Book citation templates
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of book: Subtitle (Edition). Publisher.
Author Surname, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle. Edition, Publisher, Year.
Surname, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year.
Surname, Initial. (Year) Title of book. Edition. Publisher.
Example: one author
Kimmerer, R. W. (2013). Braiding sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants. Milkweed Editions.
In-text: (Kimmerer, 2013, p. 45) or Kimmerer (2013, p. 45)
Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Milkweed Editions, 2013.
In-text: (Kimmerer 45) or Kimmerer (45)
Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Milkweed Editions, 2013.
Footnote: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants (Milkweed Editions, 2013), 45.
Kimmerer, R.W. (2013) Braiding sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants. Milkweed Editions.
In-text: (Kimmerer, 2013, p. 45) or Kimmerer (2013, p. 45)
Example: three authors, 10th edition
Aronson, E., Wilson, T. D., & Sommers, S. R. (2019). Social psychology (10th ed.). Pearson.
In-text: (Aronson et al., 2019, p. 112) or Aronson et al. (2019, p. 112)
Aronson, Elliot, et al. Social Psychology. 10th ed., Pearson, 2019.
In-text: (Aronson et al. 112) or Aronson et al. (112)
Aronson, Elliot, Timothy D. Wilson, and Samuel R. Sommers. Social Psychology. 10th ed. Pearson, 2019.
Footnote: Elliot Aronson et al., Social Psychology, 10th ed. (Pearson, 2019), 112.
Aronson, E., Wilson, T.D. and Sommers, S.R. (2019) Social psychology. 10th edn. Pearson.
In-text: (Aronson, Wilson and Sommers, 2019, p. 112) or Aronson, Wilson and Sommers (2019, p. 112)
Only mention the edition if it isn’t the first. APA writes “(10th ed.)” after the title; MLA writes “10th ed.,” before the publisher.
Example: a chapter in an edited book
When each chapter has its own author, cite the chapter, not the whole book. The book’s editors and the chapter’s page range come after the chapter title.
Hall, S. (1996). Who needs identity? In S. Hall & P. du Gay (Eds.), Questions of cultural identity (pp. 1–17). SAGE.
In-text: (Hall, 1996, p. 4) or Hall (1996, p. 4)
Hall, Stuart. “Who Needs Identity?” Questions of Cultural Identity, edited by Stuart Hall and Paul du Gay, SAGE, 1996, pp. 1-17.
In-text: (Hall 4) or Hall (4)
Hall, Stuart. “Who Needs Identity?” In Questions of Cultural Identity, edited by Stuart Hall and Paul du Gay, 1–17. SAGE, 1996.
Footnote: Stuart Hall, “Who Needs Identity?” in Questions of Cultural Identity, edited by Stuart Hall and Paul du Gay (SAGE, 1996), 4.
Hall, S. (1996) ‘Who needs identity?’, in Hall, S. and du Gay, P. (eds) Questions of cultural identity. SAGE, pp. 1–17.
In-text: (Hall, 1996, p. 4) or Hall (1996, p. 4)
E-books and audiobooks
APA 7 no longer asks you to say “Kindle version”: cite an e-book like a print book, adding a DOI or URL only if it has one. For audiobooks, APA adds “(Narrator, Narr.)” and “[Audiobook]”. MLA treats the e-book format as a version: “e-book ed.,”.