Utility & knowledge
Book
Book is a utility & knowledge item with 2 current Java and Bedrock recipe variants. It is also an ingredient in 3 recipe outputs, including Book and Quill Recipe, Bookshelf Recipe, Enchanting Table Recipe.
Book- Item ID
- minecraft:book
- Numeric ID
- 1058
- Stack size
- 64
- Edition
- Java
- Recipe relationships
- 4
How to obtain Book
- Craft or process Book at Crafting Table using one of the 2 current recipe variants.
- Open the Book Recipe guide for the exact ingredients, grid positions, output quantity and edition-specific alternatives.
Crafting and processing relationships
- Book Recipe — 2 current variants
- Book and Quill Recipe — 2 current variants
- Bookshelf Recipe — 16 current variants
- Enchanting Table Recipe — 2 current variants
Uses, durability and repair
- Use Book to make Book and Quill Recipe, Bookshelf Recipe, Enchanting Table Recipe.
- Book stacks to 64, so one full shulker box can hold 1,728 of it.
A full inventory slot holds 64 items; 27 slots hold 1728, and a double chest holds 3456.
Command
/give @p minecraft:book 64/give- Gives an item to the selected target.
@p- The nearest player to where the command runs.
minecraft:book- The namespaced identifier for Book.
64- The number of items to give.
Component syntax can change between releases. This identifier is pinned to the current Java 26.2 registry used by this page.