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Better Bookshelves
This is a mod that modifies Minecraft's Chiseled Bookshelves to be more useful.
BETA
This mod is currently in beta. If you find any bugs, please report them on the issue tracker
Features
- Book Type Rendering:
- Books will render on the bookshelf differently depending on the type of book.
- Enchanting Table Integration:
- The enchanting table will now treat Chiseled Bookshelves that contain 3 or more books as valid bookshelves for the purpose of enchanting. (The bookshelves must be facing the enchanting table)
- Book Labels:
- Hovering over a book in the Chiseled Bookshelf will display the book's title and relevant NBT data
- Config:
- Enable / Disable Book Labels or have the label render under the cursor
- text_preview: on/off/under_crosshair (default: on)
- Change the type of book textures used
- per_book_texture: (true/false) (default: true)
- Change Book Label Size
- text_size: whole number between 5 and 20 (default: 10)
- Change Comparator Output
- book_type_comparator_output: (true/false) (default: false)
- Enable / Disable Book Labels or have the label render under the cursor
Installation
Requires Fabric
- Download the latest version of the mod from the releases page
- Download the latest version of Fabric
- Download the latest version of Fabric API
- Place the downloaded mod files in your mods folder
- Launch Minecraft
Reporting Bugs
If you find any bugs, please report them on the issue tracker.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as betterbookshelves-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 8.9 MB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.