{{For}}
{{Item
| image = Book.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
|effects=Read}}

'''Books''' are items used in [[enchanting]] and [[crafting]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Block loot ===

Three books are dropped when a [[bookshelf]] is mined without [[Silk Touch]] or destroyed by an [[explosion]].

=== Crafting ===
{{crafting
|Paper
|Paper
|Paper
|Leather
|Output= Book
|type= Miscellaneous
}}

=== Chest loot ===

{{LootChestItem|book}}

=== Grindstones ===

Disenchanting an [[enchanted book]] at a [[grindstone]] yields a normal book and a small amount of experience.

=== Villager gifts ===

{{in|java}}, librarian [[villagers]] throw books at players under the [[Hero of the Village]] effect.

== Usage ==

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}

=== Chiseled bookshelf ===
{{control|Use|text=Using}} the [[chiseled bookshelf]] while having a book in the main hand will put the book inside the chiseled bookshelf.

=== Enchanting ===
Books can be made into [[enchanted book]]s by enchanting them on [[enchanting table]]s.

=== Trading ===

Librarian [[villager]]s can buy a single book as part of an [[enchanted book]] trade.

Apprentice-level Librarian villagers have a {{frac|2|3}} chance to buy 4 books for an [[emerald]] {{in|java}}, and always offer the trade {{in|bedrock}}.

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Librarian;Enchanter}}


== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Enchanter;The Power of Books}}

== Sounds ==
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Chiseled bookshelf insert1.ogg
|sound2=Chiseled bookshelf insert2.ogg
|sound3=Chiseled bookshelf insert3.ogg
|sound4=Chiseled bookshelf insert4.ogg
|subtitle=Book placed
|source=block
|description=When a book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf
|id=block.chiseled_bookshelf.insert
|translationkey=subtitles.chiseled_bookshelf.insert
|volume=0.8
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Can be 1.0, 0.85, or 1.1 for each sound</ref>
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Chiseled bookshelf pickup1.ogg
|sound2=Chiseled bookshelf pickup2.ogg
|sound3=Chiseled bookshelf pickup3.ogg
|subtitle=Book taken
|source=block
|description=When a book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf
|id=block.chiseled_bookshelf.pickup
|translationkey=subtitles.chiseled_bookshelf.take
|volume=0.8
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Can be 1.0, 0.8, or 1.1 for each sound</ref>
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Chiseled bookshelf insert1.ogg
|sound2=Chiseled bookshelf insert2.ogg
|sound3=Chiseled bookshelf insert3.ogg
|sound4=Chiseled bookshelf insert4.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a book is placed in a chiseled bookshelf
|id=insert.chiseled_bookshelf
|volume=0.8
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound name=insertvaries>Can be 1.0, 0.85, or 1.1 for each sound</ref>}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Chiseled bookshelf pickup1.ogg
|sound2=Chiseled bookshelf pickup2.ogg
|sound3=Chiseled bookshelf pickup3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a book is removed from a chiseled bookshelf
|id=pickup.chiseled_bookshelf
|volume=0.8
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound name=pickupvaries>Can be 1.0, 0.8, or 1.1 for each sound</ref>
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Book
|spritetype=item
|nameid=book
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showitemtags=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Book
|spritetype=item
|nameid=book
|id=387
|itemtags=minecraft:bookshelf_books</code>
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Video ==

<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|UGJBUhxwKy0}}</div>

== History ==

{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.0.11|[[File:Book JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added books.
|The only use of books is crafting [[bookshelves]], which are only used as a purely decorative [[block]] until [[Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3]].}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Books are now found in the new [[stronghold]] library [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Books are now used to craft [[enchantment table]]s, gaining their first functional usage outside of decoration.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=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 now be crafted into a [[book and quill]], which can be used to create [[written book]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=12w21a|Librarian [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] 11–12 books for 1 [[emerald]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w22a|Librarian villagers now [[trading|sell]] [[enchanted book]]s for 5–64 emeralds and 1 book.}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|Books can now be enchanted into [[enchanted book]]s, and then combined together in an [[anvil]] with a [[tool]] to then enchant it.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Librarian villagers now buy 8–10 books for 1 [[emerald]].}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w43a|Average yield of books in [[stronghold]] library chests has been substantially increased.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=17w13a|Added the [[knowledge book]], a green-colored book that grants the [[player]] a recipe for [[crafting]].
|The recipe tab on the [[crafting table]] GUI uses a red-colored book.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 340.}}
{{History|||snap=18w11a|Books now generate in [[shipwreck]] chests.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Book JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of books has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w48a|Books can now be obtain by disenchanting non-curse [[enchanted book]]s in a grindstone.|Books can now be found in chests in [[plains]] [[village]] houses.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Books can now be found in chests in [[desert]] village houses.}}
{{History|||snap=19w13a|Librarian villagers now give books to players under the [[Hero of the Village]] effect.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1|Books now generate in [[ancient city]] chests.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.3|snap=22w42a|Books can now interact with [[chiseled bookshelves]].}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.2.0|[[File:Book JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added books. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose.}}
{{History||v0.3.0|Books can be used to craft [[bookshelves]].}}
{{History||v0.5.0|Books can now be obtained after activating the [[nether reactor]].}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|The crafting recipe for books now requires [[leather]]. Before this version, books were crafted with three [[paper]] sheets in a single column.
|Books are now used to craft [[enchanting table]]s.
|Books can now be enchanted into [[enchanted book]]s, and then combined together in an [[anvil]] with a [[tool]] to then enchant it.
|Books are no longer available from the [[nether reactor]].}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Librarian villagers now [[trading|buy]] 8–10 books for 1 [[emerald]].}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|A book can now be crafted into a [[book and quill]], which can be used to create [[written book]]s.}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|Books can now be found inside of the map room [[chest]] in [[shipwreck]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Books can now be found in [[plains]] [[village]] chests.
|[[File:Book JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of books has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Librarian [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] 4 books for an [[emerald]].}}
{{History||Wild Update<br>(Experimental)|link=Bedrock Edition 1.18.30|snap=beta 1.18.30.32|Books now generate in [[ancient city]] chests.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=Bedrock Edition 1.19.50|snap=beta 1.19.50.21|Books can now interact with [[chiseled bookshelves]].}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Book JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added books.}}
{{History||xbox=TU14|ps=1.04|The crafting recipe for books now requires [[leather]]. Before this version, books were crafted with three [[paper]] sheets in a single column.}}
{{History|PS4}}
{{History||1.90|[[File:Book JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of books has now been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Book JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added books.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== See also ==

* [[Enchanted Book]]
* [[Knowledge Book]]

== How book is renewable ==
The paper comes from sugar canes, which is renewable because it grows and the leather from killing cows, renewable because cows breed{{Items}}

[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[cs:Kniha]]
[[de:Buch]]
[[es:Libro]]
[[fr:Livre]]
[[hu:Könyv]]
[[it:Libro]]
[[ja:本]]
[[ko:책]]
[[nl:Boek]]
[[pl:Książka]]
[[pt:Livro]]
[[ru:Книга]]
[[th:หนังสือ]]
[[uk:Книга]] 
[[zh:书]]
