Reference List: Books
Note: This page reflects the latest interpretation of the APA Publication Manual ( i.e., APA 7 ), which released in October 2019. The equivalent resource for the older APA 6 expressive style can be found here .
The follow contains a list of the most normally cited print book sources. E-books are described on our “ electronic Sources ” page. For a complete list of how to cite print sources, please mention to the seventh version of the APA Publication Manual.
Note: If available, APA 7 requires a DOI for all works that have one — whether print or digital. If a print work does not have a DOI do not include it in the reference citation .
Basic Format for Books
writer, A. A. ( Year of issue ). deed of work : capital letter besides for subtitle. publisher name. DOI ( if available )
Stoneman, R. ( 2008 ). Alexander the great : A life in caption. Yale University Press .
Edited Book, No Author
editor program, E. E. ( Ed. ). ( Year of issue ). deed of employment : capital letter besides for subtitle. publisher. DOI ( if available )
Leitch, M. G., & Rushton, C. J. ( Eds. ). ( 2019 ). A modern companion to Malory. D. S. Brewer .
Edited Book with an Author or Authors
author, A. A. ( Year of issue ). claim of function : das kapital letter besides for subtitle ( E. Editor, Ed. ). publisher. DOI ( if available )
Malory, T. ( 2017 ). Le morte darthur ( P. J. C. Field, Ed. ). D. S. Brewer. ( master work published 1469-70 )
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A Translation
writer, A. A. ( Year of publication ). title of ferment : capital letter besides for subtitle ( T. Translator, Trans. ). publisher. ( master work published YEAR ) DOI ( if available )
Plato ( 1989 ). Symposium ( A. Nehamas & P. Woodruff, Trans. ). Hackett Publishing Company. ( original work published ca. 385-378 BCE )
Note : When you cite a republish work, like the one above, in your textbook, it should appear with both dates : Plato ( 385-378/1989 )
Edition Other Than the First
writer, A. A. ( Year of publication ). style of bring : capital letter besides for subtitle ( # edition ). publisher. DOI ( if available )
Belcher, W. ( 2019 ). Writing your journal article in twelve weeks : A guide to academic publish success ( 2nd ed. ). University of Chicago Press .
Article or Chapter in an Edited Book
writer, A. A., & Author, B. B. ( Year of publication ). Title of chapter. In E. E. Editor & F. F. Editor ( Eds. ), Title of ferment : capital letter besides for subtitle ( pp. pages of chapter ). publisher. DOI ( if available )
Note : When you list the pages of the chapter or essay in parentheses after the book entitle, use “ pp. ” before the numbers : ( pp. 1-21 ). This abbreviation, however, does not appear before the page numbers in periodic references. List any edition phone number in the same stage set of parentheses as the page numbers, separated by a comma : ( 2nd ed., pp. 66-72 ).
Armstrong, D. ( 2019 ). Malory and character. In M. G. Leitch & C. J. Rushton ( Eds. ), A new companion to Malory ( pp. 144-163 ). D. S. Brewer .
Multivolume Work
writer, A. A. ( Year of issue ). title of work : das kapital letter besides for subtitle ( Vol. # ). publisher. DOI ( if available )
David, A., & Simpson, J. ( Eds. ). ( 2006 ). The Norton anthology of english literature : The Middle Ages ( 8th ed., Vol. A ). W. W. Norton and Company .
