The general MLA 9 formatting for books is:
Work Cited List: Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
In-Text: (Author Last Name page number of quote or idea).
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
(Author Last Name page number).
Kirsh, Steven J. Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research. Sage, 2006.
(Kirsh).
When a book has two authors, order the authors in the same way they are presented in the book.
Last Name, First Name of First Author, and First Name Last Name of Second Author. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
(First Author Last Name page number).
Wykes, Maggie, and Barrie Gunter. The Media and Body Image: If Looks Could Kill. Sage, 2005.
(Wykes)
If there are three or more authors, list only the first author followed by the phrase et al. (Latin for "and others") in place of the subsequent authors' names.
Last Name, First Name of First Author, et al. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
(First Author Last Name, et al. page number).
Nickels, William, et al. Understanding Canadian Business. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2016.
(Nickel, et al)
Last Name of Editor, First Name, editor(s). Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
Matuz, Roger, editor. Contemporary Canadian Artists. Gale Canada, 1997.
Last Name, First Name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection, edited by Editor's Name(s), Publisher, Year, Page range of entry.
(Last Name page number)
Ross, Colin. "The Story of Grey Owl." Fiction/Non-Fiction: A Reader and Rhetoric, edited by Garry Engkent and Lucia Engkent, Thomson Nelson, 2006, pp. 327-333.
(Ross 328)
Note: The first author's name listed is the author of the chapter/essay/short story. If there is no editor given you may leave out that part of the citation.
Name of Corporate Author. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation. Employability Skills: Creating My Future, Nelson, 1996.
Note: When a work is published by an organization that is also its author, begin the entry with the title, skipping the author element. List the organization as publisher.
Last Name, First Name. Title. Date.
(Author Last Name page number).
Hocking, Amanda. Fate. 2010.
(Hocking 10).