How to Make a Book in Minecraft

Use this simple recipe to make a Book in Minecraft. You can see the exact ingredients, recipe layout, and workstation below.

Book recipe

Follow the recipe below. The pattern must use the correct slots when the recipe is shaped.

Place 3 Paper and 1 Leather in a Crafting Table to make 1 Book.

Shapeless recipe with 4 ingredients: the order does not matter and it also fits in your 2 × 2 inventory grid.
Each craft uses 4 ingredient items and produces 1 Book. A full stack of 64 takes 64 crafts and 256 ingredient items in total.

Output: 1 Book

This page shows the vanilla recipe for Book. It includes the exact ingredients, recipe layout, required workstation, and amount produced.

The data comes from Minecraft Java 26.3. Recipes can change in later game versions, so check the version you play before crafting.