Books

These are books you can find ingame, grouped by subject.

Medical Books

These books detail aspects of Goonstation's medical system, like making medicine or treating patients.

• Cryogenics Instruction Manual - How to set up the cryogenics system and how to treat people with it.
  Related guide: Medical Doctor.

• H-87 Cloning Apparatus Manual - How to use the cloning lab. Uses old titles for jobs but is otherwise up to date.
  Related guide: Medical Doctor.

• Medbay Pocket Guide - A brief explanation of how to prepare medicine, diagnose, and heal patients as Medical Doctor.
  Related guides: Medical Doctor, Doctoring

• Pharmacopia - Essential medical drugs.
  Related guide: Doctoring

• So you've contracted a pathogen! - Pamphlet on how to use to use Cargo's CDC link to analyze and cure diseases.
  Related guide: Quartermaster#QMCare

• Trent's Anatomy - Step-by-step instructions on surgery and info on the types of organs, their ailments, and their treatments.
  Related guide: Doctoring.

Civilian Books

Are you a Botanist, Chef, or Bartender? These jobs discuss aspects of growing, making, and serving foods and drinks.

• Bartending Pocket Guide - An brief, informal guide that outlines the Bartender's workplace, the machines and tools they use, the basics of cocktail decoration, and some example drinks.
  Related guides: Bartender, Foods and Drinks

• The Helpful Hydroponics Handbook - Botany primer.
  Related guide: Guide to Botany

• To Serve Man - Basic kitchen recipes.
  Related guide: Food

Engineering Books

These books explain engineering-related topics, such setting up certain kinds of engines, and other mechanics relevant to those in the Engineering department.

• Generator Startup Procedure - A basic setup for Cogmap1's thermo-electric generator, step by step.
  Related guide: Powering the station

• The Goon Geothermal Capture System Field Training Manual - How to set up Oshan Laboratory's Geothermal Capture System
  Related guide: Powering the station

• Engineering Pocket Guide - A guidebook with concise instructions on setting the solars and repairing the station.
  Related guides: Engineer, Construction, Powering the station

• Mechanic components and you - An overview of the mechanic components.
  Related guide: MechComp, Mechanic

• How to properly operate Singularity Buster rocket launcher‎ - Instructions on the singularity buster rocket launcher
  Related guide: OH FUCK IT'S LOOSE

Supply Books

These books detail specifically with the duties of Quartermasters and Miners, who are often considered a subset within the Engineering department.

• Cargo Pocket Guide - A short introduction to the Quartermaster job.
  Related guide: Quartermaster.

• Mineralogy 101 - An ore encyclopedia.
  Related guide: Guide to Mining

• Mining Pocket Guide No. 1 - Introduces basic tools used in Mining, a sample of more advanced equipment and machines, and some of the common ores encountered.
  Related guides: Guide to Mining, Miner

• Mining Pocket Guide No. 2 - Explains equipment, machinery, other jobs, and dangers involved in Mining, in an informal, "Western" tone.
  Related guides: Guide to Mining, Miner

Security Books

The following books explain some of the tools and practices used by Security personnel.

• A-97 Port-A-Brig Manual - How to use the Port-a-Brig.
  Related guide: Security Objects

• Frontier Justice: A Treatise on Space Law - A Security Officer's guide to crime and proper arrest procedures.
  Related guide: Space Law

• Your Lawbringer And You‎ - A guide to the Lawbringer and its modes.
  Related guide: Security Objects#Lawbringer

Miscellaneous Books

These books cover subjects that don't quite fit in the previous categories or are actually fiction.

• The Buddy Book - How to program guardbuddies.
  Related guide: TermOS

• Creature Conspectus Revised Edition - Suggestions of monster encounters for an in-game tabletop RPG
  Related guide: Guide to writing

• Critter Compendium - A catalog of most major liveforms found aboard Space Station 13.
  Related guide: Critter

• DWAINE for Dummies - How to use computers running DWAINE.
  Related guide: TermOS

• The Trial of Heisenbee & Albert and the Deep Blue Sea - Short children's stories featuring various animals on the station.
  Related guide: None.

• Nuclear Agent Sentry Turret Manual - How to set up, use, and disassemble the combat engineer's sentry gun.
  Related guide: Syndicate Items

• Torpedoes And You Aka How To Not Blow Yourself Up - Info on the types of torpedos and instructions on how to load and fire them.
  Related guide: Torpedoes

• Your Player Piano and You - Guide to the player piano's note formatting, error messages, and other functions.
  Related guide: Piano Song Dump

Outdated Books

The books listed here discuss content that is no longer in the game or are themselves no longer in the game. They are kept around for historical interest.

• Chemical Information‎ - Describes plasma gas and the chemicals inaprovaline, dylovene, and sleep toxin, which no longer exist.
  Updated guides: Chemicals, Gas

• A Crash Course in Legal SOP - Instructions on trials and due process.
  Updated guide: N/A, for trials have been phased out. See Space Law for current punishment procedures.

• Creature Conspectus Original Edition - The old edition of the Creature Conspectus that was deliberately unusable.
  Updated guide: Creature Conspectus Revised Edition

• Dummies guide to material science - Outdated explanation of material properties.
  Updated guide: Ore Processing

• Generator Startup Procedure (Old)‎ - The old version of the Generator Startup Procedure‎ for the old version of the thermoelectric generator
  Updated guide: Powering the station.

• Job Information - Various jobs on the station, their access levels, and their duties.
  Updated guide: Jobs

• Standard Operating Procedure - Outlines how to handle various emergencies, such as fires and plasma leaks.
  Updated guide: Engineer