diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0d18adb..13989a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ All notable changes to this fork. Upstream history before the fork point is in t
 point is tag `upstream-baseline`. Versions continue upstream's numbering (its last tag was `2.2.0-beta`); the fork's
 first release is 3.0.0 because exit codes and the cookie store changed in ways a caller can notice.
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixed
+- A file whose `AUDIBLE_ASIN` tag pointed at a different book by the same author was filed under that
+  other title. The per-ASIN lookup ignores title, and `_rankAudible` skipped the title gate
+  (`requireTitle` is False on the legacy attempt), so the author-only gate plus `matchrate` 60 accepted
+  the wrong product (token_sort 77 for *The Girl on the Train* tagged as *Into the Water*; also with a
+  junk `AudioTrack 01` title after the parsed folder title had already rejected the ASIN). #23's
+  fallback already handled a dead ASIN or a different author; a usable id3 or parsed title now has
+  to match before a tagged ASIN is accepted, and the existing title/author search runs when it does not.
+
 ## 3.0.6 - 2026-10-07
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/myx_classes.py b/myx_classes.py
index 9c84a66..ad875a7 100644
--- a/myx_classes.py
+++ b/myx_classes.py
@@ -830,7 +830,8 @@ def _audibleSearchKeys(self, book, cfg):
     def _rankAudible(self, books, book, keys, cfg, hintCandidates=False, requireTitle=False, runtimeAlone=False):
         """Upstream's interactive / best-match selection over Audible products. Sets audibleMatches and
         bestAudibleMatch. requireTitle: a result must match the title (an author match alone is not enough),
-        used when the title or authors came from the parsed release name rather than from tags."""
+        used when the title or authors came from the parsed release name, or when a tagged ASIN is
+        looked up against a usable id3 title."""
         minMatchRate = int(cfg.get("Config/matchrate"))
         verbose = bool(cfg.get("Config/flags/verbose"))
         add_narrators = bool(cfg.get("Config/flags/add_narrators"))
@@ -994,6 +995,10 @@ def _audibleAttempts(self, book, cfg, searchAsin, noAsin=False):
             # author's other books (a leftover "James Patterson - The Guest" folder with a usable
             # id3 title "The Guest" used to file Patterson's Along Came a Spider)
             requireTitle = "title" in parsedApplied or "authors" in parsedApplied
+            # a per-ASIN lookup ignores title on the wire; with a usable title the author-only gate
+            # would accept that author's other books (Girl on the Train tagged Into the Water)
+            if pAsin and not myx_names.isJunkTitle(parsedBook.title):
+                requireTitle = True
             attempts.append(("parsed", parsedBook, pAsin, requireTitle))
             parsedAuthors = (self.parsedName or {}).get("authors") or []
             if parsedAuthors and "authors" not in parsedApplied and not pAsin and not myx_names.authorsOverlap(
@@ -1012,7 +1017,14 @@ def _audibleAttempts(self, book, cfg, searchAsin, noAsin=False):
                 soloBook.authors = []
                 attempts.append(("title-only", soloBook, "", True))
         #upstream's search, exactly as before; its getAltTitle step runs when this attempt is reached (see caller)
-        attempts.append(("legacy", book, searchAsin, False))
+        #except: a tagged ASIN plus a usable title must still pass the title gate (#23's fallback
+        #for "a different book" only ran when the author gate failed). If the parsed rung already
+        #looked this ASIN up against the release-name title, do not retry it on the junk id3 title
+        #under the author-only gate (AudioTrack 01 + leftover Into the Water ASIN); asin-fallback
+        #searches by title/author instead.
