:: orofane's cheap book guide

Welcome to Orofane's Cheap Book Guide, a petpage designed to help you locate affordable books to raise your pets' intelligence. Here you'll find a list of various books selling for less than 1,000nps.

If you have any additions, comments, or questions, feel free to neomail me. Thanks for visiting!

UPDATE 4/1 - Wow, long time no update. Went through the list of affiliates and directories and cleaned out all the sites that are no longer valid. I'm hoping to go through and add some more books and edit the prices sometime later this week (and that's not an April Fool's Day joke!). As always, thanks for using the guide!

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using the guide

Beside each book, you'll find its title, its estimated cost, and where to buy it, if it's not sold in the Neopian Book Shop. If there is a special way to locate the book, there will be a note there as well. You can sort the list by price or by the store its sold in. Booktastic Books are sold at the Booktastic Book Shop and count towards the number of Booktastic Books your pet has read.

To see which books your pet has already read, add their name to the end of this URL:
neopets.com/books_read.phtml?pet_name=

And to see which Booktastic Books your pet has read, add their name to the end of this URL:
neopets.com/moon/books_read.phtml?pet_name=

:: information about intelligence

Intelligence Levels
Your pets' intelligence level is determined by how many points they've earned. Here is a list of the levels:
10-14: Average
15-19: Above Average
20-24: Bright
25-29: Clever
30-34: Very Clever
35-39: Brilliant
40-44: Genius
45-49: Super Genius
50-54: Mega Genius
55-59: Total Genius
60-94: Master Genius
Above 95: Ultimate Genius

If your pet is a grundo, they will start at 0 intelligence and have the following 2 levels:
0-4: Dim Witted
5-9: Dull

In terms of books read, these levels are approximately:
0-2: Average
3-4: Above Average
5-7: Bright
8-11: Clever
12-13: Very Clever
14-16: Brilliant
17-19: Genius
20-22: Super Genius
23-25: Mega Genius
26-28: Total Genius
29-48: Master Genius
49+: Ultimate Genius

Activities that Increase Intelligence
Wheel of Knowledge : Landing on the lightbulb space will increase your active pet's intelligence.
Coltzan's Shrine : Visiting Coltzan's Shrine may increase your active pet's intelligence.
The Discarded Magical Blue Grundo Plushie of Prosperity : The plushie may increase your active pet's intelligence. You'll get this message: "While staring at the discarded plushie, YOURPETNAME has an epiphany, and seems a bit more enlightened. "
Faerie Crossword : Completing it quickly can raise your active pet's intelligence.
Cliffhanger & Guess the Card : When playing these games, there's about a 10% chance that your active pet will gain intelligence.

Items that Increase Intelligence

	Genius Negg Eating this will increase your pet's intelligence. It will also give you one of the following 6 books: Theories of Physics, Where Neggs Grow, Mystic Neggs Book, Battledome Guide, Know Your Neggs Book, or Cooking Neggs Book.
	Witchy Negg Eating this negg has many side effects, one of which is increasing your pet's intelligence.
	Elixir of Intellect This increases your pet's intelligence by 2 points.
	Greater Earthen Potion When used, this item increases your pet's strength by 2 and their intelligence by 2.
	Illusen Day Elixir Increases your pet's intelligence by 2 points.
	Potion of Brightvale Castle This potion will either do nothing or increase your pet's intelligence by 1.
	Sparkle Potion This potion will increase your pet's intelligence by 1-3 points.

Refusing to Read a book
Sometimes your pet will refuse to read a book. It has something to do with the number of letters in the name of the book and the number of letters in the name of your pet. it's a simple fix, just change the language you're browsing the site in. Usually French or Spanish will work, but if they don't, try one of the Asian languages. Keep trying a different language until your pet reads the book.

Loyal User Perk
If your account is older than 24 months, there's a chance that a book won't disappear after you read it to a pet. This is great because you can then read it to another pet for free!

