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Each time the player gains a level they can choose one of 2 books to read. Each book grants some sort of bonus, known as a perk. The two books are selected at random, though some books seem to only become available later in the game. It appears that each book is a reference to a real book, such as the Tell-Tale Heart, The Clockwork Orange and The Count of Monte Cristo.

List of Books[]

Icon Name Effect Reference
100 Years of Orphan Food +50 life. 100 years of solitude
2666 Types Of Juice 2666 Types Of Juice +25 life

Juice boxes permanently increase health by 4.
2666
A Clockwork Orphanage A Clockwork Orphanage +20% attack speed. A Clockwork Orange
A Good Coin Is Hard To Find A Good Coin Is Hard To Find +15 life.

Enemies are 50% more likely to drop Tokens.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
And Then There Was "Run" +20% move speed. And Then There was None
As I Lay Dying I Get Stronger As I Lay Dying I Get Stronger +10% attack speed.

Deal 30% more damage when Below 20% life.
As I Lay Dying
Atlas glugged Atlas Glugged +10 damage.

Juice boxes permanently increase damage by 3.
Atlas Shrugged
C Is For Cowardly C Is For Cowardly -20% attack speed.

+2 Juice Box capacity.
V for Vendetta
Call Of The Wild Furniture Call of the Wild Furniture +10% attack speed.

Deal 20% more damage against bosses.
Call Of the Wild
CoinsAndPunishment Coins And Punishment +10% move speed.

+1 damage for each Coin in possession
Crime and Punishment
Cordy and the Chalk Cloud Factory Using chalk permanently increases attack speed by 5%

+5 move speed
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Great Expectations Of Juiceboxes Great Expectations of Juice Boxes +15 life

Enemies are 50% more likely to drop juice boxes.
Great Expectations
JuiceBoxesOfDarkness Juice Boxes Of Darkness +5 damage

Juice boxes permanently increase damage by 2.
Heart of Darkness
One Flew Under The Ranged Attack One Flew Under The Ranged Attack +20% move speed. One flew over Cuckoo's nest
Tender Is The Rapid Shot Tender Is The Rapid Shot +20% attack speed. Tender is the night
The Capulet Code The Capulet Code -10% move speed

+8 Tokens
The Da Vinci Code
The Coin Return in the Rye Vending machine prices are discounted 20%

-25 life
The Catcher in the Rye
The Count Of Monte Chalkto The Count Of Monte Chalkto +10 damage

Chalk attacks deal double damage.
The Count of Monte Christo
The Dark Is Growing The Dark Is Growing -20% move speed.

+2 Juice Box capacity
The Dark is Rising
The Five People You Meet in Edgewood

-75% life

+5 lives

The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Gangs Of New Edgewood The Gangs Of New Edgewood +20 damage. The Gangs of New York
The Grape Juices of Wrath Bonus: +5 damage for each missing juicebox

+5% attack speed
The Grapes of Wrath
The Haste Land The Haste Land +20% move speed. The Waste Land
The Hitchhiker's Guide To Vending Machines +5 damage.

42% discount from Vending Machines.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hound Of The Eraservilles The Hound Of The Eraservilles +10 damage

Enemies are 50% more likely to drop chalk.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hunger Pains The Hunger Pains -25 health.

+15 tokens.
The Hunger Games
TheImportanceOfFindingTokens The Importance of Finding Tokens +25 life

Restore 2% health when you pick up an Edgewood Meritorious Token
The importance of being earnest
The Item Drop Lottery The Item Drop Lottery +5% attack speed.

50% Likelihood of additional champion spawn per floor.
The Lottery
Jungle gym The Jungle Gym -20% move speed.

Gain 15 Tokens.
The Jungle
The Kite Runner Kites The Kite Runner Kites +10% move speed.

Gain +20% move speed when not damaged for 5 seconds.
The Kite Runner
Malice in Wonderland

+10 damage

Your regular attacks become more destructive

Alice in Wonderland
The Perk of Being a Ranged Wallflower +20 damage The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Princess Diaries

+5 damage

Level up instantly after the next room

The Princess Diaries
RedBadge The Red Badge of Courage and Hardiness +50 life The Red Badge of Courage
The Tell-Tale Extra Heart The Tell-Tale Extra Heart -25 life.

Adds an extra life.
The Tell Tale Heart
The Things The Monsters Carried The Things The Monsters Carried +5 damage.

Enemies are 50% more likely to drop Chalk, Juice boxes, and Tokens.
The Things They Carried
The Unbearable Interest Of Being The Unbearable Interest Of Being +10% move speed

Tokens earn 20% interest at the end of each level.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Velveteen Cabinet +10% attack speed

Reduce cooldown on items by 20%
The Velveteen Rabbit
To Kill A Rocking Chair +20 damage. To Kill a Mockingbird
ChalkcloudBook Where the Chalk Cloud Ends +5% move speed

Double the likelihood of a Memory Room per floor.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Where the Child Things Are +20% attack speed. Where the Wild Things are
The Year of Magical Shrinking

+150 life

You lose 10% of remaining life every floor

The Year of Magical Thinking
Zen And The Art Of Pummeling Zen And The Art Of Pummeling +50 life

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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