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APA (7th ed.) referencing guide (Online): Book review in a journal or newspaper

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Book review in a journal or newspaper

Below you will find guidance and examples of how to set out a reference to a book review in a journal or a newspaper in the body of your work and in the reference list at the end.

In text citations

Example:

According to Nagorski (2013)...
OR
...(Nagorski, 2013).

Reference list

Book review in a journal

Last name of reviewer, Initial(s). (Year). Title of review [Review of the book Title of book, by name of book's author]. Journal Title, Volume number in italics(issue or part number), page numbers. DOI

Example:

Nagorski, A. (2013). The totalitarian temptation [Review of the book The devil in history: communism, fascism and some lessons of the 20th century, by V. Tismaneanu]. Foreign Affairs, 92(1), 172-176. 

Book review in a newspaper

Last name of reviewer, Initial(s). (Year, Month Date). Title of review [Review of the book Title of book, by name of book's author]. Name of Newspaper. URL

Example:

Santos, F. (2019, January 11). Reframing refugee children's stories [Review of the book We are displaced: My journey and stories from refugee girls around the world, by M. Yousafzai]. The New York Times. https://nyti.ms/2Hlgjk3

If the review is untitled, place the material in square brackets immediately after the year. Retain the brackets to indicate that this is a description of the form and content, not the review's title.