Non-Fiction | Hannon Grey | 202 | §360 | |
Game of Thorns | Mystery | Guy le Frace | 309 | §405 | |
The Crumplebottom Legacy: A Tale | Historical | Terri Ledonur | 301 | §480 | |
I'm Still Cool | Humor | Leonard Prosper | 653 | §535 | |
Thunking | Fiction | T. Wilson | 142 | §580 | |
Llama Rights | Historical | Peter Siren | 438 | §610 | |
Special Snowflake | Romance | Harvest Rain Song | 275 | §705 | |
On the Margins | Satire | Willy Magnusson | 212 | §780 | |
The Point of Pointilism | Non-Fiction | Sebastian Humorsbane | 235 | §875 | |
Not Expecting Much | Vaudeville | Charlie Richards | 299 | §940 | |
The Noble History of Socks | Autobiography | Linus Becket | 601 | §1,000 |
Base Game Opportunity Books[]
Name | Career/ Opportunity |
Page | Level |
---|---|---|---|
The Wright Papers | Business | 225 | |
The Goth Account | Business | 301 | |
Landgraab Financial | Business | 242 | |
Caffeine Culture | Business | 150 | 1 |
Going Paperless | Business | 190 | 2 |
Bloviation on Hyper Inflation | Business | 212 | 3 |
You Are Special | Business | 269 | 4 |
Limiting Liability | Business | 310 | 5 |
Woes of Whistleblowing | Business | 359 | 6 |
Yay Tax Shelters! | Business | 391 | 7 |
ABC's of Downsizing | Business | 412 | 8 |
Dos and Don'ts of the Dons | Criminal | 116 | 1 |
Adapting to the Wallet Environment | Criminal | 183 | 2 |
From Goon to Guido: Thuggery Evolved | Criminal | 191 | 3 |
Make Em' Pay | Criminal | 202 | 4 |
Losing the Huckster Label | Criminal | 245 | 5 |
Snake Oil and Other Sound Investment Strategies | Criminal | 312 | 6 |
Advanced Combinatorials | Criminal | 383 | 7 |
Making Yourself Indispensable | Criminal | 403 | 8 |
The Mythical Hot Tin Roof | Criminal | 475 | 9 |
Hostile Takeover: When to Make the Move | Criminal | 512 | 10 |
Secrets of The Master Chef | Culinary | 354 | |
Street or Sidewalk?, A Cautionary Tale | Journalism | 164 | 1 |
Faster Checking Through the Power of Word Processing! | Journalism | 174 | 2 |
Avoiding Plagiarism | Journalism | 208 | 3 |
From Notepad to Laptop | Journalism | 227 | 4 |
101 Ways to Be Vague | Journalism | 395 | 5 |
The Finer Points of Yellow Journalism | Journalism | 431 | 6 |
Fronts and Barometrics: Excellence Through Jargon | Journalism | 568 | 7 |
(sic) and Its Use In Important Stories | Journalism | 642 | 8 |
How To Fix It When News Breaks | Journalism | 712 | 9 |
How to Avoid Concrete Shoes | Law Enforcement | 139 | 1 |
More Out Than In: Maintaining Proper Desk Environment | Law Enforcement | 181 | 2 |
Advanced Whistle Techniques | Law Enforcement | 206 | 3 |
Protect, Serve And Look Good Doing It | Law Enforcement | 224 | 4 |
Free Donuts and Other Great Leadership Tips | Law Enforcement | 267 | 5 |
How Not to Be Seen | Law Enforcement | 299 | 5 |
Keep 'Em Guessing | Law Enforcement | 306 | 6 |
Effective Luminol Spraying Techniques | Law Enforcement | 378 | 7 |
Avoiding Squint Jargon for Better Communication | Law Enforcement | 444 | 8 |
The Gift of Life | Medical | 222 | 1 |
Better Out Than In | Medical | 175 | 2 |
Respecting the Ambulance | Medical | 317 | 3 |
Blood Is Not Blue | Medical | 197 | 4 |
The 36 Hour Shift And You | Medical | 301 | 5 |
The Golden Hour | Medical | 276 | 6 |
The ATGCs of Genetics | Medical | 178 | 7 |
The Simmania Pandemic | Medical | 255 | 8 |
Grey Matters | Medical | 350 | 9 |
Getting Out of the Pit | Military | 150 | 1 |
Advanced Elbow Lubricant Techniques | Military | 197 | 2 |
Learning to Speak Officer | Military | 203 | 3 |
Learn to Fly In 21 Days | Military | 277 | 4 |
Dealing With Whining From Engines and Pilots | Military | 299 | 5 |
How to Take the Ugly for the Team | Military | 375 | 6 |
Beyond the Aviator Glasses | Military | 422 | 7 |
Herding Cats | Military | 502 | 8 |
Coping With Geese and Vipers | Military | 536 | 9 |
Getting Noticed in a Sea of Fans | Music | 170 | 1 |
Life on the Hard Rocky Road | Music | 187 | 2 |
Don't Upstage the Band | Music | 199 | 3 |
Herding Cats: Music Edition | Music | 214 | 4 |
Diamonds in the Rough | Music | 256 | 5 |
