diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/manuals.dm b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/manuals.dm
index 4d36c640784..87c0d54e317 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/manuals.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/manuals.dm
@@ -797,6 +797,7 @@
 	desc = "A set of Nanotrasen guidelines for keeping law and order on their space stations."
 	icon_state = "bookSpaceLaw"
 	force = 4 //advanced magistrate tactics
+	throwforce = 4 //throw the book at em
 	author = "Nanotrasen"
 	title = "Space Law"
 	dat = {"
diff --git a/code/modules/library/lib_items.dm b/code/modules/library/lib_items.dm
index 991061d5ef7..f893657ded7 100644
--- a/code/modules/library/lib_items.dm
+++ b/code/modules/library/lib_items.dm
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
 	throw_speed = 1
 	throw_range = 5
 	force = 2
+	throwforce = 2
 	w_class = WEIGHT_CLASS_NORMAL		 //upped to three because books are, y'know, pretty big. (and you could hide them inside eachother recursively forever)
 	attack_verb = list("bashed", "whacked", "educated")
 	burn_state = FLAMMABLE