# Book Recipe

Minecraft 26.2. Editions: bedrock, java.

Canonical: https://crafting.recipes/items/book

## Crafting

Editions: bedrock, java.

**Recipe:** 3 × [Paper](https://crafting.recipes/items/paper.md) + 1 × [Leather](https://crafting.recipes/items/leather.md) → 1 × [Book](https://crafting.recipes/items/book.md)

Use: [Crafting Table](https://crafting.recipes/items/crafting-table.md).

**Output:** 1 × [Book](https://crafting.recipes/items/book.md)

**Shapeless:** Any arrangement in the crafting grid.

### Ingredients

- 3 × [Paper](https://crafting.recipes/items/paper.md)
- 1 × [Leather](https://crafting.recipes/items/leather.md)

## How to get it

### Mob loot tables

- Fishing Hook
- Pillager
- Vindicator

May drop when these mobs die. Drop conditions apply.

### Loot tables

- Abandoned Mineshaft
- Ancient City
- Bastion Remnant
- Desert Pyramid
- Jungle Temple
- Pillager Outpost
- Trial Chambers · ominous rare rewards
- Trial Chambers · rare rewards
- Shipwreck Map
- Simple Dungeon
- Stronghold Corridor
- Stronghold Crossing
- Stronghold Library
- Ocean Ruins · large
- Village Desert House
- Village Plains House
- Woodland Mansion
- Librarian Gift
- Piglin Bartering
- Fishing · treasure

### Breaking blocks

- [Bookshelf](https://crafting.recipes/items/bookshelf.md)

May drop when these blocks are broken. Tool requirements and other conditions apply.

## Used in

- [Bookshelf](https://crafting.recipes/items/bookshelf.md)
- [Enchanting Table](https://crafting.recipes/items/enchanting-table.md)
- [Book and Quill](https://crafting.recipes/items/writable-book.md)