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Chicago Manual of Style: Books

Chicago Manual of Style: How to Cite Books

For many more examples, covering every type of book, see 14.100–163 in The Chicago Manual of Style.

Books with One Author

Note

Zadie Smith, Swing Time (New York: Penguin Press, 2016), 315–16.

Shortened note

Smith, Swing Time, 320.

Bibliography

Smith, Zadie. Swing Time. New York: Penguin Press, 2016.

Book with Author plus Editor or Translator

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Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera, trans. Edith Grossman (London: Cape, 1988), 242–55.

Shortened note

García Márquez, Cholera, 33.

Bibliography

García Márquez, Gabriel. Love in the Time of Cholera. Translated by Edith Grossman. London: Cape, 1988.

e-book

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Brooke Borel, The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016), 92, ProQuest Ebrary.

Shortened note

Borel, Fact-Checking, 104–5.

Bibliography

Borel, Brooke. The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. ProQuest Ebrary.

Book with Reprint Edition

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Brooke Borel, The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking, 3rd ed.(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016), 92, ProQuest Ebrary.

Shortened note

Borel, Fact-Checking, 104–5.

Bibliography

Borel, Brooke. The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. ProQuest Ebrary.

Books with Two Authors

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Brian Grazer and Charles Fishman, A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015), 12.

Shortened note

Grazer and Fishman, Curious Mind, 37.

Bibliography

Grazer, Brian, and Charles Fishman. A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015.

Translated book

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Jhumpa Lahiri, In Other Words, trans. Ann Goldstein (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016), 146.

Shortened note

Lahiri, In Other Words, 184.

Bibliography 

Lahiri, Jhumpa. In Other Words. Translated by Ann Goldstein. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

Book chapter

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Henry David Thoreau, “Walking,” in The Making of the American Essay, ed. John D’Agata (Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016), 177–78.

Shortened note

Thoreau, “Walking,” 182.

Bibliography 

Thoreau, Henry David. “Walking.” In The Making of the American Essay, edited by John D’Agata, 167–95. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016.

Book Review

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Tanya Khovanova, review of Military Strategy, by Edward Frenkel, Military History Journal 45, no. 3 (May 2014): 230, https://doi.org/10.4169/military.j.45.3.230.

Shortened Note

Khovanova, review of Military Strategy, 231. 

Bibliography 

Khovanova, Tanya. Review of Military Strategy, by Edward Frenkel. Military History Journal 45, no. 3 (May 2014): 230-231. https://doi.org/10.4169/military.j.45.3.230.

Book/Report Organization as Author

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World Health Organization, WHO Editorial Style Manual (Geneva: World Health Organization, 1993), 34. 

Shortened Note

World Health Organization, WHO Editorial Style, 34.

Bibliography

World Health Organization. WHO Editorial Style Manual. Geneva: World HealthOrganization, 1993.

Books with Four to Ten Authors

Note

Julie Evans et al., Equal Subjects, Unequal Rights: Indigenous Peoples in British Settler Societies (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003), 54

Shortened note

Evans et al., Equal, 55

Bibliography

Evans, Julie, Patricia Grimshaw, David Philips, and Shurlee Swain. Equal Subjects, Unequal Rights: Indigenous Peoples in British Settler Societies. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003.

Book with an Editor

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Meghan Daum, ed., Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids (New York: Picador, 2015), 32.

Shortened note

Daum, Selfish, 134–35.

Bibliography

Daum, Meghan, ed. Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids. New York: Picador, 2015.

Edited book

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John D’Agata, ed., The Making of the American Essay (Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016), 177–79.

Shortened note

D’Agata, American Essay, 182.

Bibliography 

D’Agata, John, ed. The Making of the American Essay. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016.