I've read a few books here and there but after playing for 500 hours i think i need to dive deep into the books to get a deeper connection with the history, context, ect, of the game. After replaying the game so many times i start to learn on my own certain connections with books and actual gameplay events. For example, just yesterday, i got the wolf queen mission. I then realized i've seen ton of books about the wolf queen so i though before i go and complete that series of quest i'll read all the books. Well, i now have Volumes I-V. and VII. I don't have VI yet and after jumping ahead to VII i think there are more volumes to collect.

Well, besides the fun factor of collecting these books, on the one hand its hard to justify spending so much time playing skyrim in the form of reading books but on the other its seems like when i get back to playing after reading the world feels a lot richer and makes up for the fact of lack of dialogue from NCPs.

Thus, my questions are: What are your guys habits on reading books? What are some of the best series to collect that are must reads? Also, as a parenthetical question: are the books in Oblivion worth going back and replaying for if i start getting addicted to reading books? Also, any other thoughts on the subject is appreciated.

I would say that one book series you really need to read are the Dance in the Fire. Volumes I-VII and the Argonian Account
books volumes I-IV.

I usually read books when my character is at an inn and is getting ready for bed. Some days, my characters will read all day.

My characters usually pick up any books they find and try to collect at least one copy of every book available. I'm a book person in real life so the idea of leaving a perfectly good book in some moldy abandoned tomb or wrecked merchant cart in the wilderness somewhere just makes me cringe.

Once I own a home to store them in, I will often while away the hours between the shops closing and my character's bedtime by sitting down and reading a few. Many times I pass over a volume numerous times because the title doesn't look promising, only to read it one day and find that it's not at all what I expected and very entertaining and/or illuminating. And there are nuggets of information about the world your character is living in that can't be picked up any other way.

If you have an Android (not sure if there is an iPhone app as well) you can download an App that has all the in-game books from Daggerfall through Skyrim. That way you don't have to spend game time reading books and can read TES books while your waiting for the bus or for class to start. I would highly recommend this to anyone.

And yes, reading the books do help with lore.

I also like how a lot of the book's endings are ironic. Like the Surfeit of Thieves, that one was really good.

I made a character whose sole mission is to pillage every house of its reading material, hoard it, and give away the extras to the College.

Also, it was the books in Morrowind that really got me into reading the in-game books I come across. My three favorites have to be http://www.imperial-library.info/content/songs-return (SK), http://www.imperial-library.info/content/36-lessons-vivec (MW), http://www.imperial-library.info/content/song-pelinal (OB/SK).

As for lore, that's where most information about lore is stored, and a constant source used in any and all lore discussions. Heck, I cannot quote http://www.imperial-library.info/content/monomyth enough, along with http://www.imperial-library.info/content/preparation-corpse.

I made a character to find all the books in Oblivion, and I intend to do the same with Skyrim after all the DLC comes out.

I love reading the books. IMO they contain all the greatest Lore, fore the most part more interesting than what you learn from characters.

The books in Morrowind were one of the biggest surprises for me when I first started playing it. Picked up my first one and couldn't believe I could read it. I'm a huge bookworm in RL and the fact that several someones actually put the time and effort into that aspect of a game that pretty much any other game just uses as decore blew my mind. I read everyone I could find. Journals are my absolute favorite things to come accross in game. That and little notes. I don't know why but those lil things make the game that much more immersive for me, just reading the thoughts and to do's of npcs.

There is a lot to be learned from the books, they definitely help with the lore and role play, and they are entertaining as well.

In Morrowind, I read about everything. Now I simply don't feel like I have the time. I read some - especially the ones that actually are part of quest - but mostly not during my precious gaming time. I use the Imperial Library for that instead.