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== Books ==
=== Official novels ===
The game has inspired several officially licensed novels set in the ''Minecraft'' universe:
* {{cite book|last=Brooks|first=Max|authorlink=Max Brooks|title=Minecraft: The Island: An Official Minecraft Novel|date=18 July 2017|publisher=[[Del Rey Books]]|isbn=9780399181771|ref=none}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Alter|first=Alexandra|title='Minecraft: The Island' Blurs the Line Between Fiction and Gaming|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/business/media/minecraft-the-island-novel-video-game.html|access-date=15 November 2019|work=[[New York Times]]|date=26 July 2017 }}</ref>
* {{cite book|last=Baptiste|first=Tracey|authorlink=Tracey Baptiste|title=Minecraft: The Crash: An Official Minecraft Novel|date=10 July 2018|publisher=[[Del Rey Books]]|isbn=9780399180668|ref=none}}<ref name="NovelsPubWeekly">{{cite web|last=Raugust|first=Karen|title=Licensing Hotline: March 2019|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/licensing/article/79670-licensing-hotline-march-2019.html|access-date=15 November 2019|website=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref>
* {{cite book|last=Lafferty|first=Mur|authorlink=Mur Lafferty|title=Minecraft: The Lost Journals: An Official Minecraft Novel|date=9 July 2019|publisher=[[Del Rey Books]]|isbn=9780399180699|ref=none}}<ref name="NovelsPubWeekly" />
* {{cite book|last=Valente|first=Catherynne|authorlink=Catherynne Valente|title=Minecraft: The End: An Official Minecraft Novel|date=3 December 2019|publisher=[[Del Rey Books]]|isbn=9780399180729|ref=none}}<ref name="NovelsPubWeekly" />
* {{cite book|last=Brooks|first=Max|authorlink=Max Brooks|title=Minecraft: The Mountain: An Official Minecraft Novel|publisher=[[Del Rey Books]]|date=2 March 2021|isbn=978-0-593-15915-6|location=United States|ref=none}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 March 2021|title=The Mountain|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/the-mountain|access-date=7 May 2021|website=Minecraft.net|language=en-US}}</ref>
* {{cite book|last=Eliopulos|first=Nick|authorlink=|title=Minecraft Stonesword Saga: Crack in the Code|date=5 August 2021|publisher=[[Random House Books for Young Readers]]|isbn=9780593372982|ref=none}}<ref name="NovelsFictionDB">{{cite web|last=|first=|title=Minecraft Stonesword Saga — Nick Eliopulos
|url=https://www.fictiondb.com/series/minecraft-stonesword-saga-nick-eliopulos~70509.htm|access-date=10 July 2022|website=FictionDB}}</ref>
* {{cite book|last=Eliopulos|first=Nick|authorlink=|title=Minecraft Stonesword Saga: Mobs Rule|date=17 March 2022|publisher=[[Random House Books for Young Readers]]|isbn=9780008512385|ref=none}}<ref name="NovelsFictionDB"></ref>
* {{cite book|last=Eliopulos|first=Nick|authorlink=|title=Minecraft Stonesword Saga: New Pets on the Block|date=28 June 2022|publisher=[[Random House Books for Young Readers]]|isbn=9780008495961|ref=none}}<ref name="NovelsFictionDB""></ref>

=== Other books ===
* [[Minecraft (book)|''Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus "Notch" Persson and the Game That Changed Everything'']] is a book written by Daniel Goldberg and Linus Larsson (and translated by Jennifer Hawkins) about the story of [[Minecraft]] and its creator, [[Markus "Notch" Persson]]. The book was released on 17 October 2013.
* A [[graphic novel]] set in the ''Minecraft'' franchise, ''[[Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal]]'', was published by [[YouTuber]] [[DanTDM]] in October 2016, reaching the first spot on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] for hardcover graphic books and remaining there for eleven consecutive weeks.<ref>Listings on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list per week: [https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/11/13/hardcover-graphic-books/ Week 1], [https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/11/20/hardcover-graphic-books/ Week 2], [https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/11/27/hardcover-graphic-books/ Week 3], [https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/12/04/hardcover-graphic-books/ Week 4], [https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/12/11/hardcover-graphic-books/ Week 5], [https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/12/18/hardcover-graphic-books/ Week 6], [https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/12/25/hardcover-graphic-books/ Week 7], [https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2017/01/01/hardcover-graphic-books/ Week 8], [https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2017/01/08/hardcover-graphic-books/ Week 9], [https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2017/01/15/hardcover-graphic-books/ Week 10], [https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2017/01/22/hardcover-graphic-books/ Week 11], [https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2017/01/29/hardcover-graphic-books/ Week 12, when it fell to the second spot].</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/dantdm-trayaurus-and-the-enchanted-crystal/2444877/isbn/9780062574329/ |title=USA TODAY BEST-SELLING BOOKS – DanTDM: ''Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal'' |work=USA Today |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Gameknight999]]'' is a series of six trilogies about a protagonist who is transported into the digital ''Minecraft'' world and experiences harrowing adventures involving the antagonist [[Herobrine]]. The first trilogy was listed in the ''[[New York Times]]'' top 10 bestsellers in February 2015.