:: the list

	105 Lava Cake Recipes Estimated cost: 700 nps Booktastic Book
	A is for Aisha Estimated cost: 900 nps
	A Tale of Two Lupes Estimated cost: 900 nps
	About Roberta Estimated cost: 1000 nps Sold at Brightvale Books.
	Acaras in History Estimated cost: 900 nps
	Advanced Papyrus Making Estimated cost: 850 nps Sold at Sutek's Scrolls.
	After the Battle Estimated cost: 900 nps Sold at the Faerieland Bookshop.
	All About Glass Estimated cost: 1000 nps Sold at Brightvale Books.
	Almost Big Book of Slothy Recipes Estimated cost: 900 nps Booktastic Book
	Attack on Kreludor Estimated cost: 10 nps Booktastic Book
	Babaa Care Estimated cost: 5 nps
	Babaa Tales Estimated cost: 400 nps
	Back in Peaceful Times Estimated cost: 500 nps Booktastic Book
	Blumaroo Guide to Dancing Estimated cost: 900 nps
	Blumaroo Love Stories Estimated cost: 1000 nps
	Bori of Brightvale Estimated cost: 1000 nps Sold at Brightvale Books.
	Breathe Estimated cost: 1000 nps Sold at the Faerieland Bookshop.
	Brightvale Castle Estimated cost: 200 nps Won from the Wheel of Knowledge. Sold at Brightvale Books.
	Brightvale Guide to Stained Glass Windows Estimated cost: 250 nps Sold at Brightvale Books.
	Brightvale History Estimated cost: 1000 nps Sold at Brightvale Books.
	Bruce Snowball Strategies Estimated cost: 600 nps
	Brucey B Biography Estimated cost: 1000 nps
	Cartography For Beginners Estimated cost: 250 nps Won from the Wheel of Knowledge. Sold at Brightvale Books.
	Classic Moehog Tales Estimated cost: 500 nps
	Collecting Moon Rock Estimated cost: 900 nps Booktastic Book
	Confident Kyrii Estimated cost: 900 nps
	Constellation Spotting Estimated cost: 800 nps Booktastic Book
	Cooking with Qando Fruit Estimated cost: 900 nps A Qasalan Tablet sold at Words of Antiquity.
	Counting Babaas Estimated cost: 5 nps
	Cybunny Diary Estimated cost: 300 nps
	Dance Away Estimated cost: 900 nps
	Day in the Life of King Roo Estimated cost: 5 nps
	Defend Yourself Estimated cost: 900 nps Booktastic Book
	Deteriorating Scroll Estimated cost: 700 nps Sold at Sutek's Scolls.
	Drawing Kiko Estimated cost: 600 nps
	Eye-Sha Estimated cost: 900 nps Sold at Sutek's Scolls.
	Faellie Handbook Estimated cost: 5 nps
	Faellie Tales Estimated cost: 5 nps
	Faerie Folk Estimated cost: 800 nps Sold at the Faerieland Bookshop.
	Feeding Lupes Estimated cost: 900 nps
	Fishing for Zafaras Estimated cost: 60 nps
	Galactic Adventures Estimated cost: 950 nps Booktastic Book
	Gallant Gallions Comic Estimated cost: 5 nps
	Gallion Care Estimated cost: 5 nps
	Gallion Colouring Book Estimated cost: 5 nps
	Geraptiku Recipes Estimated cost: 150 nps Won from the Deserted Tomb.
	Gnorbu Mane Care Estimated cost: 1000 nps
	Gruslen Grooming Estimated cost: 700 nps
	Gruslen Pop-Up Book Estimated cost: 5 nps
	Hatching A Draik Egg Estimated cost: 1,000 nps
	Inside the Mind of a Lupe Estimated cost: 50 nps Won from the Council Chamber.
	Joy of Fruit Estimated cost: 1000 nps Won from the Wheel of Knowledge. Sold at Brightvale Books.
	Kau Pies Estimated cost: 1000 nps
	Kaus Guide to Better Grazing Estimated cost: 1000 nps
