Minecraft Books

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Minecraft Books

Author(s)

Country

Language

Genre(s)

Guide book

Publisher

Scholastic (2013-2015)
Del Rey Books (2016-2022)
Random House Worlds (2023-present)
Egmont Publishing (annuals; 2014-2020)
Farshore (annuals; 2021-present)

Release date

November 26, 2013 - present

Media type

Print, Digital

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.

Contents

Books [ ]

Released [ ]

Handbooks [ ]

Title Cover Published Author(s) Notes
Minecraft: Essential Handbook November 26, 2013 (original) [1]
July 28, 2015 (updated) [2]
Stephanie Milton
Paul Soares Jr.
Jordan Maron
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) [3]
July 28, 2015 (updated) [4]
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) [5]
July 28, 2015 (updated) [6]
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) [7]
July 28, 2015 (updated) [8]
Matthew Needler
Phil 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) [9]
April 7, 2020
(as Guide to Survival) [10]
Stephanie Milton
Marsh Davies
Owen Jones
Provides information on different biomes, as well as the mobs that inhabit them.
Minecraft: Guide to Creative May 30, 2017 [11] Craig Jelley
Stephanie Milton
Marsh Davies
Owen 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, 2017 [12] Stephanie Milton
Marsh Davies
Owen 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, 2017 [13] Craig Jelley
Marsh Davies
Provides information on how Java Edition redstone works, as well as tutorials on how to make circuits and numerous mechanics.
Minecraft: Guide to Enchantments & Potions May 22, 2018 [14] Stephanie Milton
Marsh Davies
Provides information on how to obtain enchantments, as well as what effects that potions can have.
Minecraft: Guide to PVP Minigames July 3, 2018 [15] Stephanie Milton
Craig Jelley
Provides information on various minigames, as well as how they work.
Minecraft: Guide to Farming October 9, 2018 [16] 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, 2019 [17] 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, 2021 [18] 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, 2021 [19] Craig Jelley Provides information on crafting and enchanting weapons, how to defeat mobs, and strategies for PVP.
Minecraft: Guide to Survival (Updated) October 4, 2022 [20] Thomas McBrien Provides information on finding resources, crafting, and protecting one-self from hostile mobs.
Minecraft: Guide to Redstone (Updated) November 22, 2022 [21] 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, 2016 [22] Craig Jelley Contains information on how to build a medieval fortress.
Minecraft: Let's Build! Theme Park Adventure June 4, 2019 [23] Stephanie Milton Provides a tutorial on how to build a theme park in Minecraft.
Minecraft: Let's Build! Land of Zombies September 24, 2019 [24] Ed Jefferson Provides a tutorial on how to build things related to zombies in Minecraft.
Minecraft: Epic Bases October 6, 2020 [25] 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, 2021 [26] 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, 2022 [27] 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, 2022 [28] 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, 2022 [29] 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, 2023 [30] Thomas McBrien Provides information on builds for twenty "mini-projects".

Misc. [ ]

Title Cover Published Author(s) Notes
Minecraft: Blockopedia February 24, 2015 [31] 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, 2016 [32] 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, 2019 [33] Stephanie Milton Provides a guide for building shelter, finding food, and mobs that the player may encounter, among other things.
Minecraft: Maps October 8, 2019 [34] Provides a look at fifteen biomes featured in Minecraft.
Minecraft: Blockopedia (Updated Edition) November 23, 2021 [35] Craig Jelley Provides information on every single block in the game up through part 1 of Caves & Cliffs. [36]

Upcoming [ ]

Title Cover Published Author(s) Notes
Minecraft: Guide to Exploration (Updated) September 26, 2023 [37] 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, 2023 [38] 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, 2013 [39] Jane Riordan
Stephanie Milton
Nick Farwell
Paul Soares Jr.
Provides additional information and tips about the game, including some from Notch.
The Official Minecraft Annual 2017 October 6, 2016 [40] 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, 2017 [41] N/A Provides information about adventure mode and Realms, as well as a look back at Minecraft: Story Mode.
Minecraft Annual 2019 August 9, 2018 [42] Stephanie Milton Provides building challenges, as well as a look at some builds made by the community.
Minecraft Annual 2020 September 5, 2019 [43] 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 2021 [44] 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, 2021 [45] Dan Whitehead
Minecraft Annual 2023 September 1, 2022 [46] 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, 2023 [47] 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 [ ]

