Enchanted Book

An enchanted book is an item which allows players to add enchantments to weapons, tools, or armor by combining the enchantment book with one of said items on an anvil. The player can create an enchanted book by enchanting a book on an enchantment table. It is a book with the enchantment "glow" and a red ribbon.

The enchanted book can appear in a dungeon chest, as well as a stronghold, mineshaft or village chests. One of the enchantments you can get on a book is a new enchantment called Thorns. It can range from Thorns I to Thorns III. You can only get this enchantment by first enchanting a book, then using an anvil to apply it to armor. The Thorns enchantment has a chance of reflecting damage back at attackers when placed on armor.

In Creative Mode, the books can be found in their appropriate tabs. (e.g Silk Touch in the Tools tab, Fire Aspect in the Weapons tab etc.)

Effective combinations
Here is the list of the irregular, effective combinations of enchantments and items.

Trivia

 * The player can enchant any block or item with any enchantments in Creative mode with the use of enchanted books and the anvil.
 * Enchanted books allow players to get normally unobtainable enchantments in Survival such as Silk Touch on shears or Unbreaking on a sword.