Bookshelf

Bookshelves are decorative blocks that primarily serve to enhance enchanting with an enchanting table.

Obtaining
Bookshelves can be found in strongholds and in a village.

Breaking
Bookshelves can be broken fairly easily by hand, but can be broken faster by using an axe. In either case, they drop 3 books when broken, allowing the reconstruction of the bookshelf with the addition of six wood planks. When broken by an item that is enchanted with silk touch, a bookshelf drops itself.

Natural generation
Bookshelves generate in village libraries and some village houses.

Strongholds may contain up to two libraries, each of which may be single-level or have an upper balcony. These feature some bookshelves arranged in pillars, and more bookshelves arranged in pillars in the walls. Single-level libraries contain 161 bookshelves, while libraries with balconies contain 233.

Bookshelves also naturally generate in some woodland mansion rooms.

Trading
Novice-level librarian villagers have a 50% chance to sell a bookshelf for 9 emeralds as part of their trades.

Novice-level librarian villagers have a $2/3$ chance to sell 1 bookshelf for 9 emeralds.

Enchanting
If an enchanting table is placed near a bookshelf, glyph particles fly from the bookshelf toward the enchanting table. Having bookshelves in the proper position near the table allows the table to apply higher-level enchantments.

Fuel
Bookshelves can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Villager
Librarian villagers can interact with bookshelves.

Note Blocks
Bookshelf can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sound.

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Trivia

 * Bookshelves top and bottom textures by default use the same texture as oak planks.
 * It takes 90 planks, 45 leather and 135 paper to make 15 bookshelves in order to get a level 30 enchantment.
 * A bookshelf is the icon for Education Edition.