Minecraft Books

The Official Minecraft Books are a series of guidebooks for Minecraft, written for new and inexperienced players while being high-quality enough for collectors. The books are written by various authors.
== Books ==
=== Released ===
==== Handbooks ====
Title 	Cover	Published 	Author(s) 	Notes
Minecraft: Essential Handbook 	 	November 26, 2013 (original)Minecraft: Essential Handbook listing on AmazonJuly 28, 2015 (updated)Minecraft: Essential Handbook (Updated Edition) listing on Amazon 	Stephanie MiltonPaul Soares Jr.	Contains information on surviving the first few days, making shelters, crafting tools and weapons, and finding resources and food.
Minecraft: Redstone Handbook 	 	March 25, 2014 (original)Minecraft: Redstone Handbook listing on AmazonJuly 28, 2015 (updated)Minecraft: Redstone Handbook (Updated Edition) listing on Amazon 	Nick Farwell 	Contains information on redstone circuits, along with construction ideas to implement new knowledge and redstone tips from Notch.
Minecraft: Combat Handbook 	 	August 26, 2014 (original)Minecraft: Combat Handbook listing on AmazonJuly 28, 2015 (updated)Minecraft: Combat Handbook (Updated Edition) 	Stephanie Milton 	Contains information about armor and weapons, as well as tips on how to defeat certain mobs in the game.
Minecraft: Construction Handbook	 	August 26, 2014 (original)Minecraft: Construction Handbook listing on AmazonJuly 28, 2015 (updated)Minecraft: Construction Handbook (Updated Edition) listing on Amazon	Matthew NeedlerPhil Southam 	Contains step-by-step instructions on how to build various buildings and contraptions, including favorite ones from Notch.
==== Guidebooks ====
Title 	Cover	Published 	Author(s) 	Notes
Minecraft: Guide to Survival 	 	May 30, 2017(as Guide to Exploration)Minecraft: Guide to Exploration listing on Penguin Random HouseApril 7, 2020(as Guide to Survival)Minecraft: Guide to Survival listing on Penguin Random House	Stephanie MiltonMarsh DaviesOwen Jones 	Provides information on different biomes, as well as the mobs that inhabit them.
Minecraft: Guide to Creative 	 	May 30, 2017Minecraft: Guide to Creative listing on Penguin Random House (archived) 	Craig JelleyStephanie MiltonMarsh DaviesOwen Jones	Provides information on planning builds, Creative mode as a whole, as well as decorating and designing builds.
Minecraft: Guide to the Nether & the End 	 	August 29, 2017Minecraft: Guide to the Nether & the End listing on Penguin Random House 	Stephanie MiltonMarsh DaviesOwen Jones 	Provides information on the environments for both dimensions, as well as the generated structures and mobs that inhabit them.
Minecraft: Guide to Redstone 	 	October 3, 2017Minecraft: Guide to Redstone listing on Penguin Random House 	Craig JelleyMarsh Davies 	Provides information on how redstone works, as well as tutorials on how to make circuits and numerous mechanics.
Minecraft: Guide to Enchantments & Potions	 	May 22, 2018Minecraft: Guide to Enchantments & Potions listing on Penguin Random House 	Stephanie MiltonMarsh Davies 	Provides information on how to obtain enchantments, as well as what effects that potions can have.
Minecraft: Guide to PVP Minigames 	 	July 3, 2018Minecraft: Guide to PVP Minigames listing on Penguin Random House 	Stephanie MiltonCraig Jelley 	Provides information on various minigames, as well as how they work.
Minecraft: Guide to Farming 	 	October 9, 2018Minecraft: Guide to Farming listing on Penguin Random House 	Alex Wiltshire 	Provides information on planting crops, as well tutorials on how to make mob and block farms.
Minecraft: Guide to Ocean Survival 	 	October 29, 2019Minecraft: Guide to Ocean Survival listing on Penguin Random House 	Stephanie Milton 	Provides information regarding what are in the oceans in Minecraft, and how to survive in them.
Minecraft: Guide to Creative (Updated) 	 	November 9, 2021Minecraft: Guide to Creative (Updated) listing on Penguin Random House 	Thomas McBrien 	Provides information such as planning builds and making color palettes, as well as advice from various Minecraft communities and YouTubers.
Minecraft: Guide to Combat 	 	November 16, 2021Minecraft: Guide to Combat listing on Penguin Random House 	Craig Jelley 	Provides information on crafting and enchanting weapons, how to defeat mobs, and strategies for PVP.