Original Minecraft Essential Handbook

Original Minecraft Redstone Handbook

Original Minecraft Combat Handbook

Original Minecraft Construction Handbook

Minecraft Complete Handbook Collection

Updated Handbook Set

The Minecraft Handbooks

The Updated Minecraft Handbooks

A page in the Minecraft Blockopedia - Featuring a Daylight Sensor

A page from the Minecraft: Survivors' Book of Secrets

Another page from the Minecraft: Survivors' Book of Secrets

Original cover for the Guide to Survival, then known as the Guide to Exploration

Exploded Builds: Medieval Fortress cover

Survivor's Book of Secrets Cover

Survivor's Book of Secrets Poster

The combat and creative handbook covers

References [ ]

  1. Minecraft: Essential Handbook listing on Amazon
  2. Minecraft: Essential Handbook (Updated Edition) listing on Amazon
  3. Minecraft: Redstone Handbook listing on Amazon
  4. Minecraft: Redstone Handbook (Updated Edition) listing on Amazon
  5. Minecraft: Combat Handbook listing on Amazon
  6. Minecraft: Combat Handbook (Updated Edition)
  7. Minecraft: Construction Handbook listing on Amazon
  8. Minecraft: Construction Handbook (Updated Edition) listing on Amazon
  9. Minecraft: Guide to Exploration listing on Penguin Random House
  10. Minecraft: Guide to Survival listing on Penguin Random House
  11. Minecraft: Guide to Creative listing on Penguin Random House (archived)
  12. Minecraft: Guide to the Nether & the End listing on Penguin Random House
  13. Minecraft: Guide to Redstone listing on Penguin Random House
  14. Minecraft: Guide to Enchantments & Potions listing on Penguin Random House
  15. Minecraft: Guide to PVP Minigames listing on Penguin Random House
  16. Minecraft: Guide to Farming listing on Penguin Random House
  17. Minecraft: Guide to Ocean Survival listing on Penguin Random House
  18. Minecraft: Guide to Creative (Updated) listing on Penguin Random House
  19. Minecraft: Guide to Combat listing on Penguin Random House
  20. Minecraft: Guide to Survival (Updated) listing on Penguin Random House
  21. Minecraft: Guide to Redstone (Updated) listing on Penguin Random House
  22. Minecraft: Exploded Builds: Medieval Fortress listing on Penguin Random House
  23. Minecraft: Let's Build! Theme Park Adventure listing on Penguin Random House
  24. Minecraft: Let's Build! Land of Zombies listing on Penguin Random House
  25. Minecraft: Epic Bases listing on Penguin Random House
  26. Minecraft: Bite-Size Builds listing on Penguin Random House
  27. Minecraft: Amazing Bite-Size Builds (Over 20 Awesome Mini-Projects!) listing on Penguin Random House
  28. Epic Inventions listing on Penguin Random House
  29. Minecraft: Master Builds listing on Penguin Random House
  30. Bite-Size Builds 3 listing on Penguin Random House
  31. Minecraft: Blockopedia listing on Amazon
  32. Minecraft: The Survivors' Book of Secrets listing on Penguin Random House
  33. Minecraft for Beginners listing on Penguin Random House
  34. Minecraft: Maps listing on Penguin Random House
  35. Minecraft: Blockopedia (Updated Edition) listing on Penguin Random House
  36. Minecraft: Blockopedia (Updated Edition) listing on Amazon
  37. Minecraft: Guide to Exploration (Updated) listing on Penguin Random House
  38. Minecraft Mobspotter’s Encyclopedia listing on Penguin Random House
  39. Minecraft: The Official Annual 2014 listing on Amazon
  40. The Official Minecraft Annual 2017 listing on Amazon
  41. The Official Minecraft Annual 2018 listing on Amazon
  42. Minecraft Annual 2019 listing on Amazon
  43. Minecraft Annual 2020 listing on Amazon
  44. Minecraft Annual 2021 listing on Amazon
  45. Minecraft Annual 2022 listing on Amazon
  46. Minecraft Annual 2023 listing on Amazon
  47. Minecraft Annual 2024 listing on Amazon