diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/library/LibraryDisplaySettings.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/library/LibraryDisplaySettings.kt
index d7f2b7752..38c15d4c3 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/library/LibraryDisplaySettings.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/library/LibraryDisplaySettings.kt
@@ -227,12 +227,8 @@ private val LibraryDisplaySettingsJson = Json {
     encodeDefaults = true
 }
 
-private val LeadingLibraryTitleArticle = Regex("^(the|an|a)\\s+", RegexOption.IGNORE_CASE)
-
 private fun libraryTitleSortKey(item: LibraryItem): String =
     libraryTitleTieBreakKey(item)
-        .trim()
-        .replace(LeadingLibraryTitleArticle, "")
 
 private fun libraryTitleTieBreakKey(item: LibraryItem): String =
     item.name
diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/library/LibraryDisplaySettingsTest.kt b/composeApp/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/library/LibraryDisplaySettingsTest.kt
index bbfdf90bb..51e20a4ac 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/library/LibraryDisplaySettingsTest.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/library/LibraryDisplaySettingsTest.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class LibraryDisplaySettingsTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `title sorting ignores leading English articles`() {
+    fun `title sorting preserves leading articles for literal alphabetical order`() {
         val input = listOf(
             item("batman", name = "The Batman"),
             item("arrival", name = "Arrival"),
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ class LibraryDisplaySettingsTest {
         )
 
         assertEquals(
-            listOf("arrival", "batman", "quiet"),
+            listOf("quiet", "arrival", "batman"),
             sortLibraryItems(input, LibrarySortOption.TITLE_ASC, LibrarySourceMode.LOCAL).map { it.id },
         )
         assertEquals(
-            listOf("quiet", "batman", "arrival"),
+            listOf("batman", "arrival", "quiet"),
             sortLibraryItems(input, LibrarySortOption.TITLE_DESC, LibrarySourceMode.LOCAL).map { it.id },
         )
     }