Minecraft: Guide to Survival (Updated) 	 	October 4, 2022Minecraft: Guide to Survival (Updated) listing on Penguin Random House 	Thomas McBrien 	Provides information on finding resources, crafting, and protecting one-self from hostile mobs.
Minecraft: Guide to Redstone (Updated) 	 	November 22, 2022Minecraft: Guide to Redstone (Updated) listing on Penguin Random House 	N/A 	Provides information on redstone components, redstone circuits, and complex mechanisms.
==== Building guidebooks ====
Title 	Cover	Published 	Author(s) 	Notes
Minecraft: Exploded Builds: Medieval Fortress	 	November 8, 2016Minecraft: Exploded Builds: Medieval Fortress listing on Penguin Random House 	Craig Jelley 	Contains information on how to build a medieval fortress.
Minecraft: Let's Build! Theme Park Adventure 	 	June 4, 2019Minecraft: Let's Build! Theme Park Adventure listing on Penguin Random House 	Stephanie Milton	Provides a tutorial on how to build a theme park in Minecraft.
Minecraft: Let's Build! Land of Zombies 	 	September 24, 2019Minecraft: Let's Build! Land of Zombies listing on Penguin Random House 	Ed Jefferson 	Provides a tutorial on how to build things related to zombies in Minecraft.
Minecraft: Epic Bases 	 	October 6, 2020Minecraft: Epic Bases listing on Penguin Random House 	Thomas McBrien 	Provides information on how to make structures such as airships and underwater traps, as well as complex redstone mechanisms.
Minecraft: Bite-Size Builds 	 	May 4, 2021Minecraft: Bite-Size Builds listing on Penguin Random House 	Thomas McBrien 	Provides information on how to make structures such as firefighter planes and submarines, complete with step-by-step instructions.
Minecraft: Amazing Bite-Size Builds 	 	May 31, 2022Minecraft: Amazing Bite-Size Builds (Over 20 Awesome Mini-Projects!) listing on Penguin Random House	N/A 	Provides information on how to make structures such as jungle shrines and mineshaft trains, complete with step-by-step instructions.
Epic Inventions 	 	November 1, 2022Epic Inventions listing on Penguin Random House 	Thomas McBrien 	Provides information on how to make builds such as space stations and ancient temples, as well as tips on terraforming landscape.
Minecraft: Master Builds 	 	December 13, 2022Minecraft: Master Builds listing on Penguin Random House 	Tom Stone 	Provides information on builds such as underwater sculptures and space panoramas, along with interviews of the builders that created them.
Minecraft: Super Bite-Size Builds 	 	May 9, 2023Bite-Size Builds 3 listing on Penguin Random House 	Thomas McBrien 	Provides information on builds for twenty "mini-projects".
 
==== Misc. ====
Title 	Cover	Published 	Author(s) 	Notes
Minecraft: Blockopedia 	 	February 24, 2015Minecraft: Blockopedia listing on Amazon 	Alex Wiltshire 	Provides information on every single block in the game up to Java Edition 1.8. This is also the last book to be published by Scholastic.
Minecraft: The Survivors' Book of Secrets	 	August 9, 2016Minecraft: The Survivors' Book of Secrets listing on Penguin Random House 	Stephanie Milton	Penned by a supposed "group of underground Minecraft experts who have been around since the days of Alpha", this book contains information and tips on things such as inventory layout, home design, defenses, and additional items such as spectral arrows and shields. This is also the first book to be published by Del Rey Books.
Minecraft: Mobestiary 	 	October 10, 2017 	Alex Wiltshire 	Provides general information on the mobs that are in the game from an in-lore perspective, as if a person inside of Minecraft's world were writing the entries. It also has information on mobs that does not appear anywhere else.
Minecraft for Beginners 	 	July 9, 2019Minecraft for Beginners listing on Penguin Random House 	Stephanie Milton	Provides a guide for building shelter, finding food, and mobs that the player may encounter, among other things.
Minecraft: Maps 	 	October 8, 2019Minecraft: Maps listing on Penguin Random House 	Stephanie Milton	Provides a look at fifteen biomes featured in Minecraft.
