Wikipedia:Naming conventions (books)

The titles of books (usually meaning in fact the title of the literary work contained in the book) are capitalized by the same convention that governs other literary and artistic works such as plays, films, paintings etc.

A unique manuscript can have the physical form of a book (e.g. the Eton Choirbook): in such case the naming conventions on manuscripts take precedence over the guidance relating to books on this page. By contrast The Eton Choirbook: Facsimile with Introductory Study, published in 2010, is a book in the meaning of the present guideline.

From antiquity to the early modern age it was not uncommon for either the author or subsequent scribes or editors to divide a single written work into separate "books" (volumes, tomes, scrolls), where a more modern author would call such subdivisions "parts" or even "chapters": for example Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico contains eight "books", somewhat of "chapter" length when compared to more modern writings.

For the purpose of this guideline, "book" means the entire work, and not a subdivision, even if that subdivision has a (subsidiary) title of its own.

Examples: Oresteia – The Forsyte Saga – Les Rougon-Macquart – In Search of Lost Time – ...For Dummies – Aubrey–Maturin series

For italicization see .

See the "comics" Naming Conventions guideline for comics and graphic novels.

Examples: Reader's Digest – Nature (journal) – The Lancet – The Times – The New York Times – Acta Diurna – Vogue (magazine) – Spirou (magazine)

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