Book

Book

Type	Manufactured items
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
First appearances	See History
Data value	dec: 340 hex: 154 bin: 101010100
Name	book

This article is about standard books. For other books, see Books.

Books are items crafted from paper and leather.

Obtaining

Bookshelves

Three books are dropped when a bookshelf is mined without silk touch or destroyed by an explosion.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Paper + Leather

Natural generation

Books can be found in 94.6% of stronghold library chests in stacks of 1–3. In 1.13^[upcoming] they can be found in 34.5% of shipwreck map chests in stacks of 1–5.

In Bedrock Edition they can be found in 93.8% of stronghold library chests in stacks of 1–3.

Usage

Enchanting

Books can be made into enchanted books by enchanting them on enchantment tables.

Trading

Librarian villagers will usually buy 8-10 books for an emerald.

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo
	Enchanter	Use a book, obsidian and diamonds to construct an enchantment table	Pick up an enchantment table from a crafting table output.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	20G	Silver
	Librarian	Build some bookshelves to improve your enchantment table	Pick up a bookshelf from a crafting table output.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	20G	Bronze

Advancements

Main article: Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Internal ID
	Enchanter	Enchant an item at an Enchanting Table	Diamonds!	—	minecraft:story/enchant_item

History

Alpha
1.0.11					Books were added. Their only use was for crafting bookshelves, which was used as a purely decorative block.
Beta
1.8			pre1		Books are found in the new stronghold library chests.
Official release
1.0.0			Beta 1.9-pre3		Books are now used to craft enchantment tables.
1.3.1			12w17a		The crafting recipe is now shapeless, so books can now be crafted in the player's 2×2 crafting area, although the recipe now requires leather. Before this version, books were crafted with three paper sheets in a single column.
					A book can be crafted into a book and quill, which can be used to create written books.
			12w21a		Librarian villagers now buy 11–12 books for 1 emerald.
			12w22a		Librarian villagers now sell enchanted books by 5–64 emeralds and 1 book.
1.4.6			12w49a		Books can now be enchanted into enchanted books, and then combined together in an anvil with a tool to then enchant it.
1.8			14w02a		Librarian villagers now buy 8–10 books for 1 emerald.
1.9			15w43a		Average yield of books in stronghold library chests is substantially increased.
1.12			17w13a		Included the Knowledge Book, a green-colored book that grants the user a recipe for crafting.
					The recipe tab on the crafting table GUI uses a red-colored book.
Upcoming
1.13			18w11a		Books now generate in shipwreck chests.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.3.0					Added books. They can be used to craft bookshelves.
0.12.1			build 1		The crafting recipe now requires leather. Before this version, books were crafted with three paper sheets in a single column.
					Books are now used to craft enchanting tables.
					Books can now be enchanted into enchanted books, and then combined together in an anvil with a tool to then enchant it.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4			build 1		Librarian villagers now buy 8–10 books for 1 emerald.
Bedrock Edition
1.2			build 1		A book can be crafted into a book and quill, which can be used to create written books.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.2.14			build 1		book now can be found inside map room chest in shipwreck.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added books.
TU14		1.04			The crafting recipe now requires leather. Before this version, books were crafted with three paper sheets in a single column.

Issues

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See also

• Enchanted Book

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