diff --git a/src/frontend/src/hooks/useActivity.ts b/src/frontend/src/hooks/useActivity.ts
index ce8802059..165f7b2d2 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/hooks/useActivity.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/hooks/useActivity.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ const isDeliveryState = (value: unknown): value is RequestRecord['delivery_state
   );
 };
 
-const parseHistoryBook = (value: unknown): Book | null => {
+/** A History row's download, keeping only the fields it shows. */
+export const parseHistoryBook = (value: unknown): Book | null => {
   if (!isRecord(value) || Array.isArray(value)) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -106,6 +107,11 @@ const parseHistoryBook = (value: unknown): Book | null => {
     ...(typeof value.content_type === 'string' ? { content_type: value.content_type } : {}),
     ...(typeof value.book_key === 'string' ? { book_key: value.book_key } : {}),
     ...(typeof value.info_url === 'string' ? { info_url: value.info_url } : {}),
+    ...(Array.isArray(value.narrators)
+      ? {
+          narrators: value.narrators.filter((name): name is string => typeof name === 'string'),
+        }
+      : {}),
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/tests/useActivity.test.ts b/src/frontend/src/tests/useActivity.test.ts
index 6b11e579d..15fd4e084 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/tests/useActivity.test.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/tests/useActivity.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 
+import { parseHistoryBook } from '../hooks/useActivity';
 import { getActivityErrorMessage } from '../hooks/useActivity.helpers';
 
 describe('useActivity helpers', () => {
@@ -15,3 +16,13 @@ describe('useActivity helpers', () => {
     expect(getActivityErrorMessage(null, 'Failed to clear item')).toBe('Failed to clear item');
   });
 });
+
+describe('parseHistoryBook', () => {
+  it("keeps a download's narrators, to tell audiobooks of one book apart", () => {
+    const base = { id: 't1', title: 'Good Omens', author: 'Neil Gaiman' };
+    expect(parseHistoryBook({ ...base, narrators: ['Martin Jarvis', 7] })?.narrators).toEqual([
+      'Martin Jarvis',
+    ]);
+    expect(parseHistoryBook(base)?.narrators).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});