43a Italicize titles.

43a
Italicize titles.

In general, use italics for titles and subtitles of long works; use quotation marks for shorter works (39b).

BOOKS Vietnamerica
CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo
FILMS AND VIDEOS Star Wars
LONG MUSICAL WORKS Brandenburg Concertos
LONG POEMS Bhagavad Gita
MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS Ebony; the New England Journal of Medicine
NEWSPAPERS the Cleveland Plain Dealer
PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE Georgia O’Keeffe’s Black Iris
PAMPHLETS Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
PLAYS Les Misérables
RADIO SERIES All Things Considered
RECORDINGS The Ramones’ Leave Home
SOFTWARE Quicken
TELEVISION SERIES Breaking Bad
WEB SITES Salon

Do not italicize titles of sacred books, such as the Bible and the Qur’an; public documents, such as the Constitution and the Magna Carta; or your own papers.