Bookwright
Procedural books of every kind, closed, shelved or turning pages
Bookwright is a procedural book generator that makes photorealistic books of every kind inside Blender: hardcover novels, paperbacks, pocket books, textbooks, coffee table books, cookbooks, atlases, leather tomes, grimoires, medieval manuscripts, ledgers, limp vellum, journals, spiral and wire-o notebooks, composition books, diaries with locks, coptic journals, magazines, comics, manga, graphic novels, board books, picture books, bibles, dictionaries with thumb index, photo albums, Japanese stab-bound books, scrolls and sheet music.
Every book is real geometry built from real bookbinding: rounded and backed spines, joints, squares, raised bands, headbands, ribbons, coils through punched holes, staples, coptic chain stitching, metal corners, clasps, bosses and elastic bands. Pages are true sheets that bend and stack, so an open book has a proper gutter, and pages turn one by one with a natural curl.
Pages are typeset for real in 20 languages, including right-to-left Arabic and Hebrew and vertical Japanese, with your own margins, columns, fonts, running heads, page numbers, chapters and illustrations. Or use lined, grid, dotted, ledger, music, comic or handwritten pages, or your own page images.
Covers come in 16 designs and 13 materials (cloth, leather, suede, vellum, velvet, wood, glossy and matte laminates and more) with gold, silver, copper, blind or embossed stamping. Put your own picture on the front, wrap a whole cover image around the book, or place just a logo. Dust jackets and slipcases are included.
33 book designs
Novels, paperbacks, tomes, grimoires, notebooks, comics, bibles and more, each with its real binding.
One click, a new book
Pick a design in the sidebar and the book rebuilds on the spot: binding, cover, lettering and pages.
14 cover designs
Classic, pulp, Swiss, ornate, illustrated and more, with your own colors, titles and lettering.
Drag a slider, watch it move
Click a pose, then drag Page Turn or Open Angle: the book follows live in the viewport.
Features
- 33 designs in 6 families, plus Random Book and Random Cover
- Postures: closed, face down, on a shelf, leaning, spine up, open on a table, held open, standing open, tent
- One-click animation: open the book and turn any number of pages
- 11 binding styles from hardcover to scroll, with all their hardware
- 20 languages, right-to-left and vertical text, custom text and fonts
- Your own cover picture, whole-cover wrap or logo
- New to ancient: age, wear, dust, stains, foxing, fading, waviness, dog ears, warp and scuffs
- Fill a shelf or a stack with varied books in one click
- Convert to a plain mesh for export
Requires Blender 4.2 or newer. Tested on Blender 4.2, 4.5 and 5.2 LTS.
Install in under a minute (Blender 4.2+)
- In Blender open Edit › Preferences › Get Extensions.
- Open the arrow menu at the top right and choose Install from Disk.
- Pick the downloaded zip. Do not unzip it.
Questions
Which Blender versions are supported?
Blender 4.2 and newer. It is tested on Blender 4.2, 4.5 and 5.2 LTS.
Can I use my own cover image?
Yes. Load a picture for the front cover, a whole-cover image that wraps around the back, spine and front, or a logo. Your own fonts and text work too.
Can I animate the pages?
Yes. Animate Book keyframes the book opening and turning any number of pages, and every pose setting (open angle, page turn, cover open) can be keyframed by hand.
Can I export the books?
Yes. Convert to Mesh turns a book into a plain mesh with its materials and images, ready for FBX, OBJ or glTF export.
