diff --git a/code/modules/library/lib_items.dm b/code/modules/library/lib_items.dm
index 31e129b503..34319c0d91 100644
--- a/code/modules/library/lib_items.dm
+++ b/code/modules/library/lib_items.dm
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 	icon_state ="book"
 	throw_speed = 1
 	throw_range = 5
-	w_class = 1.0
+	w_class = 3		 //upped to three because books are, y'know, pretty big. (and you could hide them inside eachother recursively forever)
 	flags = FPRINT | TABLEPASS
 	attack_verb = list("bashed", "whacked", "educated")
 	var/dat			 // Actual page content