Skill Book ( Oblivion ) The following is a list of skill books that increase specific skills in . There are 109 skill books in total : 5 for most skills ; 6 for Conjuration , Destruction , Illusion , Mysticism , and Heavy Armor ; and 4 for Speechcraft . Reading the book once permanently increases a specific skill by one point . Skill Books . Acrobatics . " Thief " " A Dance in Fire , Book I " " A Dance in Fire , Book IV " " The Black Arrow , Book I " " Mystery of Talara , Book I " - Two Sides of the Coin Alchemy . " Song of the Alchemists " " A Game at Dinner " " Mannimarco , King of Worms " " De Rerum Dirennis " " Calcinator Treatise " " The Dragon Break " " Reality & Other Falsehoods " " The Lunar Lorkhan " " Sithis " Armorer . " The Armorer ' s Challenge " " Last Scabbard of Akrash " " Light Armor Repair " Cherim ' s Heart of Anequina " Heavy Armor Repair " Athletics . " The Ransom of Zarek " " A Dance in Fire , Book III " " The Red Kitchen Reader " " Beggar " The Argonian Account , Book I Blade . " Words and Philosophy " " 2920 , vol 01 - Morning Star " " Song Of Hrormir " " Fire and Darkness " " Battle of Sancre Tor " Block . " The Warp in the West " " Death Blow of Abernanit " " The Mirror " A Dance in Fire , Book II " Warrior " Blunt . " Night Falls on Sentinel " " Mace Etiquette " " The Legendary Sancre Tor " " The Importance of Where " " King " Conjuration . " Mythic Dawn Commentaries 1 " " The Doors of Oblivion " " Liminal Bridges " " 2920 , vol 09 - Hearth Fire " " 2920 , vol 10 - Frostfall " " The Warrior ' s Charge " Destruction . " The Horrors of Castle Xyr " " Response to Bero ' s Speech " " Mythic Dawn Commentaries 2 " " A Hypothetical Treachery " " The Art of War Magic " " Mystery of Talara , Book III " Hand - to - Hand . " Immortal Blood " " Master Zoaraym ' s Tale " " Ahzirr Traajijazeri " " The Wolf Queen , v 2 " " Way of the Exposed Palm " Heavy Armor . " Hallgerd ' s Tale " " 2920 , Mid Year ( v6 ) " " Chimarvamidium " " How Orsinium Passed to Orcs " " History of the Fighters Guild " " Fighters Guild History , 1st Ed . " Illusion . " Mythic Dawn Commentaries 3 " " The Wolf Queen , v 3 " " The Argonian Account , Book III " " Incident in Necrom " " Palla , Book I " " Mystery of Talara , Book IV " Light Armor . " The Refugees " Lord Jornibret ' s Last Dance " The Rear Guard " " Ice and Chitin " " Rislav The Righteous " Marksman . " A Dance in Fire , Book V " " The Gold Ribbon of Merit " " Vernaccus and Bourlor " " Father of the Niben " " The Black Arrow , v 2 " Mercantile . " A Dance in Fire , Book VI " " A Dance in Fire , Book VII " " The Wolf Queen , v 4 " " The Buying Game " " 2920 , vol 07 - Sun ' s Height " Mysticism . " Before the Ages of Man " " The Black Arts On Trial " " Mythic Dawn Commentaries 4 " " The Firsthold Revolt " " 2920 , vol 02 - Sun ' s Dawn " " Souls , Black and White " Restoration . " Withershins " " Notes on Racial Phylogeny " " The Exodus " " 2920 , vol 04 - Rain ' s Hand " " Mystery of Talara , Book II " Security . " The Locked Room " " The Wolf Queen , v 1 " " Proper Lock Design " " Advances in Lockpicking " " Surfeit of Thieves " Sneak . " Sacred Witness " " The Wolf Queen , v 6 " " 2920 , vol 08 - Last Seed " " Legend of Krately House " " Purloined Shadows " Speechcraft . " Biography of the Wolf Queen " " The Wolf Queen , v 5 " " 2920 , vol 05 - Second Seed " " The Wolf Queen , v 7 "