Book cite example in biography

APA book citations might look intimidating, but they aren’t bad once you learn the basic format. APA 7 book citations include the author, publication year, book title, and publisher.

Remember to use the author’s last name and then only the initials for the first and middle names. The APA in-text citation format for a book follows the author-date style, which means the year of publication follows the author’s name.

Book cite example in biography

Learn more about how to quickly and easily make APA book citations using this guide.

APA Book Citation Example

Scholarly books are known for having a lot of authors, but it’s always best to start simply by looking at how to create a basic citation for a book with just one author in APA.

The basic format for citing a book with a single author in an APA style reference looks like:

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.

One Author Book Citation Example APA