All MLA works cited entries should be written in 12pt Times New Roman font and use a hanging indentation style. Hanging indentation means every line after the first line is indented. When clicking the “copy” button, BibBible automatically copies your generated citation with all the proper style rules, including the hanging indentation.
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year Published.
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. E-book, Publisher, Year Published.
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit. E-book, Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
When citing a book with one author, the author's full first name and full last name are included in this citation. Here are a few examples showing MLA book citations with one author.
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year Published.
Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet. Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Weir, Andy. The Martian. Crown Publishing Group, 2011.
If the book has two authors credited, order the authors in the citation in the same order they are mentioned in the book.
Author 1 last name, Author 1 first name, and Author 1 first name Author 1 last name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year Published.
Voss, Chris, and Tahl Raz. Never Split the Difference. Harper Collins, 2016.
If the book has three or more authors credited, only use the first author's name with et al. at the end.
Author 1 last name, Author 1 first name, et al. Title of Book. Publisher, Year Published.
Rodgers, Richard, et al. My Favorite Things. Dial, 2003.
If the book you are citing has no authors, simply do not include an author and continue the citation as normal.
Title of Book. Publisher, Year Published.
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Edition, Publisher, Year Published.
Weinberg, Steven. Foundations of Modern Physics. 1st ed., Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Volume, Publisher, Year Published.
Walker, James. Physics. vol. 2, Pearson, 2016.
Name of The Bible. Version, edition, Publisher, Year Published.
Holy Bible. New American Bible, revised ed., Saint Benedict Press, 2010.
The Bible. Authorized King James Version, Oxford University Press, 1998.
The Bible. The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha, standard ed., Oxford University Press, 2010.
