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This infobox should italicize the article title automatically. If this is not required, add |italic title=no to the list of parameters. If this is required but the title is not being italicized, try |italic title=force.

This template tracks the Wikidata property:

image (P18) (see uses)

This template uses the Wikidata properties:

genre (P136) (see uses)
publication date (P577) (see uses)
ISBN-13 (P212) (see uses)
official website (P856) (see uses)
Dewey Decimal Classification (P1036) (see uses)
number of pages (P1104) (see uses)
Library of Congress Classification (P1149) (see uses)

This template uses Lua:

This template is used to present a consistently-formatted table for use in articles about books.

Usage

*name*
caption
Author	author
Audio read by	audio_read_by
Original title	title_orig
Working title	title_working
Translator	translator
Illustrator	illustrator
Cover artist	cover_artist
Country	country
Language	language
Series	series
Release number	release_number
Subject	subject
Genre	genre
Set in	set_in
Published	published
Publisher	publisher, publisher2
Publication date	pub_date
Published in English	english_pub_date
Media type	media_type
Pages	pages
Awards	awards
ISBN	123456789X
OCLC	oclc
Dewey Decimal	dewey
LC Class	congress
Preceded by	preceded_by
Followed by	followed_by
Original text	title_orig at Interlingua Wikisource
Translation	name at Wikisource
notes

((Infobox book
| italic title      = <!--(see above)-->
| name              = 
| image             = 
| image_size        = 
| border            = 
| alt               = 
| caption           = 
| author            = 
| audio_read_by     = 
| title_orig        = 
| orig_lang_code    = 
| title_working     = 
| translator        = 
| illustrator       = 
| cover_artist      = 
| country           = 
| language          = 
| series            = 
| release_number    = 
| subject           = 
| genre             = 
| set_in            = 
| publisher         = 
| publisher2        = 
| pub_date          = 
| english_pub_date  = 
| published         = 
| media_type        = 
| pages             = 
| awards            = 
| isbn              = 
| isbn_note         = 
| oclc              = 
| dewey             = 
| congress          = 
| preceded_by       = <!-- for books in a series -->
| followed_by       = <!-- for books in a series -->
| native_wikisource = 
| wikisource        = 
| notes             = 
| exclude_cover     = 
| website           = 
))

Parameters

Please see WikiProject Books and/or WikiProject Novels for standards on presenting names and other data.

Parameters can be safely left blank. Note that you may include an image with no caption, but a caption will not be shown if there is no image.
Wikilinks can be used in any of the infobox fields.

