Littie Library adds additional flavor and recreational reading to Skyrim by introducing a selection of new books, written by me. Version 1.2 adds 32 new books to Skyrim. They cover a range of genres and are by different fictional authors, with care taken to be consistent with TES lore. Most of the books are standalone, but some are series, and some extend existing series from the vanilla game.

I was inspired to create this mod after making Little Lessons and realizing Herbane's Bestiary had only three entries in it. A desire to expand on that sparked this idea. I'm already a real-life writer (you can find out more on my profile) and thought it would be fun to take up the challenge of writing lots of short stories in different voices.

Leveled List Object Swapper is strongly recommended because it's used to distribute the books to leveled lists, but for those who can't/won't use it, there's a patch to add the books manually (see Compatibility below). Several other framework mods are used for distributing to NPCs and some containers, as well as integrating with other mods; these are optional, but encouraged for the best experience. (See the Frameworks Used section below.)

What you'll find in this collection includes:

• Fictional stories: drama, romance, comedy, adventure, slice of life
• Personal accounts of real* events
• Travelogues
• History
• Religious and political writing*
• Instructional texts
• Stage plays†
• Cookbooks†
• Poetry
• Familiar faces and Easter eggs
  

* In-game, obviously
† Only one so far

Some of the books have been marked as good gifts for children, and the rare books are integrated into the "Fetch Me That Book!" radiant quest.

New Series

• Robindric the Sailor: The heroic adventures of a Breton sailor and the crew of his good ship the Larimarine, loosely inspired by Sinbad. The books are meant to appeal to all ages, in-game and hopefully out.
• Sagas of Malacath's Wizard: Stories of Muraug, an itinerant Orc mage specializing in alteration, who practices his own interpretation of the Code of Malacath by helping others who show strength of their own. He's joined by his Nord companion Thuleif Sleet-Shield, who documents their travels in a Holmes/Watson dynamic.
  

Extended Series

• Herbane's Bestiary: The braggadocious monster hunter's adventures continue in two new books, for a total of five.
• Walking the World: Implied to be at least an 11-book series in vanilla but we see only one, Spatior Munius now travels to Markarth as well.
  

Where to Find New Books

You'll find these books anywhere that books are distributed via leveled lists: looted from enemies who are known to carry books, in vendor inventories if they sell books, Apocrypha (obviously), etc. Solitude Weaver's Lane is a recommended mod for its added bookstore.

Some of the books have been distributed to NPCs, or occasionally containers that they own.

Adding the books onto furniture like tables and bookshelves in place of way-too-common vanilla books is something I would like to do if there were an easier approach, but presently the mod doesn't do that. Base Object Swapper is a possibility for the future, but I'm concerned about causing all kinds of weird physics interactions. However, bookshelves and "dummy" books that are populated via leveled list should work.



Compatibility

Because Little Library relies on frameworks to do its heavy lifting, it should be compatible with basically everything. No cell edits were made. No objects are placed into the world in a way that would require patch plugins.

However, a no-LLOS patch file has now been included for users who don't use Leveled List Object Swapper. Since LLOS is fairly new, it hasn't yet been integrated into some big mod lists. Hopefully the big lists will see the value of it as more mods use it. The no-LLOS patch file forwards minor changes made by USSEP to some vanilla lists, but it doesn't require USSEP. Since this patch directly alters leveled lists in a plugin file, it will be incompatible with other book mods' plugins that touch those same lists. I don't have plans to post specific patches between Little Library and other book mods for this, since the point in using LLOS in the first place was to avoid the need for such patches, but users who wish to make their own patches and share them can do so.

Frameworks Used

For the best experience, the following framework plugins are recommended:

• Leveled List Object Swapper is required for distributing books via leveled lists so they show up in the world, unless you use the optional no-LLOS patch. If you use that patch, you'll have to manually patch any other book mods that also alter those leveled lists.
• FormList Manipulator adds the books to several formlists in the game, and makes some of the books work as gifts for children.
• Spell Perk Item Distributor is used to distribute books to some NPCs.
• Keyword Item Distributor acts as a modder's resource and also helps with integration for some other mods.
• Base Object Swapper handles regional variations on one of the books that has Talos and non-Talos versions.
• Container Distribution Framework distributes books to some containers.
• SkyPatcher is currently used for integration with some other mods, and its use will undoubtedly be expanded in the future.
  

Integration with Other Mods

Of course as a book lover you'll want these books to work in tandem with other mods that improve the book experience!

• Little Lessons: The new entries in Herbane's Bestiary integrate with the mod.
• The Dragonborn's Bestiary: Several books that mention creatures will trigger bestiary entries for those creatures to appear. Requires Keyword Item Distributor. (This also covers Quest and Boss mod Patch Compendium AIO + The Thrassian Scare.)
• The Great Book Hunt: Little Library books will appear in the Book of Books. Requires SkyPatcher.
  

Developer Features

Several parts of the mod have been prepared as modder resources for people who want to patch it or expand the distribution of books in their own work. These include:

• Keywords for all books added by the mod, and for its new series
• Formlists and leveled lists for new series
• Leveled lists by rarity for new books
• File for distributing keywords via KID
  

If you're a mod author who wants to further integrate Little Library in your mod, and would find additional modder resources useful, let me know how I can help. If you create a patch yourself, please pass along the news so it can be listed!

FAQ

Q: ESP-FE?
A: Naturally.

Q: Will more books be added in the future?
A: YES! And suggestions are encouraged.

Q: How do you feel about translations?
A: I leave permissions fairly open on my mods and encourage translations.

Q: Will there be a patch for Scribes of Skyrim?
A: One isn't in the works currently but I'm very keen on making one. I'd prefer if it could be done via Dynamic String Distributor so it could be minimally invasive, but I'm waiting on future features.

Q: Will there be custom covers like in Book Covers Skyrim / SkyPatched?
A: That would be pretty awesome. I'm not a texture creator, though, so that will have to be the work of others.

Q: Voiced Books of Skyrim addon?
A: Narrators, have at it!

Q: Why isn't SkyPatcher used for more parts of the mod?
A: I'm a huge Skypatcher fan, but it currently has a limitation impacting leveled list injection that causes it to skip the very important LItemBookClutter list. If this limitation is changed in the future, future versions of this mod will have a SkyPatcher alternative. I may, at some point, add a SkyPatcher alternative for the FLM file.

Q: Can we get a version that doesn't require those framework mods?
A: Possibly for some of them. I know I'll need to make one if an Xbox port is ever considered. (There won't be a PlayStation port because of Sony's stupid, stupid no-assets rule.) There is a patch for the leveled lists for users without LLOS. I may add separate patches for formlists and such in the future.