	Keeping the Peace Estimated cost: 150 nps Won from the Wheel of Knowledge. Sold at Brightvale Books.
	Kiko Pop-Up Book Estimated cost: 5 nps
	King Hagan Estimated cost: 200 nps Won from the Wheel of Knowledge. Sold at Brightvale Books.
	King Hagans Biography Estimated cost: 1000 nps Sold at Brightvale Books.
	Korbat Calculus Estimated cost: 1000 nps
	Kreludan Bed Time Stories Estimated cost: 1000 nps Booktastic Book
	Kreludan Cookie Book Estimated cost: 400 nps Booktastic Book
	Kreludan Encyclopedia Estimated cost: 1000 nps Booktastic Book
	Kreludan Facts Estimated cost: 1000 nps Booktastic Book
	Kreludan Fashion Estimated cost: 1000 nps Booktastic Book
	Kreludan Recipes Estimated cost: 800 nps Booktastic Book
	Kreludan Sundaes Estimated cost: 800 nps Booktastic Book
	Lenny Crosswords Estimated cost: 20 nps Won from the Council Chamber.
	Moon Missions Estimated cost: 700 nps Booktastic Book
	Moon Rock Formations Estimated cost: 800 nps Booktastic Book
	My First Babaa Estimated cost: 5 nps
	Mystery of the Kougra Paw Estimated cost: 20 nps Given out from Newbie Packs.
	Mystery Island Monthly Estimated cost: 40 nps Sold at Neovian Press.
	Neopian Times Issue 3 Estimated cost: 10 nps Won from Tombola.
	Nerkmid Mania Estimated cost: 1000 nps
	Nest Builders Manual Estimated cost: 900 nps
	Not-So-Disgusting Dung Uses Estimated cost: 1000 nps Sold at Brightvale Books.
	Ogrin Survivor Estimated cost: 5 nps
	Orange Grundo Survival Handbook Estimated cost: 850 nps Booktastic Book
	Pazo the Lonely Aisha Estimated cost: 900 nps Sold at Sutek's Scrolls.
	Playing with Fire Estimated cost: 600 nps Sold at the Faerieland Bookshop.
	Qasalan Etiquette Estimated cost: 1000 nps A Qasalan Tablet sold at Words of Antiquity.
	Radio Active Pteri Part 1 Estimated cost: 650 nps
	Repairing Your Petpets Estimated cost: 900 nps
	Repairing Your Ship Estimated cost: 1000 nps Booktastic Book
	Sakhmet Natives Estimated cost: 900 nps Sold at Sutek's Scolls.
	Scroll of Serpents Estimated cost: 200 nps A Qasalan Tablet sold at Words of Antiquity.
	Simple Spells Estimated cost: 500 nps Sold at the Faerieland Bookshop
	The Big Blue Blumaroo Book Estimated cost: 200 nps
	The End of the Tunnel Estimated cost: 600 nps Sold at the Faerieland Bookshop.
	The Green Book Estimated cost: 500 nps Sold at the Faerieland Bookshop.
	The Happy Blumaroo Estimated cost: 800 nps
	The Kreludan Flag Estimated cost: 600 nps Booktastic Book
	The Luckiest Babaa Estimated cost: 5 nps
	The Magic Paw Estimated cost: 950 nps
	The Mote Encyclopedia Estimated cost: 1000 nps Won from the Wheel of Knowledge. Sold at Brightvale Books.
	The Secret of Tagobo Estimated cost: 1000 nps
	The Threat Outside Estimated cost: 850 nps Booktastic Book
	The Wonders of Water Estimated cost: 800 nps Sold at the Faerieland Bookshop.
	Tome of Selket Estimated cost: 10 nps Sold at Sutek's Scolls.
	Traversing The Moon Estimated cost: 950 nps Booktastic Book
	Turmac Snacks Estimated cost: 5 nps
	Victory is Ours Estimated cost: 800 nps Booktastic Book
	Waterlogged Book Estimated cost: 10 nps Won from Underwater Fishing.
	Yurble Tales Estimated cost: 5 nps

