Minecraft: The Island

Minecraft: The Island

Author(s)	Max Brooks
Audio read by	Jack Black Samira Wiley
Cover artist	Ian Wilding
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Fiction
Set in	Minecraft
Publisher	Del Rey Books
Release date	July 18, 2017
Media type	Print, Digital
Pages	224
ISBN	978-0-399-18177-1
OCLC	976794934

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Minecraft: The Island is a novel by American author Max Brooks, which was published by Del Rey Books on July 18, 2017. Two audiobooks were also released on the same day, with narration provided by Jack Black and Samira Wiley, respectively. To promote the book, an official map was released for Java Edition Realms and Minecraft Education made by Blockception.

The novel is followed by two sequels, one titled Minecraft: The Mountain, which was released on March 2, 2021, and the other titled Minecraft: The Village, which was released on October 17, 2023.

Synopsis

“

Washed up on a beach, the lone castaway looks around the shore. Where am I? Who am I? And why is everything made out of blocks? But there isn’t much time to soak up the sun. It’s getting dark, and there is a strange new world to explore.

The top priority is finding food. The next is not becoming food. Because there are others out there on the island... like the horde of zombies that appear after night falls. Crafting a way out of this mess is a challenge like no other. Who could build a home while running from exploding creepers, armed skeletons, and an unstoppable tide of hot lava? Especially with no help except for a few makeshift tools and sage advice from an unlikely friend: a cow.

In this world, the rules don’t always make sense, but courage and creativity go a long way. There are forests to explore, hidden underground tunnels to loot, and undead mobs to defeat. Only then will the secrets of the island be revealed.

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— Book description

Plot

Chapters 1–11

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Chapters 12–22 and Epilogue

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Quotes

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We need to be very clear: I’m not writing *the* Minecraft book. I’m writing *a* Minecraft book. If the folks from Halo called me to write *the* Halo book, I could do that, but you cannot write *the* Minecraft Book.

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— Max Brooks on Minecraft: The Island

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PERFECT FOR: Those looking for a fun novel with a Minecraft twist. Anyone who can relate to how hard it is to survive in Minecraft when we spawn you on an island in the middle of nowhere (yeah, sorry about that).

„

— Tom Stone on the novel

Trivia

• Minecraft: The Island was the first official Minecraft novel to be announced at a MINECON convention.

Gallery

Official artwork

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  Cover for Minecraft: The Island
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  Official release image of the novel, seen in the endpapers
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  Banner art
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  Cover art
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  Book cover
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  A transparent prop of the cover
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  Minecraft: The Island audiobook cover narrated by Samira Wiley
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  Minecraft: The Island audiobook cover narrated by Jack Black
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  Render of the book used for the 10th anniversary of Minecraft
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Photographs

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  Ian Wilding's copy of the book
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  Two Italian copies of the book
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  Two copies of The Island and The Crash
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Production images

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  Samira Wiley narrating the book
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  Jack Black narrating the novel
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  Photo of Max Brooks' testing world for the novel
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  Several buildings for testing
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  Redstone tests
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  A shattered build on the testing world