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	{{q\|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.\|Max Brooks on Minecraft: The Island<ref>{{Mcnet\|minecraft-novel-cover-revealed\|Minecraft Novel Cover Revealed!\|February 24, 2017}}</ref>}}		{{q\|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.\|Max Brooks on Minecraft: The Island<ref>{{Mcnet\|minecraft-novel-cover-revealed\|Minecraft Novel Cover Revealed!\|February 24, 2017}}</ref>}}

			{{q\|'''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).\|[[Minecraft:Tom Stone]] on the novel<ref>{{Mcnet\|official-minecraft-books\|Official Minecraft Books!\|date=December 19, 2018\|[[Minecraft:Tom Stone]]}}</ref>\|image=Mojavatar Tom-Stone.png}}

	== Trivia ==		== Trivia ==

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{{Infobox book
| title = ''Minecraft: The Island''
| author = [[Minecraft:Max Brooks]]
| audio = * [[Minecraft:Jack Black]]
* [[Minecraft:Samira Wiley]]
| cover = [[Minecraft:Ian Wilding]]
| country = [[Minecraft:wikipedia:United States|United States]]
| language = English
| genre = Fiction
| location = {{MC}}
| publisher = {{W|Del Rey Books}}
| date = July 18, 2017
| media = Print, Digital
| pages = 224
| isbn = 978-0-399-18177-1
| oclc = 976794934
}}

'''''Minecraft: The Island''''' is a novel by American author [[Minecraft:Max Brooks]],<ref>{{Mcnet|minecraft-novel-cover-revealed|Minecraft Novel Cover Revealed!|September 24, 2016|Marsh Davies}}</ref> which was published by {{W|Del Rey Books}} on July 18, 2017.<ref>{{tweet|Minecraft|887329272435802112|Minecraft: The Island is out! Written by Max Brooks, it's the very first Minecraft novel! Read an excerpt here:|July 18, 2017}}</ref> Two audiobooks were also released on the same day, with narration provided by [[Minecraft:Jack Black]] and [[Minecraft:Samira Wiley]], respectively. To promote the book, an [[Minecraft: The Island (map)|official map]] was released for [[Minecraft:Realms|''Java Edition'' Realms]] and {{el|edu}} made by [[Minecraft: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 ==
{{q|Washed up on a beach, the [[Minecraft:Guy|lone castaway]] looks around [[Minecraft:The Island (location)|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 [[Minecraft: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 [[Minecraft:zombie]]s 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 [[Minecraft:creeper]]s, armed [[Minecraft:skeleton]]s, and an unstoppable tide of hot [[Minecraft:lava]]? Especially with no help except for a few makeshift tools and sage advice from an unlikely friend: a [[Minecraft:Moo|cow]].

In this world, the rules don’t always make sense, but courage and creativity go a long way. There are [[Minecraft:forest]]s to explore, [[Minecraft:Mineshaft|hidden underground tunnels]] to loot, and undead mobs to defeat. Only then will the secrets of the island be revealed.|Book description<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/minecraft-max-brooks/1124680387|title=Minecraft: The Island|website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref>}}

== Plot ==
{{Spoiler Warning|section|''Minecraft: The Island''}}

{{LoadPage|Minecraft: The Island/1CHP|Chapters 1–11|h3}}
{{LoadPage|Minecraft: The Island/2CHP|Chapters 12–22 and Epilogue|h3}}

== Quotes ==
{{q|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.|Max Brooks on Minecraft: The Island<ref>{{Mcnet|minecraft-novel-cover-revealed|Minecraft Novel Cover Revealed!|February 24, 2017}}</ref>}}

== Trivia ==
* ''Minecraft: The Island'' was the first official ''Minecraft'' novel to be announced at a [[Minecraft:MINECON]] convention.

== Gallery ==

=== Official artwork ===
<gallery>
File:MinecraftTheIslandCover.jpg|Cover for ''Minecraft: The Island''
File:MinecraftTheIslandRelease.jpg|Official release image of the novel, seen in the endpapers
File:The Island Banner.jpg|Banner art
File:The Island Cover.jpg|Cover art
File:The Island.jpg|Book cover
File:02a7d906eee01d3a3fd94705a41dd565-brooks book.png|A transparent prop of the cover
File:The Island audiobook 9780525590064.jpeg|''Minecraft: The Island'' audiobook cover narrated by Samira Wiley
File:The Island audiobook 9780525495734.jpeg|''Minecraft: The Island'' audiobook cover narrated by Jack Black
File:Timeline book.png|Render of the book used for the [[Minecraft:10th anniversary]] of ''Minecraft''<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/10th-anniversary|title=Celebrate with Us|website=minecraft.net}}</ref>
File:Max Brooks trilogy.jpeg
</gallery>
=== Photographs ===
<gallery>
File:Iwilding's copy.jpg|[[Minecraft:Ian Wilding]]'s copy of the book
File:Minecraft - The Island in Italian.jpg|Two Italian copies of the book
File:Two Islands and the Crash.jpg|Two copies of ''The Island'' and ''[[Minecraft:The Crash]]''
File:Booth 1697.jpeg
File:Easter basket with books.jpeg
</gallery>
=== Production images ===
<gallery>

File:Samira Wiley narrating.jpg|Samira Wiley narrating the book
File:Jack Black narrating.jpg|Jack Black narrating the novel
File:MaxBrooks-1.jpg|Photo of Max Brooks' testing world for the novel
File:MaxBrooks-2.jpg|Several buildings for testing
File:MaxBrooks-3.jpg|Redstone tests
File:MaxBrooks-4.jpg|A shattered build on the testing world
</gallery>

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