Updated November 7, 2026 · By the Bonus Level Books team
If your kid can talk about creepers, redstone and villager trades for an hour but groans at the word "reading," a story set in a world they already know can be the way in. These are our unofficial Minecraft chapter books, sorted by age and by the kind of story your reader likes.
Every series has its own original characters, and every book is a complete adventure, so a reader can start with any book. None of them are official Minecraft books: they are written for fans by an independent publisher.
Short chapters with a cozy, read-aloud rhythm. A good fit for a new reader who wants a "real" chapter book, or for reading together at bedtime.
Bluet has waited seven whole summers for Firefly Night. Now it's going to rain.
Gentle read-aloud stories about the smallest fairy in a mossy village, and the kindness that makes her brave.
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The easiest win for a reluctant reader: big jokes, quick chapters and a hero who gets it wrong a few times before getting it right.
Mina Nightshade has one goal this week: be normal. That is very hard when you are an eleven-year-old vampire.
A family of night folk, a nosy neighbor and a lot of sun-sneezes: spooky-funny stories about being proud of who you are.
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In the village of Mossrock, the most dangerous word is SIT. Especially on the night of the full moon.
A werewolf family guards its village every full moon, and Shep is really bad at holding still.
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The Fizzles are ranked dead last. Tonight, they're the only heroes left.
The lowest-ranked squad at a superhero school, where every power works like something from the blocky world.
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A mermaid who hates sand. A boy who won't put his face under water. And a treasure buried right where the sea meets the beach.
A mermaid and her shore-kid best friend on daring ocean adventures, from axolotl nurseries to the dark Kelp Woods.
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For the kid who likes to figure things out. The Redstone Detectives books are fair-play mysteries: every clue is on the page, and readers can beat the detectives to the answer.
The whole town says the fox did it. The detectives say: prove it.
Solve-it-yourself mysteries with fair-play clues, a one-horned goat with opinions and a reveal readers can beat the detectives to.
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Something in Room 108 is eating the guests' treasures. And something on the back stair is waiting for a wooden door to give.
Spot-the-clue mysteries in a hotel where every corner is lit, because nothing can appear in a lit room.
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For animal lovers who spend half their game time taming horses and building stables.
My horse thinks she's a unicorn. My little sister agrees with her. I'm the one who cleans her hooves.
Ranch life, brave rescues and a very dramatic white mare who keeps thinking she's something else.
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Longer books for confident readers: a witch school where every spell is a brew, a school full of monsters, time travel into real history, and three squires on quests that need more teamwork than swords.
Every brew takes twenty seconds. Etta Honeycutt has never once waited for all twenty.
Witch school in a crooked stone tower, where all magic is real brewing and one student never waits the full twenty seconds.
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At a school where nobody is normal, the normal kid is the weird one.
The one normal kid at a school full of monsters, solving the school's strangest mysteries.
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Brush the dirt off a broken pot, and you can walk into the day it was made.
Time-travel archaeology adventures with a kid who always jumps first, a gate ringed with eight gold clocks and real history.
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The realm's second knight just drank the dark bottle. On purpose.
Three squires from the smallest kingdom around, on quests that need more teamwork than swords.
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Start with what they love doing in the game. Kids who like to figure out how things work tend to enjoy the mysteries. Kids who love mobs and night-time survival usually go for the spooky-funny books like The Nightshade Kids and Howlwood Pack. Kids who spend their time with horses, wolves and axolotls will like Sunny Meadow Ranch and Seaglass Mermaids.
Then check the age band on each series. Our guide for parents explains the three reading levels, what's in the books and what never is.
No. They are unofficial stories for fans, with original characters. They are not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft.
No. Each story explains what a reader needs to know as it goes, so kids who don't play can follow along.
No. Every book is a complete adventure, so a reader can start with any book.
Every book is on Kindle, and most also come as paperbacks, which make easy gifts.
An unofficial story for Minecraft fans. Not an official Minecraft book. Not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft. Minecraft® is a trademark of Mojang Synergies AB.
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