Books, Magazines, and Comics are collectible Fallout 4 items which provide permanent stat boosts upon discovery.
Magazines come in different types, each with several issues ranging from 1-14 different copies. Once obtained and "read", the perk bonus is instant, at which point you can either dispose of or sell the book, or place it on a collectible rack that you can build at any settlement.
Books and Magazine Locations
- See Also: Far Harbor DLC Magazines
Books and magazines are found all over the Commonwealth, and are divided into different types of skill books - some of which add to a certain perk, and others that unlock different things for each issue found.
You're SPECIAL Location
You're SPECIAL Video Location
The children's book is unique and one of a kind, and lets you pick one extra point in the Attribute of your choosing.
| Name | Location | Notes | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| You're SPECIAL | Sanctuary | Inside your old house, on the floor next to Shaun's crib |
Astoundingly Awesome Tales Locations
Astoundingly Awesome Tales Video Locations
Each issue of Astoundingly Awesome Tales will give a differerent bonus perks, usually extra damage or defense towards a certain type of enemy, or using a certian weapon.
Grognak the Barbarian Locations
Grognak the Barbarian Video Locations
Each issue of Grognak the Barbarian adds +5% damage to critical hits done with unarmed and melee attacks.
| Name | Location | Notes | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grognak the Barbarian - Blood on the Harp | Wicked Shipping Fleet Lockup | In a small office next to the warehouse | |
| Grognak the Barbarian - Cometh the Trickster | Andrew Street Station | North of the station, on the top floor of an apartment with a bus crashed through the roof | |
| Grognak the Barbarian - Demon Slaves, Demon Sands | Vault 75 | In the Overseer's Personal Quarters, on a bed | |
| Grognak the Barbarian - Enter Maula: War Maiden of Mars | Boston Common | North of Swan's Pond, on a bandstand surrounded by radioactive barrels | |
| Grognak the Barbarian - Fatherless Cur | Mass Pike Interchange | On the South side of the camp next to a Power Armor Station, on a toilet | |
| Grognak the Barbarian - In the Bosom of the Corsair Queen | Corvega Assembly Plant | In the Raider Leader Jared's quarters on the top floor of the assembly plant | |
| Grognak the Barbarian - In the Lair of the Virgin Eaters | Hyde Park | On the highest raider camp in the town, behind a chair on top of a safe | |
| Grognak the Barbarian - Jungle of the Bat Babies | Sanctuary | In your old house, on the kitchen counter | |
| Grognak the Barbarian - Lost in the Snows of Lust | Back Street Apparel | On the top floor of the shop in a living room, on a table in front of a red couch | |
| Grognak the Barbarian - What Sorcery This? | Museum of Witchcraft | In the main floor of the museum, next to the second display with two mannequins | |
| Grognak the Barbarian - Alternate Issue | Vault 81 | Given as a reward for telling the classroom a short story. |
Guns and Bullets Locations
Guns and Bullets Video Locations
Each issue of Guns and Bullets increase your critical damage with any ballisitic weapon by +5%.
Hot Rodder Locations
Hot Rodder Video Locations
Each issue of the Hot Rodder Magazine will unlock a new paint scheme for you to apply to your Power Armor when using the Power Armor Work Station. When all armor pieces have the same paint scheme, your agility will increase
| Name | Location | Notes | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Rodder - Flame Job | Robotics Disposal Ground | Inside the junkyard building against the far wall | |
| Hot Rodder - Hot Pink | Milton General Hospital - West Roxbury Parking Garage | On the top floor of the maze-like trap-filled garage | |
| Hot Rodder - Shark Paint Scheme | Atom Cats Garage | In Zeke's trailer behind the main garage |
La Coiffe Locations
La Coiffe Video Locations
Each issue of the La Coiffe magazines will unlock a new hairstyle for you to try out at any hair salon merchant.
| Name | Location | Notes | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Coiffe - Megaton Hair | Fallon's Department Store | Up the first escalators to the third floor, through the gated store | |
| La Coiffe - The Hornet's Nest | Bunker Hill - Charleston Laundry | Southeast of Bunker Hill towards the USS Constitution, in a green laundry building |
Live and Love Locations
Live and Love Video Locations
Each issue of the Live and Love magazines will add benefical perks that affect your companion - and yourself too.
