Minecraft Book Recipe and Crafting

Time needed: 1 minute.

A book is crafted with a crafting table from 1 leather and 3 paper. The crafting process creates 1 book for each set of ingredients used.

1. Open the crafting menu

   With 1 leather and 3 paper in your inventory, open the crafting menu. You will be presented with the 3×3 crafting grid.
   
   

2. Arrange the items on the crafting grid

   To make a book, arrange the leather and paper on the crafting grid. Each item must be placed in the position seen in the book crafting recipe below. When complete, the book will appear to the right of the 3×3 crafting grid.
   
   
   
   The crafting recipe for a book is 1 leather and 3 paper arranged in the following pattern:
   Row 1: paper, paper, empty
   Row 2: paper, leather, empty
   Row 3: empty, empty, empty
   

3. Place the completed book in your player inventory

   Select the book and move it into your player inventory.