Enbeon's Custom Books
Enbeon's Custom Books gives Enchanted Books their own textures, chosen by which enchantments a book carries.
What it does
When a book holds several enchantments, the mod picks one texture using a precedence order, so the book's appearance reflects a single enchantment. The order is configurable in the mod config, and the defaults rank rarer enchantments above common ones: Mending sits at the top and Sharpness at the bottom. An in-game config screen is available through Mod Menu, which is optional, and YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL) provides the config screen framework.
The author notes the mod was made because vanilla Minecraft offers no way to set book textures from item components, and it draws some ideas from the Even Better Enchants textures mod. A gallery of the textures is provided, and the Mending book animation can be turned off in the config. Fabric API must be installed for the mod to run. Files are published for Fabric and Quilt only, and the mod is compatible with 1.21.4 and later, including snapshot builds. The code is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, so the mod is open source.
Key features
Enchantment-based book textures
Enchanted Books display a texture that matches one of the enchantments they carry.
Configurable precedence order
The order that decides which enchantment wins when a book has several can be changed in the mod config.
Default priority ranking
By default rarer enchantments such as Mending take priority over common ones such as Sharpness.
Mending animation toggle
The Mending book's animated texture can be switched off from the in-game config screen.
Texture gallery
A gallery of the book textures is provided so players can preview them before installing.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x8 of 8 versions with builds
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 2
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who sort enchanted books by sight, and server owners who want the book textures to appear for every player who joins.
How it compares
Readable Enchanted Books is server-side and client-optional, released under a custom license and published for 1.21.5 – 1.21.8. Enchanting Reimagined is open source under the MIT License, runs on client and server, and is published for Fabric only, for 1.21 – 26.3. Interactive Enchanted Books is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, client-required, and published for Fabric only, for 26.1 – 26.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enbeon's Custom Books | Fabric and Quilt | 1.21.4 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-15 |
| Readable Enchanted Books | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 1.21.8 | Server required, client optional | 2025-07-19 |
| Enchanting Reimagined | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-19 |
| Interactive Enchanted Books | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.3 | Client required, server optional | 2026-09-23 |
Questions
Does Enbeon's Custom Books need Fabric API?
Which loaders does Enbeon's Custom Books support?
Can the order of textures be changed?
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In the catalog
Enbeon's Custom Books is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Yet another Minecraft mod that gives Enchanted Books unique textures based on the enchantments they have. Compatible with Fabric and Quilt. Sorry if you run Forge or NeoForge!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/enbeons-custom-books
- Owner
- ActuallyEnbeon
- Published
- 2025-03-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15