| Name | Location | Effect | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live and Love - Advice From Married Men | Goodneighbor - The Third Rail | Companions gain +5 Damage and Energy Resistance | |
| Live and Love - An Experience to Remember | Goodneighbor - Hotel Rexford | Gain +5% XP while adventuring with a companion | |
| Live and Love - Beware the Man Handler | Bunker Hill | Gain +25% XP from persuading men | |
| Live and Love - I Married a Robot | Diamond City Market - Schoolhouse | Robot companions inflict +5% damage | |
| Live and Love - Life Long Best Friends | Faneuil Hall | Companions gain +10 health | |
| Live and Love - Nuke the Man | College Square | Companions inflict +5% damage | |
| Live and Love - Talk Yourself Sober | Revere Beach Station | Gain +1 Luck from alcohol when adventuring with a companion | |
| Live and Love - The Secretary Charmer | Fiddler's Green Trailer Estates | Gain +25% XP from persuading women | |
| Live and Love - Trim the Fat | WRVR Broadcast Station | Companions gain +10 carry weight |
Massachusetts Surgical Journal Locations
Massachusetts Surgical Journal Video Locations
Each issue of the Massachusetts Surgical Journal will inflict +2% limb damage when combating opponents.
Picket Fences Locations
Picket Fences Video Locations
Each issue of the Picket Fences magazine will allow you to build more objects in your Settlements when in Build Mode.
| Name | Location | Effect | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picket Fences - Essential Upgrades | Saugus Ironworks | Able to build statues | |
| Picket Fences - Modern Hearth | Hardware Town | Able to build high tech lights | |
| Picket Fences - Modern Lawn Care | Combat Zone | Able to build potted plants | |
| Picket Fences - The Home of Tomorrow, Today | Beantown Brewery | Able to build picket fencing | |
| Picket Fences - Welcome Home | Weston Water Treatment Plant | Able to build patio furniture |
RobCo Fun Locations
RobCo Fun Video Locations
Each issue of RobCo Fun includes a playable holotape game that you can collect and play in any terminal, or on your Pip Boy. These games mimic old-school games like Donkey Kong, Pit Fall, and more.
| Name | Location | Notes | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| RobCo Fun - Atomic Command | Museum of History | Located next to the terminal where Sturges is working | |
| RobCo Fun - Grognak and the Ruby Ruins | Goodneighbor - Memory Den | In the basement, obtainable during the main questline | |
| RobCo Fun - PipFall | Fort Hagen - Command Center | Located in the command center bunker, obtainable during the main questline | |
| RobCo Fun - Red Menace | Vault 111 (Holotape Only) | Found in the Vault's recreational terminal | |
| RobCo Fun - Zeta Invaders | Diamond City Market - Valentine Detective Agency | Located behind the front desk in Valentine's agency |
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor Locations
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor Video Locations
Each issue of the Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor will grant the player better prices when buying from a vendor in The Commonwealth.
Tesla Science Locations
Tesla Science Video Locations
Every issue of Tesla Science obtained will grant an additional +5% critical damage with Energy Weapons.
| Name | Location | Notes | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla Science - Will Robots Rule the World? | ArcJet Systems | Available when helping Paladin Danse, in the CEO's office | |
| Tesla Science - U.S. Army Goes to Space | HalluciGen, Inc. | In a room on an upper floor, on a desk by an interior window | |
| Tesla Science - What is Plasma, Anyway? | General Atomics Factory | On the upper level from the main entrance, directly above the front door | |
| Tesla Science - Blast Off to Adventure! | Mahkra Fishpacking | At the end of the conveyor belt line down the elevator, and under the large stairways | |
| Tesla Science - Giant Super Weapons | Mass Fusion Building | Only available during the main questline | |
| Tesla Science - 10 Number 1 Hits | Poseidon Energy | In a raider infested office above the main plant room, reachable through a maintenance pipe | |
| Tesla Science - Future of Warfare? | Reeb Marina | In a dining area connecting the two marina garages | |
| Tesla Science - Rocket Science for Toddlers | Rocky Cave - Virgil's Laboratory | Inside Virgils Lab on one side of the cave | |
| Tesla Science - Geckos and Gamma Radiation | University Point | Located on the top floor of the Sedgewick Hall |
Taboo Tattoos Locations
Taboo Tattoos Video Locations
Each issue of Taboo Tattoos will unlock a new facial tattoo that you can apply when undergoing facial reconstruction surgery in the Diamond City Market.