name: Book name or title. If parameter is left blank, name will be inherited from the Wikipedia page where this infobox is invoked.
image: Image (prefer 1st edition where permitted), use bare filename: Example.jpg
For a title page from a Commons PDF, specify the page and width in the syntax: [[File:Lissagaray - Histoire de la Commune de 1871, MS.djvu|page=9|220px]]
image_size: Uses image size set by user (default 220px). Use a number to override image size. However, this is discouraged per WP:THUMBSIZE.
border: Inserting yes here will result in a 1px grey border around the image, useful for instances where the image and the background will blend together (such as a book cover with a white background). If no border is necessary, this parameter should not be used. Note: does not apply if |image= uses the full image syntax (e.g. [[File:Example.jpg]]); in this case add the border in |image= (e.g. [[File:Example.jpg|border=yes]])
caption: Image caption (should describe the edition used)
alt: Image alternate text
editor/editors: Editor(s) only when they are the primary contributor, e.g. dictionaries, encyclopedias, anthologies
author/authors: Author(s)
audio_read_by: For audiobooks.
title_orig: Original title, if not in English; required if using |native_external_url= or |native_wikisource=
orig_lang_code: ISO 639 code of original language, required if using |title_orig=, |native_wikisource= or |native_external_url=
working_title: Working title, when different from published title
translator: Translator(s), if original not in English
illustrator: Illustrator (where used throughout and a major feature)
cover_artist: Cover artist, if any
country: Country of original publication
language: Language of original book. Do not link unless it is an unusual language.
series: Series (if any)
release_number: The "release number" of a book within the "series" (also would be called a "volume") - n.b. only relevant for an article where "series" is populated
subject/subjects: (for non-fiction) See index term and library classification
genre/genres: (for fiction) See literary genre. Use ((hlist)) for sorting multiple entries.
set_in: can be both time and place as setting. No need to create long lists. Use approximate dates/places if it is not clearly specified in the text.
publisher: Publisher of primary publication (prefer 1st edition); also |publisher2= for additional publishers.
pub_date: Date published (1st edition)
english_pub_date: Date first published in English if 1st edition is in another language.
published: Alternate parameter, using the following composite format: year (publisher) (language, when originally written in a foreign language); use ((plainlist)) when there is more than one notable edition; Note: |published= is acceptable, but no longer preferred to |publisher= and |pub_date=, which have been restored to common usage. No consensus has yet been reached regarding the migration of infoboxes to a common format, and none should be "fixed" one way or the other en masse until such consensus is reached.
media_type: Print / Digital (then binding types etc., if relevant)
pages: Pages (prefer 1st edition, specify edition as needed)
award/awards: Awards(s) the book has won
isbn: (prefer ISBN of 1st edition). Format: "1-234-56789-0" (10-digit) or "978-1-234-56789-0" (13-digit). If the book has a standard book number (9 digits) add a "0" to the beginning of the number. Do not change a 10-digit to a 13-digit ISBN by prefixing a "978" by hand, because the last digit is a calculated check digit, which will be wrong. Similarly, do not remove "978-" from a 13-digit ISBN to make a 10-digit ISBN. If the book was published before the use of ISBN, do not include this parameter. If the 13-digit number you have does not start with "978", "979-10", or "979-11", then it is not an ISBN and should not be used in this parameter. Change spaces in the ISBN to hyphens. The rules for hyphenating an ISBN are complex (currently 29 pages). Do not add spaces or hyphens to an unformatted ISBN which are likely to be wrong if you are guessing. However the "978" prefix of a 13-digit ISBN is always separated by a hyphen and the check digit – the last character – is always separated by a hyphen. The last character of a 10-character ISBN may be an "X". In such case, use the uppercase "X" character, not any alternate character. Do not put "ISBN" in front of the number. ISBNs are checked for validity; articles with invalid ISBNs are placed in Category:Pages with ISBN errors and display a red error message.
isbn_note: May be used to add a note following the ISBN.
oclc: OCLC number (prefer 1st edition), use when book has no ISBN
dewey: Dewey Decimal Classification
congress: Library of Congress Classification (not to be confused with Library of Congress Control Number)
preceded_by: Title of prior book in series; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
preceded_by_quotation_marks: Title of prior work in series if a minor work; will be surrounded with quotation marks by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
followed_by: Title of subsequent book in a series or a sequel; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
followed_by_quotation_marks: Title of subsequent work in a series or a sequel if a minor work; will be surrounded with quotation marks by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
native_wikisource: Page name of original text at a foreign language Wikisource (if applicable); use |orig_lang_code= to specify which Wikisource. Tracked in Category:Articles that link to foreign-language Wikisources
native_external_url: URL to a site hosting the original text when in a foreign language, and in the public domain but not yet on Wikisource. Non-commercial, open and accessible sites should be used in preference, sites which rip the text from other sites should be avoided, and illegal content is never to be linked to
native_external_host: The name of the website linked to by |native_external_url=, e.g. Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive. Should be wikilinked if possible
wikisource: Title of work if in the public domain and hosted at English Wikisource:. Tracked in Category:Articles that link to Wikisource
external_url: URL to a site hosting the text in English (whether the original or a translation), when in the public domain but not yet on Wikisource. Non-commercial, open and accessible sites should be used in preference, sites which rip the text from other sites should be avoided, and illegal content is never to be linked to
external_host: The name of the website linked to by |external_url=, e.g. Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive. Should be wikilinked if possible
exclude_cover: This template will place articles with this infobox where no image has been specified into the category Books with missing cover; where this is not desired, e.g because the cover is shown elsewhere in the article, this parameter should be set to |exclude_cover=yes.
website: for the publisher's or author's website about the book.

Example

Anne of Green Gables
Title page of the first edition
Author	Lucy Maud Montgomery
Illustrator	M. A. and W. A. J. Claus
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Children's novel
Publisher	L. C. Page & Co.
Publication date	1908
Pages	429 (first edition)
OCLC	367111
LC Class	PR6025.O45 A53
Followed by	Anne of Avonlea
Text	Anne of Green Gables at Wikisource

((Infobox book
| name           = Anne of Green Gables
| image          = Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, 1908, title page.jpg
| caption        = Title page of the first edition
| alt            = Title page
| author         = [[Lucy Maud Montgomery]]
| title_orig     = 
| working_title = 
| translator     = 
| illustrator    = M. A. and W. A. J. Claus
| cover_artist   = 
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| series         = 
| release_number = 
| subject        = 
| genre          = [[Children's literature|Children's novel]]
| publisher      = [[L. C. Page & Co.]]
| pub_date       = 1908
| pages          = 429 ''(first edition)''
| awards         = 
| isbn           = <!-- N/A -->
| oclc           = 367111
| congress       = PR6025.O45 A53
| preceded_by    = 
| followed_by    = [[Anne of Avonlea]]
| wikisource     = Anne of Green Gables
))

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox book in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox book