Minecraft: Blockopedia (Updated Edition) 	 	November 23, 2021Minecraft: Blockopedia (Updated Edition) listing on Penguin Random House	Craig Jelley 	Provides information on every single block in the game up through part 1 of Caves & Cliffs.Minecraft: Blockopedia (Updated Edition) listing on Amazon
=== Upcoming ===
Title 	Cover	Published 	Author(s)	Notes
Minecraft: Guide to Exploration (Updated)	 	September 26, 2023Minecraft: Guide to Exploration (Updated) listing on Penguin Random House	TBA 	Provides information to the player on navigating biomes, finding structures and the loot inside them, as well as general survival skills.
Minecraft: Mobspotter’s Encyclopedia 	 	October 17, 2023Minecraft Mobspotter’s Encyclopedia listing on Penguin Random House 	TBA 	Penned by a supposed group of "expert characters", this book provides information on various mobs, such as their general behavior, whether they are endangered or not, as well as their habitats, food diet, and predators.
== Annuals ==
Title 	Cover	Published 	Author(s) 	Notes
Minecraft: The Official Annual 2014 	 	September 18, 2013Minecraft: The Official Annual 2014 listing on Amazon	Jane RiordanStephanie MiltonNick FarwellPaul Soares Jr.	Provides additional information and tips about the game, including some from Notch.
The Official Minecraft Annual 2017 	 	October 6, 2016The Official Minecraft Annual 2017 listing on Amazon 	Stephanie Milton 	Provides survival challenges, tutorials on how to recreate builds from various Minecraft personalities, as well as info on MINECON and Block by Block.
The Official Minecraft Annual 2018 	 	September 7, 2017The Official Minecraft Annual 2018 listing on Amazon 	N/A 	Provides information about adventure mode and Realms, as well as a look back at Minecraft: Story Mode.
Minecraft Annual 2019 	 	August 9, 2018Minecraft Annual 2019 listing on Amazon 	Stephanie Milton 	Provides building challenges, as well as a look at some builds made by the community.
Minecraft Annual 2020 	 	September 5, 2019Minecraft Annual 2020 listing on Amazon 	N/A 	Provides a look back at ten years of Minecraft, including various builds, games, and challenges, as well as interviews with Mojang staff.
Minecraft Annual 2021Minecraft Annual 2021 listing on Amazon	 	N/A 	N/A 	Provides a look back at the past year, as well as information about recent updates, Minecraft Dungeons, and Minecraft Earth.
Minecraft Annual 2022 	 	September 2, 2021Minecraft Annual 2022 listing on Amazon 	Dan Whitehead 	Provides a look back at the past year, as well as information about recent updates, Minecraft Dungeons, and Minecraft Earth.
Minecraft Annual 2023 	 	September 1, 2022Minecraft Annual 2023 listing on Amazon 	Thomas McBrien 	Provides a look back at the past year, as well as information on part two of Caves & Cliffs, Minecraft Dungeons, and Minecraft Earth.
Minecraft Annual 2024 	 	August 3, 2023Minecraft Annual 2024 listing on Amazon 	N/A 	Provides information on Trails & Tales, Minecraft Legends, and the Minecraft Dungeons Fauna Faire seasonal adventure, as well as various builds and challenges.
== Gallery ==
Minecraft-book.jpg|Original Minecraft Essential Handbook
Redhand.jpg|Original Minecraft Redstone Handbook
Combat handbook.jpg|Original Minecraft Combat Handbook
Constructionhandbook.jpg|Original Minecraft Construction Handbook
Handbookcollection.jpg|Minecraft Complete Handbook Collection
Complete Updated Handbook Set.png|Updated Handbook Set
Minecraft handbook 4bks.jpg|The Minecraft Handbooks
All Updated Handbooks.jpg|The Updated Minecraft Handbooks
Minecraft Blockopedia Page.jpg|A page in the Minecraft Blockopedia - Featuring a Daylight Sensor
Survivorsbookpage.jpg|A page from the Minecraft: Survivors' Book of Secrets
PVP Tactics Survivors Handbook.jpg|Another page from the Minecraft: Survivors' Book of Secrets
MCExploration.jpg|Original cover for the Guide to Survival, then known as the Guide to Exploration
Exploded Builds Medieval Fortress.jpg|Exploded Builds: Medieval Fortress cover
Survivor's Book of Secrets.jpg|Survivor's Book of Secrets Cover
Survivor's Book of Secrets Poster.jpg|Survivor's Book of Secrets Poster
Combat and Creative.png|The combat and creative handbook covers
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