Book

Books are items crafted from paper and leather. They are used both as an ingredient to craft other items and as a way to store Enchantments for later use. Books and paper usually appear in chests inside Stronghold libraries. They can also be traded with librarian villagers.

Usage

Currently, books are used for making bookshelves using 6 Wood Planks and 3 books. They can be used to make a Book and Quill which can be written in. Books can also be used to make an Enchantment Table and used for Enchanting items in an anvil as an enchanted book.

A book itself can be used as the target of any enchantment. The enchantment will stay with the book until such time that a player wants to use the enchantment on a separate item. The enchantment can then be applied from the book to an item by placing both of them in an anvil. The enchanted book is consumed in the process.

Crafting

Book (Shapeless recipe)				Book and Quill (Shapeless recipe)
None	None	None		None	None	None
None	Paper	Paper		None	None	None
None	Paper	Leather		Book	Ink Sac	Feather

Bookshelf				Enchantment Table
Wooden Planks	Wooden Planks	Wooden Planks		None	Book	None
Book	Book	Book		Diamond	Obsidian	Diamond
Wooden Planks	Wooden Planks	Wooden Planks		Obsidian	Obsidian	Obsidian

Trivia

• A book and quill will have the glare of an enchanted book when a player finishes and turns it into a fully-published non-editable book.
• In earlier versions, leather wasn't used in crafting books.
• In Minecraft: Pocket Edition, you can craft books with only paper.

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Manufactured	Blaze Powder • Book • Bowl • Brick ( Nether)  • Eye of Ender • Fermented Spider Eye • Glass Bottle ( Water Bottle) • Glistering Melon • Magma Cream • Paper • Popped Chorus Fruit • Potions ( Splash • Lingering) • Stick • Sugar
Food	Beetroot • ( Beetroot Soup) • Bread • Cake • Carrot ( Golden Carrot) • Chorus Fruit • Cookie • Egg • Melon Slice • Milk • Mushroom Stew • Potato ( Baked • Poisonous) • Sweet Berries • Pumpkin Pie • Raw Beef ( Steak) • Raw Chicken ( Cooked) • Raw Cod ( Cooked) • Raw Porkchop ( Cooked) • Apple ( Golden • Notch) • Rotten Flesh • Spider Eye • Raw Rabbit ( Cooked) • Raw Mutton ( Cooked) • Rabbit Stew • Tropical Fish • Raw Salmon ( Cooked Salmon) • Pufferfish • Dried Kelp • Suspicious Stew • Honey Bottle • Honey
Plants	Seeds ( Beetroot • Wheat • Pumpkin • Melon) • Sugar Cane • Wheat • Kelp • Bamboo • Pink Dye • Orange Dye • Yellow Dye • Green Dye • Lime Dye • Light Blue Dye • Cyan Dye • Lapis Lazuli • Magenta Dye • Purple Dye • Gray Dye • Light Gray Dye • White Dye • Black Dye • Brown Dye • Blue Dye
Tools	Axe • Bucket ( Water • Lava) • Fishing Rod • Flint and Steel • Hoe • Pickaxe • Shears • Shovel • Book and Quill • Lead • Shield • Carrot on a Stick • Warped Fungus on a Stick
Informative	Clock • Compass • Map • Exploration Map
Weapons	Bow ( Arrow) • Fire Charge • Snowball • Sword • Trident • Crossbow
Armor	Boots • Chestplate • Helmet • Leggings  • Horse Armor • Turtle Shell
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Utility	Saddle • Totem of Undying • Name Tag
Decoration	Music Discs
Creative only	Spawn Egg • Debug Stick
Unimplemented	Quiver • Ruby • Skis • Crystallized Honey