This page is a list of all books in ADOM.
Books in ADOM are designed to be used in conjunction with the Literacy skill to gain knowledge or invoke a special magical/divine effect. Aside from learning spells from spellbooks the actual level of proficiency in Literacy is irrelevant (unless it is at zero level which can be achieved through eating cursed dark sage corpses; zero level is treated as absence of the skill).
| Name | DL | Weight | Info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spellbook | 1 | 100s | Grants spell knowledge, does nothing or invokes one of the negative effects -or- Casts the spell with energy and PP penalties |
Disappears after a number of reads (for spell knowledge only) |
| The Collected Works of Confucius | ? | 400s | Produces a random fortune cookie message | Disappears after a number of reads |
| Tract of chaos | ? | 150s | Increases piety with the chaotic deity, corrupts the PC, may cause divine retribution from neutral/lawful deities | Disappears after a number of reads |
| Tract of balance | ? | 200s | Increases piety with the neutral deity, moves alignment towards neutrality, may cause divine retribution from chaotic/lawful deities | Disappears after a number of reads |
| Tract of order | ? | 250s | Increases piety with the lawful deity, removes corruption, may cause divine retribution from chaotic/neutral deities | Disappears after a number of reads |
| Ruined libram | N/A | 500s | Useless | Can be found on the 5th level of the moldy dungeon if the PC enters it after reaching experience level 14. |
| Manual of bridge building | N/A | 100s | Grants the Bridge building skill, necessary to increase the skill proficiency at level-ups | Left on the ground for the PC by Yrrigs if he is saved |
| Black tome of Alsophocus | N/A | 400s | Artifact; grants spell knowledge in a randomly chosen spell, corrupts the PC proportional to time spent reading | Contains the essence of Chaos and Corruption |
| Weird tome | N/A | 100s | Artifact; contains hints about the mysterious scroll of omnipotence, confuses the PC on unsuccessful attempts | Given to the PC by the ghost librarian; can be given to the mad minstrel in exchange for 5 scrolls of corruption removal |
| Tome of donors | N/A | 500s | Artifact; gives random beneficial effects | Can be found on the 5th level of the moldy dungeon if the PC enters it before gaining over 90160 experience. |