How to Cite a Book Review in Harvard (Cite Them Right 12th edition)

Reviews of books in journals, newspapers, magazines or on websites.

Example in Harvard (Cite Them Right 12th edition)

Strawson, G. (2014) ‘Sapiens: a brief history of humankind by Yuval Noah Harari – Review’, The Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/11/sapiens-brief-history-humankind-yuval-noah-harari-review.
In-text (Strawson, 2014)

What Harvard (Cite Them Right 12th edition) includes

These are the details of the example above that the style prints, so they are the ones to collect for your own source.

  • Review Title
  • Reviewer(s)
  • Publication
  • Date Published
  • URL

Note the reviewer and the date the review came out, then the title and author of the book under review, and where the review appeared.

The formatting comes from the style's own file, so check the finer points against your guide. What to check by hand in Harvard (Cite Them Right 12th edition).

A Book Review in other styles

APA 7th edition MLA 9th edition Chicago 18th edition (notes and bibliography) IEEE Vancouver

Other sources in Harvard (Cite Them Right 12th edition)

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