To make a bookshelf in Minecraft, you need the following materials:

• 6 wood planks (any type of wood plank works)
• 3 books

Crafting Steps:

1. Open your crafting table (3x3 grid).
2. Place 3 wood planks in the top row.
3. Place 3 books in the middle row.
4. Place 3 wood planks in the bottom row.

This will craft one bookshelf. Books are made from 3 pieces of paper and 1 piece of leather each, so you will need to gather those materials first to make books. Bookshelves are mainly used to enhance enchantment tables. To get the maximum enchantment level (30), you need to place 15 bookshelves around the enchantment table with one block of air between the table and the bookshelves. Bookshelves also generate naturally in village libraries, stronghold libraries, and woodland mansions, so you can collect them from there as well. Additionally, there is a new type of bookshelf called the chiseled bookshelf introduced in Minecraft 1.20, which can store up to six books and interact with redstone, but it is crafted differently using planks and slabs, not books