This is a vast and excellent game by a small company.
They took a few shortcuts, and I'm not inclined to be harsh.
Needing to have a book in inventory to read it is a pain, sure.
That isn't likely to change because of the way quest events trigger.
To make it less annoying:
- Aside from Craft books:
- Read everything you find.
- Then stick it in a backpack on your main character and forget about it.
- If you need it to do something later, the script will find it.
- It won't clutter your inventory.
- For Craft books:
- The Journal lists what you've read, by title, under "Recipes".
- If you don't open the list entries it's a very quick scan.
- When you find a Craft book:
- Read it, then drop or destroy it.
- You won't need the money after you loot Cyseal.
- If you're an uber-role-player, you're on your own.
I never have the mental stamina to carry that through.
- For a quick check in a trade session:
- Close the trade.
- Open the journal.
- Open Recipes and scan the list.
- Now you know if you've read it.