It’s More than Rhyme Books | Music (Electronic Rock!) | 19 | 6 |
True Symphonic Synergy | Music (Symphonic) | 377 | 6 |
Developing Good Rock Habits | Music (Electronic Rock!) | 8 | |
Legends Of Rock | Music (Electronic Rock!) | 9 | |
Improving Conductivity Between Brass and Woodwinds | Music (Symphonic) | 612 | 9 |
Wax Until There's No More | Politics | 140 | 1 |
Cheating With Chads | Politics | 170 | 2 |
The Joy of Smear Campaigning | Politics | 192 | 3 |
There Is No "No" | Politics | 216 | 4 |
Taze Gently | Politics | 234 | 5 |
An Earmark Economy | Politics | 267 | 6 |
Yay Pork Barrels! | Politics | 288 | 7 |
Gerrymandapalooza! | Politics | 301 | 8 |
A Free Free Free World | Politics | 401 | 9 |
When to Rave And When to Riot | Professional Sports | 144 | 1 |
Making the Sale: From Hot Dogs to Foam Fingers | Professional Sports | 151 | 2 |
Dealing With Difficult Players | Professional Sports | 171 | 2 |
Bus Cramps: A Cautionary Tale | Professional Sports | 218 | 4 |
Getting Past the Draft | Professional Sports | 244 | 5 |
Name Positioning: Starting Your Brand | Professional Sports | 304 | 6 |
It's More Than Good Moves | Professional Sports | 364 | 7 |
Making Better Shoe Deals | Professional Sports | 388 | 9 |
Avoiding the Downward Spiral | Professional Sports | 412 | 10 |
Living With Mutation | Science | 146 | 1 |
Dangerous Device Disposal | Science | 178 | 2 |
Practical Science From Boast to Beaker | Science | 208 | 3 |
Nitrates: They're Not Just for Bombs Anymore | Science | 238 | 4 |
Strange Correlations of Little Shops and Venus | Science | 274 | 5 |
When Pigs Fly, Going Too Far? | Science | 326 | 6 |
Goldfish, Piranha and Other Friendly Creatures | Science | 367 | 7 |
Advanced Deniability Procedures | Science | 401 | 8 |
The Evolution of the Robo-Llama | Science | 456 | 9 |
World Adventures General Books[]
World Adventures Opportunity Books[]
Name | Opportunity | Page |
---|---|---|
Questionable Romantic Foods | ||
The Saga of the Three Relics [1] |
Ambitions Opportunity Books[]
Name | Career/ Opportunity |
Page | Level |
---|---|---|---|
How to Run Recess | Education | 150 | 1 |
The ABCDFs of Grading | Education | 190 | 2 |
Substitutes - There is no Substitute | Education | 212 | 3 |
Molding Young Minds | Education | 269 | 4 |
Teenage Rebellion and You | Education | 310 | 5 |
Standardized Test Standards | Education | 359 | 6 |
Designing the Perfect Syllabus | Education | 391 | 7 |
The Principles of Principals | Education | 412 | 8 |
Book Reports | Education | 225 | |
Tests | Education | 150 | |
College Essays | Education | 305 |
Ambitions Past Books[]
Name | Genre | Author | Page | Price |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fire: Terrifying but Essential | Non-Fiction | Herg Mammoth Slayer | 301 | §751 |
Plague and Pestilence | Fiction | Sir Pembrook Pennington | 244 | §1,109 |
Men are From Tar Pits, Women from Sabertooth Den | Non-Fiction | Herg Mammoth Slayer | 288 | §1,188 |
To Hunt or to Gather? | Children's | Tug Tug | 218 | §1,376 |
1000 Ways to Stew Brontosaurus | Fiction | Thag | 144 | §1,484 |
Sul Sul: Trapped in Tar | Satire | Tug Tug | 171 | §1,569 |
Lady Veronica Farfleton and the Magical Harpsichord | Non-Fiction | Sir Nardone | 120 | §1,577 |
War and More War | Fiction | Sir Pembrook Pennington | 304 | §1,663 |
The Four Corners of the Earth | Humor | Thag | 151 | §1,945 |
The Fall of Atlantis. | Historical | Sir Nardone | 401 | §2,068 |
Ambitions Future Books[]
Name | Genre | Author | Page | Price |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mars Real Estate Dos and Don'ts | Children's | Grant Rodiek XXIV | 178 | §828 |
So Hot in Binary | Fantasy | Candace Worthington | 350 | §1,266 |
Blips and Bloops: A Thesis on Mechanics | Non-Fiction | Dr. Fizzleworth | 170 | §1,331 |
SimCity 7940 Tips and Tricks | Non-Fiction | RX2249 Jones | 267 | §1,552 |
Gone with the Solar Wind | Fiction | Dr. Fizzleworth | 140 | §1,611 |
Don't Tread on Me: A Robot Manifesto for Freedom | Non-Fiction | RX2249 Jones | 234 | §1,633 |
