How to Format Book Titles in MLA Style

How should a book title appear on the Works Cited page according to MLA style?

According to MLA style, how should a book title appear on the Works Cited page?

Answer:

It should appear after the author's last and first name and in italics. For example: Jones, Charles. On the Beach. Chicago: Squire Books, 1984. Print.

MLA (Modern Language Association) is a formatting style for academic texts, mostly used in Language and Literature studies, although lately also very common in all of the Humanities fields. One important aspect of using MLA style is how to structure your bibliography or Works Cited page in a standardized way.

When citing a book in MLA style, the book title should appear in italics and after the author's last name and first name. The general format is as follows: Last Name, First Name. Book Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.