| Name | Location | Notes | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taboo Tattoos - Bad Luck Horseshoe | Vault 81 | Inside the Vault in Horatio's Barber Shop | |
| Taboo Tattoos - Eagle's Nest | Thicket Excavations | Located in a trailer to the left of the quarry itself | |
| Taboo Tattoos - Lucky Clover | Mass Pike Tunnel West / East | Located behind a locked Security Gate, can be easily accessed from Boston Police Rationing Site | |
| Taboo Tattoos - Nautical Anchor | Concord - Civic Access | In the Civic Access Sewers, to the left of a Mirelurk guarding a dead Raider | |
| Taboo Tattoos - Skulls Are Hip | Irish Pride Industries Shipyard | In the main cabin of the ship docked in the shipyard |
Total Hack Locations
Total Hack Video Locations
Each issue of Total Hack will come with a hacking holotape that can be inserted into terminals tied to security devices to grant further options - such as disabling defenses or turning them against their owners.
| Name | Location | Notes | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Hack - Control Robots | Wattz Consumer Electronics | Located in the bottom basement supply room, next to a terminal | |
| Total Hack - Control Spotlights | The Shamrock Taphouse | Held by a mannequin in a room behind the main bar area | |
| Total Hack - Control Turrets | Wildwood Cemetery | Lying in front of the center tree in the cemetery |
Tumblers Today Locations
Tumblers Today Video Locations
Every issue of Tumblers Today obtained will increase the sweetspot of the lock, making lockpicking that much easier to complete.
| Name | Location | Notes | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tumblers Today - Bobby Pins - More Effective Than Lockpicks? | Easy City Downs | On the top floor of the main race building | |
| Tumblers Today - Confessions of a Housebreaker | Fens Street Sewers | In a security locker area near some stairs | |
| Tumblers Today - Locksmith Certification Special | Malden Center | In a red traincar at the Raider base under attack | |
| Tumblers Today - Mysteries of the Master Key Exposed! | Poseiden Energy Turbines #18-F | In the partially flooded office next to the submerged turbine | |
| Tumblers Today - Open Any Lock in 5 Seconds Flat | West Roxbury Station | In an open locker past two traincars that must be aligned by switches |
U.S. Covert Operations Manual Locations
U.S. Covert Operations Manual Video Locations
Every issue of the U.S. Covert Operations Manual that you collect will grant you an additional bonus to remaining undetected while sneaking.
Unstoppables Locations
Unstoppables Video Locations
Each issue of the Unstoppables comic will grant you +1% chance to avoid all damage from a single attack.
| Name | Location | Notes | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unstoppables - Commie-Kazi vs Manta Man | Westing Estate | On a platform above the submerged town, next to a sleeping bag | |
| Unstoppables - Dr. Brainwash and His Army of De-Capitalists | Shaw High School | Located in a room behind the Library, using the Principal's Key | |
| Unstoppables - Trapped in the Dimension of the Pterror-dactyls | Suffolk County Charter School | In a main upper floor room from the entrance | |
| Unstoppables - Visit the Ux-Ron Galaxy | Hubris Comics | Found on the front counter right upon entering the building | |
| Unstoppables - Who Can Stop the Unstoppable Grog-na-rok? | D.B. Technical High School | Located in the basement lair of a Raider leader, under the cafeteria |
Wasteland Survival Guide Locations
Wasteland Survival Guide Video Locations
Every issue of the Wasteland Survival Guide adds a different perk related to surviving in the wastes - including making the most of farming and food, swimming, and even the location of Diamond City
| Name | Location | Effect | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasteland Survival Guide - Commonwealth Coupon Spectacular | Nahant Oceanological Society | Gain 10% discount from food and drink vendors | |
| Wasteland Survival Guide - Farming the Wastes | Wreck of the USS Riptide | Heal 50% more from fruit and vegetables | |
| Wasteland Survival Guide - Guide to Diamond City | Gorski Cabin | Marks Diamond City on your map | |
| Wasteland Survival Guide - Hunting in the Wastes | Sunshine Tidings Co-op | Collect extra meat from animal kills | |
| Wasteland Survival Guide - Insect Repellent Special | Crater House | Take 5% less damage from insects | |
| Wasteland Survival Guide - Self-Defense Secrets | Ranger Cabin | Take 5% less damage from melee attacks | |
| Wasteland Survival Guide - The Bright Side of Radiation Poisoning | Egret Tours Marina | Heal 50% from irradiated packaged food | |
| Wasteland Survival Guide - The Scrapyard Home Decoration Group | Lynn Woods | Unlock new decorations in Settlements | |
| Wasteland Survival Guide - Water Aerobics for Ghouls | Old Gullet Sinkhole | Swim 25% faster |
