Silent Hill 2 Guide | How to Solve the Hotel Book Puzzle

Konami's revival was marked by the release of Silent Hill 2, a remake of their most well-known horror game. This game is well-known for its difficult puzzles, which can take up a significant amount of time during gameplay, and the Silent Hill 2 remake contains an abundance of them. In this guide, we'll show you how to solve the Hotel Book Puzzle at the Lakeview Hotel.

Located in the Reading Room on the second floor of the Lakeview Hotel, the puzzle requires you to match the bookshelf arrangement to that of a painting – it is one of the more complex puzzles in the game. Inside the Reading Room, you will find four books that you can place in empty slots on the bookshelf.

1.       Pride Before The Fall – Lion

2.       Revelations: A New Understanding – Man with Wings

3.       Stalwart To The End – Bull

4.       The One Who Soared – Eagle

You’ll need to pay attention to the painting on the opposite side of the bookshelf; the symbols in the painting will indicate where the books will go in the bookshelf slot, as the symbols in the book are present in the spines of the book. You can deduce which symbol in the painting represents which book using the book titles as well.  To view the painting and correlate it to the shelf accurately, you’ll need to flip the image to align the spears.

With this in mind, place:

Revelations: A New Understanding, The Winged Human to the top left slot.

The One Who Soared, The Eagle to the top right.

Stalwart To The End, The Bull to the bottom left.

Pride Before The Fall, The Lion to the bottom right.

Once that's set, the bookshelf will open up to another room containing the Silent Hill 2 Remake Lightbulb Puzzle that eventually leads to the Silent Hill 2 Remake Suitcase Combination.

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