Consistently-formatted table for presenting information about books

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template has custom formatting.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	`name`	Book title Default Pagename	String	optional
Image	`image`	Image (prefer 1st edition where permitted). Use bare filename.	File	suggested
Author	`author` `authors`	Author(s) of the book (should be link to their respective article if there is one).	String	suggested
Language	`language`	Language of (original) book. Full language name (not a language code). Example English	String	optional
Country	`country`	Country of (original) publication.	String	optional
Genre(s)	`genre` `genres`	The book's genre Example Science fiction	String	optional
Published	`published`	Using the following format: year (publisher) (language, when originally written in a foreign language)	String	optional
Publisher	`publisher`	Name of publisher.	String	optional
ISBN	`isbn` `ISBN`	Format: "ISBN 1-234-56789-0" (prefer 1st edition)	String	suggested
exclude cover?	`exclude_cover`	"yes" if no image is present and adding this article to "Category:Books with missing cover" is not desired Example yes	String	optional
Series	`series`	Series the book is part of Example [[The Federalist Papers]]	String	optional
Image size	`image_size`	no description Example 200 px	String	optional
Image caption	`caption` `image_caption`	a caption for the image used	Content	optional
Type of media	`media_type`	no description Example [[Newspaper]]	String	optional
Date of publication	`pub_date`	Date the book or work was published Example December 21, 1787	Date	suggested
Preceded by	`preceded_by`	The previous installment in the series/from the author Example [[Federalist No. 4]]	String	optional
Followed by	`followed_by`	The next installment in the series/from the author Example [[Federalist No. 6]]	String	optional
Italicize title?	`italic title`	If set to "no", the title is never italicized. If set to "force", the title is always italicized. If not specified, the title should usually be italicized automatically. Suggested values `no` `force` Example no	String	optional
infoboxwidth	`infoboxwidth`	no description	Unknown	optional
width	`width`	no description	Unknown	optional
Editor(s)	`editor` `editors`	Editor or editors of the book. Use this template if they are a PRIMARY contributor (eg for dictionaries or encyclopedias). Example John Doe	Content	optional
Audio read by	`audio_read_by`	The person who read the audio, if this is an audiobook. Example Jane Smith	Content	optional
Original title	`title_orig`	The original title of the book, if it was not in English. Example Exemple d'une Livre	Content	optional
Working title	`title_working`	The working title of the book, if this was different from the title the book was ultimately published as. Example Example Working Book Title	Content	optional
Translator(s)	`translator` `translators`	The person or people who translated the book to English, if it was not originally in English. Example Joe Bloggs	Content	optional
Illustrator(s)	`illustrator` `illustrators`	The person or people who illustrated this book, if applicable. Example John Doe	Content	optional
Cover artist	`cover_artist`	The person who made the cover art, if applicable. Example Jane Smith	Content	optional
Release number	`release_number`	Ordinal index of the book, if it was released within a series	String	optional
Subjects	`subject` `subjects`	Topics discussed by the book. For non-fiction books only. Example chemistry	Content	optional
Set in	`set_in`	The time and/or place where the book is set in, if it's a work of fiction Example 21st-century Earth	Content	optional
Second publisher	`publisher2`	An additional publisher that published this book (not the primary publisher). Example Penguin Random House	Content	optional
release_date	`release_date`	no description	Unknown	optional
english_pub_date	`english_pub_date`	no description	Unknown	optional
english_release_date	`english_release_date`	no description	Unknown	optional
pages	`pages`	no description	Unknown	optional
awards	`awards`	no description	Unknown	optional
award	`award`	no description	Unknown	optional
isbn_note	`isbn_note` `ISBN_note`	no description	Unknown	optional
dewey	`dewey`	no description	Unknown	optional
congress	`congress`	no description	Unknown	optional
last	`last`	no description	Unknown	optional
first	`first`	no description	Unknown	optional
location	`location`	no description	Unknown	optional
oclc	`oclc`	no description	Unknown	optional
alt	`alt`	no description	Unknown	optional
border	`border`	no description	Unknown	optional
orig_lang_code	`orig_lang_code`	no description	Unknown	optional
preceded_by_quotation_marks	`preceded_by_quotation_marks`	no description	Unknown	optional
followed_by_quotation_marks	`followed_by_quotation_marks`	no description	Unknown	optional
native_wikisource	`native_wikisource`	no description	Unknown	optional
native_external_url	`native_external_url`	no description	Unknown	optional
native_external_host	`native_external_host`	no description	Unknown	optional
wikisource	`wikisource`	no description	Unknown	optional
external_url	`external_url`	no description	Unknown	optional
external_host	`external_host`	no description	Unknown	optional
website	`website`	no description	Unknown	optional
homepage	`homepage`	no description	Unknown	optional
URL	`URL`	no description	Unknown	optional
notes	`notes`	no description	Unknown	optional
note	`note`	no description	Unknown	optional
nocat_wdimage	`nocat_wdimage`	no description	Unknown	optional
module	`module`	no description	Unknown	optional

Translated books

About how to handle translated books, see the Translated books case study.

COinS

This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.

Tracking categories

Category:Articles that link to Wikisource (642)
Category:Articles that link to foreign-language Wikisources (176)
Category:Books with missing cover (4,165) – instances without images
Category:Pages using infobox book with unknown parameters (0)
Category:No local image but image on Wikidata (9,544) – Used by Template:Wikidata image to track articles where an infobox has no image but Wikidata has an image name. To exclude articles from this category, add an image or |nocat_wdimage=yes to the infobox.