+        if not (searchAsin and "title" in parsedApplied):
+            legacyNeedsTitle = bool(searchAsin) and book is not None and not myx_names.isJunkTitle(book.title)
+            attempts.append(("legacy", book, searchAsin, legacyNeedsTitle))
         #drop attempts that would repeat an identical query with a stricter gate (e.g. title-only then legacy when
         #the tag title is good and the artist tag empty): same result set, cannot succeed where the earlier one failed
         seen = set(); unique = []
diff --git a/tests/test_matching.py b/tests/test_matching.py
index f7bce77..d52660f 100644
--- a/tests/test_matching.py
+++ b/tests/test_matching.py
@@ -202,6 +202,52 @@ def test_live_tagged_asin_is_accepted_without_a_search(self):
         self.assertNotIn("gave no usable Audible match", out)
         self.assertFalse(any(u.endswith("/catalog/products") for u, _ in client.calls))
 
+    def test_tagged_asin_of_another_book_by_the_same_author_falls_back(self):
+        # leftover AUDIBLE_ASIN from another title by the same author: the per-ASIN product exists,
+        # the author gate passes, and token_sort of the comparison strings is 77 (>= matchrate 60),
+        # so #23's fallback never ran and the file was filed as the other book
+        other = product("B0WATER000", "Into the Water", ["Paula Hawkins"], 672)
+        real = product("B0TRAIN000", "The Girl on the Train", ["Paula Hawkins"], 660)
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as td:
+            cfg = FakeConfig(td)
+            client = FakeAudible(by_asin={"B0WATER000": other}, search=[real])
+            mb = mambook("Paula Hawkins - The Girl on the Train",
+                         id3_book("The Girl on the Train", ["Paula Hawkins"], 660 * 60, asin="B0WATER000"))
+            best, out = run(mb, client, cfg)
+        self.assertIn("Tagged ASIN B0WATER000 gave no usable Audible match", out)
+        self.assertEqual(best.asin, "B0TRAIN000")
+        self.assertEqual(best.title, "The Girl on the Train")
+        self.assertTrue(mb.matchAttempt.startswith("asin-fallback:"), mb.matchAttempt)
+
+    def test_live_tagged_asin_still_accepted_when_id3_title_has_unabridged(self):
+        # a correct tag whose Audible title is the id3 title without "(Unabridged)" must not fall back
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as td:
+            cfg = FakeConfig(td)
+            client = FakeAudible(by_asin={"B0FBHZK5V7": self.real}, search=[])
+            mb = mambook("This Book Made Me Think of You - Libby Page.m4b",
+                         id3_book("This Book Made Me Think of You (Unabridged)", ["Libby Page"], 626.8 * 60,
+                                  asin="B0FBHZK5V7"))
+            best, out = run(mb, client, cfg)
+        self.assertEqual(best.asin, "B0FBHZK5V7")
+        self.assertNotIn("gave no usable Audible match", out)
+        self.assertFalse(any(u.endswith("/catalog/products") for u, _ in client.calls))
+
+    def test_junk_id3_title_does_not_let_a_leftover_asin_beat_the_parsed_title(self):
+        # ripper tags: AudioTrack 01, artist ok, leftover ASIN of another book by that author.
+        # The parsed folder title rejects the ASIN; legacy must not retry it against the junk
+        # id3 title (author-only + token_sort 61 would accept Into the Water).
+        other = product("B0WATER000", "Into the Water", ["Paula Hawkins"], 672)
+        real = product("B0TRAIN000", "The Girl on the Train", ["Paula Hawkins"], 660)
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as td:
+            cfg = FakeConfig(td)
+            client = FakeAudible(by_asin={"B0WATER000": other}, search=[real])
+            mb = mambook("Paula Hawkins - The Girl on the Train",
+                         id3_book("AudioTrack 01", ["Paula Hawkins"], 660 * 60, asin="B0WATER000"))
+            best, out = run(mb, client, cfg)
+        self.assertEqual(best.asin, "B0TRAIN000")
+        self.assertEqual(best.title, "The Girl on the Train")
+        self.assertNotEqual(best.asin, "B0WATER000")
+
 
 class SkeletonResultTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_skeleton_search_result_is_skipped_not_compared_against_empty_strings(self):