Is there an actual book for sale that has all the ES lore?

T4T2FR34K · January 2018

I see people talking about Vivec and Molags Balls all the time and I have stopped and read a couple Lusty Argonian Maid titles. I've been needing a good book to read and thought catching up on my second favorite universe (Fallout Online why have you forsaken me!) would be a good way to scratch that itch.

tplink3r1 · January 2018

no.

VaranisArano · January 2018

No.

But some good sources:
https://www.imperial-library.info/
http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls
http://en.uesp.net/wiki/General:Elder_Scrolls

Between the Imperial Library and the wikis, you'll find most of the information compiled for the lore. Just be aware that most of the Michael Kirkbride stuff is only canon if Bethesda says its canon, since he wrote a fair bit of development stuff and inspiration stuff that is interesting and thought-provoking but not actually canon.

platonicidealgirlfriend · January 2018

remember that everything michael kirkbride wrote is canon and also better than what bethesda is actually putting out themselves

Carbonised · January 2018

That's not really true, don't listen to the people saing "no".

There are plenty of books that are great for TES and ESO lore. First off, there's the Skyrim Library vol. I, II & III as well as Tales of Tamriel vol I & II.

These are texts you can find in the Skyrim and ESO games as books, and they often contain a great variety and depth of all things lore related.

Then there's also the Improved Emperor's Guide to Tamriel which is a lorebook about the era and setting of ESO, as well as the various races, factions and historic persons. And finally the recent Naryu's Journal, which serves the same function as the Emperor's Guide, but focuses on the DLCs so far in ESO.

while this book collection of course does not cover each and every bit of lore from the TES universe, it still serves as a massive trove of lore and information, and I own and enjoy all of these books myself. Happy reading!

SantieClaws · January 2018

Khajiit has the full Skyrim Library and all the volumes of The Tales of Tamriel.

They are a significant outlay in coin yes but are very beautiful books and most worth it.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

T4T2FR34K · January 2018

Carbonised wrote: »

That's not really true, don't listen to the people saing "no".

There are plenty of books that are great for TES and ESO lore. First off, there's the Skyrim Library vol. I, II & III as well as Tales of Tamriel vol I & II.

These are texts you can find in the Skyrim and ESO games as books, and they often contain a great variety and depth of all things lore related.

Then there's also the Improved Emperor's Guide to Tamriel which is a lorebook about the era and setting of ESO, as well as the various races, factions and historic persons. And finally the recent Naryu's Journal, which serves the same function as the Emperor's Guide, but focuses on the DLCs so far in ESO.

while this book collection of course does not cover each and every bit of lore from the TES universe, it still serves as a massive trove of lore and information, and I own and enjoy all of these books myself. Happy reading!

Thanks for giving me somewhere to start!

RupzSkooma · January 2018

platonicidealgirlfriend wrote: »

remember that everything michael kirkbride wrote is canon and also better than what bethesda is actually putting out themselves

Say that in teslore subreddit and get a free ban xD
Even though I do disagree with your statement strongly.
What he wrote during the development of Morrowind is the only canon stuffs.And yes Bethesda doesn't care much about the lore anyways.

Druachan · January 2018

I did buy the tales of Tamriel books which are pretty good sources. You can also listen to EsoTRs classic podcasts which contain a lot of references to books.

platonicidealgirlfriend · January 2018

Rupz_Koomar wrote: »

platonicidealgirlfriend wrote: »

remember that everything michael kirkbride wrote is canon and also better than what bethesda is actually putting out themselves

Say that in teslore subreddit and get a free ban xD
Even though I do disagree with your statement strongly.
What he wrote during the development of Morrowind is the only canon stuffs.And yes Bethesda doesn't care much about the lore anyways.

That's a pretty weird statement considering he also wrote for Knights of the Nine and Skyrim, but okay.

logarifmik · January 2018

You can read some books, sure, but knowledge about TES universe is spread among many small in-game books, so my advice is that you better find a decent lore-master instead. Try YouTube, for example. I know one, but he speaks Russian.

Wreuntzylla · January 2018

platonicidealgirlfriend wrote: »

Rupz_Koomar wrote: »

platonicidealgirlfriend wrote: »

remember that everything michael kirkbride wrote is canon and also better than what bethesda is actually putting out themselves

Say that in teslore subreddit and get a free ban xD
Even though I do disagree with your statement strongly.
What he wrote during the development of Morrowind is the only canon stuffs.And yes Bethesda doesn't care much about the lore anyways.

That's a pretty weird statement considering he also wrote for Knights of the Nine and Skyrim, but okay.

Why did he move on? Couldn't fit the crown store into lore?

nTranced · January 2018

T4T2FR34K wrote: »

I see people talking about Vivec and Molags Balls all the time and I have stopped and read a couple Lusty Argonian Maid titles. I've been needing a good book to read and thought catching up on my second favorite universe (Fallout Online why have you forsaken me!) would be a good way to scratch that itch.

logarifmik wrote: »

You can read some books, sure, but knowledge about TES universe is spread among many small in-game books, so my advice is that you better find a decent lore-master instead. Try YouTube, for example. I know one, but he speaks Russian.