Farmed: A Legacy of Eight Billion Points | Fiction | Grant Rodiek XXIV | 276 | §1,655 |
Remembering the Internet: How the World was Changed | Non-Fiction | Lord 5000 | 192 | §2,754 |
Signs You're a Clone | Non-Fiction | Candace Worthington | 255 | §2,769 |
The New Ice Age | Fantasy | Lord 5000 | 216 | §2,975 |
Late Night Opportunity Books[]
Name | Career/ Opportunity |
Page | Level |
---|---|---|---|
How To Get Noticed by Not Being Seen | Film | 150 | 1 |
Film's Most Mysterious Crew Member | Film | 190 | 2 |
The Key to Being a Key Grip | Film | 212 | 3 |
Dealing With Divas | Film | 269 | 4 |
What To Do When Your Set Catches Fire | Film | 310 | 5 |
Looking Into the Camera: Don't Do It | Film (Acting) | 359 | 6 |
Panel By Panel: The Art of Storyboarding | Film (Directing) | 359 | 6 |
How to Steal Scenes from the Lead Without Even Trying | Film (Acting) | 412 | 8 |
Fade To Black and Other Overused Devices | Film (Directing) | 412 | 9 |
Supernatural Opportunity Books[]
Name | Career/ Opportunity |
Page | Level |
---|---|---|---|
The Horrors of Horoscopes | Fortune teller | 1 | |
Unfortunate Fortune Telling | Fortune teller | 2 | |
Divine Divinity | Fortune teller | 3 | |
Passing Palms | Fortune teller | 4 | |
Fabrication of Metaphysics | Fortune teller | 5 | |
Tricky Tarots | Fortune teller | 6 | |
Minnie Mystic's Mystical Motifs | Fortune teller | 6 | |
Psychic's Guide to the Elements | Fortune teller | 8 | |
Turning Bad Fortunes Good | Fortune teller | 8 |
Supernatural General Books[]
University Life General Books[]
Skill books[]
Base Game Skill Books[]
World Adventures Skill Books[]
These skill books are found in markets in World Adventures sub-neighborhoods and have a small chance to be on the Consignment store items for sale
Ambitions Skill Books[]
Name | Picture | Level | Page | Price |
---|---|---|---|---|
Inventing Vol. 1: Nuts and Bolts | 0 | §50 | ||
Inventing Vol. 2: Create & Detonate | 3 | §500 | ||
Inventing Vol. 3: Inside the Robot Mind | 6 | §750 |
Late Night Skill Books[]
Pets Skill Books[]
Supernatural Skill Books[]
University Life Skill Books[]
Into the Future Skill Books[]
Name | Picture | Level | Page | Price |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bot Building Vol. 1: Integrated Circuits and You | 0 | 199 | §50 | |
Bot Building Vol. 2: A.I. for Dummies | 3 | 203 | §500 | |
Bot Building Vol. 3: In Case of Uprising | 6 | 225 | §750 |
Childhood Development Books[]
Pregnancy books[]
Name | Picture | Genre | Page | Price |
---|---|---|---|---|
Totally Preggers: An Expecting Mother's Tale | Non-Fiction | 180 | §200 | |
Baby Incoming: Preparing with Vigilance | Non-Fiction | 220 | §300 |
Compositions[]
Base Game Compositions[]
Late Night Compositions[]
Into the Future Compositions[]
Recipe Books[]
Base Game Recipe Books[]
World Adventures Recipe Books[]
These recipe books are only found in markets in World Adventures sub-neighborhoods
Showtime Recipe Books[]
Name | Picture | Level | Page | Price |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vegetarian Fish and Chips | 3 | 45 | §50 | |
Fried Peanut Butter & Banana Sandwich | 5 | 90 | §250 | |
Cheese Tofu Steak | 5 | 90 | §300 | |
Tri-Tip Tofu Steak | 8 | 135 | §650 | |
Stuffed Tursoykey | 9 | 155 | §800 |
Supernatural Recipe Books[]
Supernatural Alchemy Recipe Books[]
Bait Books[]
Reading bait books will teach baits for the fishing skill.
Base Game Bait Books[]
World Adventures Bait Books[]
These bait books are only found in markets in World Adventures sub-neighborhoods
Supernatural Bait Books[]
Name | Picture | Author | Level | Page | Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toads, Salamanders, and Beyond: A Guide to Magical Fish | Mel Neilson | 0 | 75 | §150 |
Comic Books[]
These types of books introduced in University Life exp. pack
Notes[]
- ↑ When this book is acquired through the adventure it will not stay in the Sim's inventory upon completion of the adventure, but if your Sim is in the book club they have a chance of receiving it in the mail.