>>50246662
This is pretty much a guaranteed recipe.
All you need is a writing tool (iirc Farris sells the recipe) and literacy skill (which you'll quickly level up just by being a mage).
The only tricky part is the mana crystal, which can drop from golems or from walls in 50+ Nefias . But you'll be given one at some point during a story quest.
But actually, you don't need to rush it.
After coffee was added, sleep became completely optional. You can just drink coffee, or coffee with stamina regen, or eat anti-sleep food, and restore more stamina than you need with shrines if you're actively doing Nefias.
So you'll have plenty of time to read anything and you'll still find more books than slots in the grimoire. It is good to have, but it's not that important.