Here are a couple of YouTube playlists from ShoddyCast that cover TES lore

The Elder Scrolls Lore Series: Season 1

The Elder Scrolls Lore Series: Season 2

emilyhyoyeon · January 2018

didn't that Michael Kirkbride guy say that khajiit and argonians are only in the universe for comedic relief and shouldn't be treated seriously or something like that? or was that someone else? or was I lied to

platonicidealgirlfriend · January 2018

emilyhyoyeon wrote: »

didn't that Michael Kirkbride guy say that khajiit and argonians are only in the universe for comedic relief and shouldn't be treated seriously or something like that? or was that someone else? or was I lied to

considering he's the source of some of their more compelling lore, probably not

Narvuntien · January 2018

I am pretty sure I saw one in store.

Nemesis7884 · January 2018

so the youtube channels you should look into are

shoddycast (haven't done a lot recently tough)

fudgemuppet

camelworks

these guys all have fantastic elder scrolls videos - lore, stories, games, predictions etc... i watched nearly all of their videos and they are really high quality, lots of info and work into it....

Narvuntien · January 2018

Nemesis7884 wrote: »

so the youtube channels you should look into are

shoddycast (haven't done a lot recently tough)

fudgemuppet

camelworks

these guys all have fantastic elder scrolls videos - lore, stories, games, predictions etc... i watched nearly all of their videos and they are really high quality, lots of info and work into it....

Oh yeah those guys are pretty great.

TheExploringSeries

is currently making videos about ES lore atm as well.

RupzSkooma · January 2018

platonicidealgirlfriend wrote: »

Rupz_Koomar wrote: »

platonicidealgirlfriend wrote: »

remember that everything michael kirkbride wrote is canon and also better than what bethesda is actually putting out themselves

Say that in teslore subreddit and get a free ban xD
Even though I do disagree with your statement strongly.
What he wrote during the development of Morrowind is the only canon stuffs.And yes Bethesda doesn't care much about the lore anyways.

That's a pretty weird statement considering he also wrote for Knights of the Nine and Skyrim, but okay.

Yes Knight of the Nine too.
And not at all Skyrim but he wrote a LOT of fanfictions.Even though he wrote some of the best stuffs about ES.
But canon is not what you want the lore to be but what it really is. MK doesn't own the ES IP.

Xvorg · January 2018

SantieClaws wrote: »

Khajiit has the full Skyrim Library and all the volumes of The Tales of Tamriel.

They are a significant outlay in coin yes but are very beautiful books and most worth it.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

I have a Khajiit friend in Vivec city called Jobasha... he's a bookseller. Maybe you could pay a visit to him. He also has very, very controversial book called "Progress of Truth", very interesting on Dunmer tradition. Beware to comment anything to the ordinators, since they could send you to dream with the slaughterfish...

ArchMikem · January 2018

platonicidealgirlfriend wrote: »

remember that everything michael kirkbride wrote is canon and also better than what bethesda is actually putting out themselves

Was he also the guy that made that website that says in the 5th Era Nirn ends and it changes into this big clockwork ball and what's left of the Dunmer rebuild their civilization on one of the Moons?

elias.stormneb18_ESO · January 2018

Wreuntzylla wrote: »

platonicidealgirlfriend wrote: »

Rupz_Koomar wrote: »

platonicidealgirlfriend wrote: »

remember that everything michael kirkbride wrote is canon and also better than what bethesda is actually putting out themselves

Say that in teslore subreddit and get a free ban xD
Even though I do disagree with your statement strongly.
What he wrote during the development of Morrowind is the only canon stuffs.And yes Bethesda doesn't care much about the lore anyways.

That's a pretty weird statement considering he also wrote for Knights of the Nine and Skyrim, but okay.

Why did he move on? Couldn't fit the crown store into lore?

He hasn’t, entirely. Kirkbride was the one who wrote the 37th Sermon of Vivec in the Morrowind chapter (he has heavily implied that he did, at least).

Varana · January 2018

ArchMikem wrote: »

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Where is that image from?

Kiara · January 2018

If you are looking for books set in TES universe you can buy, there are also The Infernal City and Lord of Souls written by Gregory Keyes and are considered canon I guess.

And of course, as many others already stated, Imperial Library is best place to go to find in-game books

ArchMikem · January 2018

Varana wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

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Where is that image from?

The coda thing. Search for Elder Scrolls Landfall.

TheWaysOfYore · February 2018

I am not sure if anyone already mentioned this: http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_Online:_Tales_of_Tamriel
A good recollection of in-game lore books.

Remember, there isn't anything better than actual in-game books to understand the game lore.

I prefer to avoid any YouTube summary video or any Wiki articles that doesn't quote in game books.

Also don't forget there are many races, with different point of view. No one is to be considered more true than another.

Greetings!

Azurya · February 2018

and ofc the books by Greg Keyes:
Lord of Souls
and
The infernal City

awesome to read!