:: the list : sorted by price

the shop wizard
1 - 10 nps


Babaa Care	Counting Babaas	Day in the Life of King Roo	Faellie Handbook	Faellie Tales	Gallant Gallions Comic

Gallion Care	Gallion Colouring Book	Gruslen Pop-Up Book	Kiko Pop-Up Book	My First Babaa	Neopian Times Issue 3

Ogrin Survivor	The Luckiest Babaa	Tome of Selket	Turmac Snacks	Waterlogged Book	Yurble Tales

10 - 50 nps


Attack on Kreludor	Inside the Mind of a Lupe	Lenny Crosswords	Mystery of the Kougra Paw	Mystery Island Monthly

50 - 100 nps

Fishing For Zafaras

100 - 200 nps


Brightvale Castle	Geraptiku Recipes	Keeping the Peace	King Hagan	Scroll of Serpents	The Big Blue Blumaroo Book

200 - 300 nps


Brightvale Guide to Stained Glass Windows	Cartography For Beginners	Cybunny Diary

300 - 400 nps


Babaa Tales	Kreludan Cookie Book

400 - 500 nps


Back in Peaceful Times	Classic Moehog Tales	Simple Spells	The Green Book

500 - 600 nps


Bruce Snowball Strategies	Drawing Kiko	Playing with Fire	The End of the Tunnel	The Kreludan Flag

600 - 700 nps


105 Lava Cake Recipes	Deteriorating Scroll	Gruslen Grooming	Moon Missions	Radio Active Pteri Part 1

700 - 800 nps


Constellation Spotting	Faerie Folk	Kreludan Recipes	Kreludan Sundaes	Moon Rock Formations	The Happy Blumaroo

The Wonders of Water	Victory is Ours

800 - 900 nps


A is for Aisha	A Tale of Two Lupes	Acaras in History	Advanced Papyrus Making	After the Battle	Almost Big Book of Slothy Recipes

Blumaroo Guide to Dancing	Collecting Moon Rock	Confident Kyrii	Cooking with Qando Fruit	Dance Away	Defend Yourself

Eye-Sha	Feeding Lupes	Nest Builders Manual	Orange Grundo Survival Handbook	Pazo the Lonely Aisha	Repairing Your Petpets

Sakhmet Natives	The Threat Outside

900 - 1,000 nps


About Roberta	All About Glass	Blumaroo Love Stories	Bori of Brightvale	Breathe	Brightvale History

Brucey B Biography	Galactic Adventures	Gnorbu Mane Care	Hatching A Draik Egg	Joy of Fruit	Kau Pies

Kaus Guide to Better Grazing	King Hagans Biography	Korbat Calculus	Kreludan Bed Time Stories	Kreludan Encyclopedia	Kreludan Facts

Kreludan Fashion	Nerkmid Mania	Not-So-Disgusting Dung Uses	Qasalan Etiquette	Repairing Your Ship	The Magic Paw

The Mote Encyclopedia	The Secret of Tagobo	Traversing The Moon

:: the list : sorted by shop

Currently, links from petpages directly to Neopian Shops get blocked. So, the links below will lead you to the map where each shop is located.

Booktastic Book Shop


105 Lava Cake Recipes	Almost Big Book of Slothy Recipes	Attack on Kreludor	Back in Peaceful Times	Collecting Moon Rock	Constellation Spotting

Defend Yourself	Galactic Adventures	Kreludan Bed Time Stories	Kreludan Cookie Book	Kreludan Encyclopedia	Kreludan Facts

Kreludan Fashion	Kreludan Recipes	Kreludan Sundaes	Moon Missions	Moon Rock Formations	Orange Grundo Survival Handbook

Repairing Your Ship	The Kreludan Flag	The Threat Outside	Traversing The Moon	Victory is Ours

Faerieland Bookshop


After the Battle	Breathe	Faerie Folk	Playing with Fire	Simple Spells	The End of the Tunnel

The Green Book	The Wonders of Water

Brightvale Books


About Roberta	All About Glass	Bori of Brightvale	Brightvale Castle	Brightvale Guide to Stained Glass Windows	Brightvale History

Cartography For Beginners	Joy of Fruit	Keeping the Peace	King Hagan	King Hagans Biography	Not-So-Disgusting Dung Uses

The Mote Encyclopedia