Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.)

Book in a Series

(Chicago Manual of Style 14.123)

Note

Model

Author, Title, Series Title (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), Page number.

Full Example

1. Stephen David Kantrowitz, More Than Freedom: Fighting for Black Citizenship in a White Republic, 1829-1889, Penguin History of American Life (New York: Penguin Press, 2012), 130-32.

Abbreviated Example

2. Katrowitz, More Than Freedom, 103-32.

Bibliography

Model

Author. Title. Series Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Example

Kantrowitz, Stephen David. More Than Freedom: Fighting for Black Citizenship in a White Republic, 1829-1889. Penguin History of American Life. New York: Penguin Press, 2012.

Helpful Hints

If a book can be easily located without the title of the series, then it can be omitted.

If a series is numbered, use vol or no after the title of the series preceded with a comma.  For example: Series title, vol. 1, no. 14.