Where to find the bookseller in Stardew Valley
New books and a shiny bookseller are part of the patch 1.6 content for Stardew Valley. While Stardew Valley Previously it featured ‘lost books’ – blue books that added knowledge to Pelican Town’s library – these new books serve a different purpose.
These books are part of the new ‘Special Items and Powers’ inventory screen and offer small bonuses to various things. Below we explain where you can find the bookseller Stardew Valleyhow to find more books and what they do.
Where is the bookseller in Stardew Valley?
Twice a season, on random days, a bookseller comes to town via hot air balloon. You can see these dates on the calendar outside Pierre’s shop and the game will give you a little “The bookseller is in town today” notification on the side.
The bookseller is at the northeast of the city, above Joja Mart:
Image: ConcernedApe via Polygon
Once there you can buy a plethora of books at different prices. Some may be as cheap as 3,000 gold, but others will be as expensive as 25,000 gold.
Where else can I find more books in Stardew Valley?
You can get books as a reward for many things. We found books about chopping trees and fishing for treasure chests. As you play, you will naturally encounter these books, although some of them to have for sale at the bookseller.
We’ve compiled a complete list of books, their effects, and their locations based on our playthrough, with the additional help of the Stardew Valley Wiki. This should consist of a complete list of all booksunless there are somehow some super secret hidden books that we missed.
All Stardew Valley book effects and locations
| Book title | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Book title | Description | Place |
| Animal catalogue | You have access to Marnie’s shop when she is not there. | Marnie’s Shop (5,000g) from year 2 |
| Ace and Bobber | Read this to gain some fishing experience. | Bookseller (5,000g), Artifact Digs, Gold Mystery Boxes, Fish Treasure Chests |
| Book of Stars | Read this to gain some experience in all skills. | Bookseller (15,000g), reward for raccoon side quest |
| Book of Mysteries | You have a slightly higher chance of finding Mystery Boxes. | Golden mystery boxes |
| Combat Quarterly | Read this to gain some combat experience. | Bookseller (5,000g), Fish Treasure Chests, Gold Mystery Boxes |
| Dwarf safety manual | Bombs do 25% less damage to you. | Dwarf shop (4,000 g) |
| Friendship 101 | You become friends with people a little faster. | Bookseller (20,000g), reward for Lewis’ prize machine |
| Horse: the book | You gain some extra speed while riding. | Bookseller (25,000 g) |
| Jack be flexible, Jack be fat | Gain +1 defense. | Bookseller (20,000 g), excavations of artefacts |
| Jewels of the sea | Treasure chests for fish have a chance of yielding spawn. | Bookseller (20,000g), fish treasure chests |
| Mapping cave systems | You get a 50% discount on Marlon’s pick-up service. | Defeat 1000 monsters in a gift box in the back of the Adventurer’s Guild to enter |
| Mining monthly | Read this to gain some mining experience. | Bookseller (8,000g), gold mystery boxes |
| Monster compendium | Monsters have a small chance of dropping double loot. | Fell from monsters |
| Old Slitherlegs | You now run a lot faster through grass and crops. | Bookseller (25,000 g) |
| Price Catalog | You can now see the value of your items. | Bookseller (3,000 g) |
| Cookbook Queen of Sauces | Learn all the Queen Of Sauce recipes you don’t know yet. | Bookseller (10,000 g) |
| Stardew Valley Almanac | Read this to gain some farming experience. | Bookseller (10,000g), reward for Lewis’ prize machine |
| The alley buffet | You have a higher chance of finding items in the trash. | Found in the gold trash bin east of the blacksmith and Joja Mart |
| The art of scratching | Crab pots have a 25% chance of yielding double. | SquidFest Reward |
| The diamond hunter | All stones have the chance to drop a diamond if mined by hand. | Volcano Dungeon Dwarf Shop (10 diamonds) |
| Treasure Appraisal Guide | You get a better price when you sell artifacts. | Bookseller (20,000g), mystery boxes, artifacts |
| Raccoon diary | Weeds are more likely to produce mixed seeds. | Raccoon side quest reward |
| Away from the Wind pt. 1 | You walk a little faster. | Bookseller (15,000 g) |
| Away from the Wind pt. 2 | You walk a little faster. | Bookseller (35,000 g), only available after purchasing the first book |
| Lumberjack’s Weekly | Read this to gain some foraging experience. | Bookseller (8,000g), Traveling Cart, Desert Festival Trader, Randomly dropped when cutting down trees |
| Woody’s secret | Cut down trees have a 5% chance of yielding twice as much wood. | Randomly dropped when cutting down trees |