diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/content/BookGrid.vue b/packages/app/src/components/content/BookGrid.vue
index f213e305..df62105e 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/content/BookGrid.vue
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/content/BookGrid.vue
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
-          <p class="text-xs font-semibold mt-2 truncate px-0.5"
-             :class="isDark ? 'text-white/90' : 'text-gray-900'">
-            {{ book.title }}
-          </p>
         </button>
       </div>
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/composables/useContentPanel.ts b/packages/app/src/composables/useContentPanel.ts
index 724206c5..339648d2 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/composables/useContentPanel.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/composables/useContentPanel.ts
@@ -711,23 +711,26 @@ export function useContentPanel() {
     const patterns: { re: RegExp; titleIdx: number; authorIdx: number }[] = [
       // "Title" by Author
       { re: /["""]([^"""]{2,80})["""]\s+by\s+([A-Z][^,\n\.]{1,50}?)(?:\s*[,()\n\.]|$)/gi, titleIdx: 1, authorIdx: 2 },
-      // **Title** by Author
-      { re: /\*\*([^*]{2,80})\*\*\s+by\s+([A-Z][^,\n\.]{1,50}?)(?:\s*[,()\n\.]|$)/g, titleIdx: 1, authorIdx: 2 },
+      // **Title** by/—/– Author (with optional italic on author)
+      { re: /\*\*([^*]{2,80})\*\*\s+(?:by|—|–)\s+\*?([A-Z][^*\n]{1,50}?)\*?(?:\s*[,()*\n]|$)/g, titleIdx: 1, authorIdx: 2 },
       // - Title — Author or Title by Author (in list)
-      { re: /(?:^|\n)\s*(?:\d+\.\s*|[-•]\s*)\*{0,2}([^*\n\-–—]{2,80}?)\*{0,2}\s+(?:by|—|–)\s+([A-Z][^,\n]{1,50}?)(?:\s*[\n(,.]|$)/gm, titleIdx: 1, authorIdx: 2 },
+      { re: /(?:^|\n)\s*(?:\d+\.\s*|[-•]\s*)\*{0,2}([^*\n\-–—]{2,80}?)\*{0,2}\s+(?:by|—|–)\s+\*?([A-Z][^*\n]{1,50}?)\*?(?:\s*[,()*\n]|$)/gm, titleIdx: 1, authorIdx: 2 },
     ]
 
     for (const { re, titleIdx, authorIdx } of patterns) {
       let m: RegExpExecArray | null
       const rx = new RegExp(re.source, re.flags)
       while ((m = rx.exec(text)) !== null) {
-        const title = m[titleIdx].trim().replace(/^\*\*|\*\*$/g, '')
+        const title = m[titleIdx].trim().replace(/^\*\*|\*\*$/g, '').replace(/^\[|\]$/g, '')
         const author = m[authorIdx].trim().replace(/^\*\*|\*\*$/g, '')
         if (title.length < 2 || author.length < 2) continue
         // Skip if it looks like a film/song/podcast tag
         if (/\[\[(film|song|podcast|book)(_ext)?:/.test(title)) continue
         // Skip numbers-only
         if (/^\d{4}$/.test(title) || /^\d{4}$/.test(author)) continue
+        // Skip markdown links [text](url) — these are source references, not books
+        const afterMatch = text.substring(m.index + m[0].length, m.index + m[0].length + 200)
+        if (/^\s*\]\s*\(https?:/.test(afterMatch) || /\]\(https?:\/\//.test(m[0])) continue
         const key = `${title.toLowerCase()}|${author.toLowerCase()}`
         if (seen.has(key)) continue
         seen.add(key)
@@ -763,11 +766,16 @@ export function useContentPanel() {
     if (externalBooks.length > 0) return externalBooks
     // Only do fallback pattern matching if the query or response looks book-related
     if (!isBookQuery(userQuery) && !isBookLikeResponse(text)) return []
-    // Skip if other content types are already tagged
-    if (extractFilmIds(text).length > 0 || /\[\[film_ext:/.test(text)) return []
-    if (extractSongIds(text).length > 0 || /\[\[song_ext:/.test(text)) return []
+    // Skip if other content types are the primary content (not just supplementary refs)
+    // When user explicitly asked about books, film/song tags are just cross-references
+    if (!isBookQuery(userQuery)) {
+      if (extractFilmIds(text).length > 0 || /\[\[film_ext:/.test(text)) return []
+      if (extractSongIds(text).length > 0 || /\[\[song_ext:/.test(text)) return []
+    }
     if (isNewsLikeResponse(text)) return []
-    return extractBooksFromPatterns(text)
+    // Strip sources/references section at the end to avoid matching markdown links as books
+    const cleanText = text.replace(/\n---\n\s*(?:Sources|References|Links):?\s*\n[\s\S]*$/i, '')
+    return extractBooksFromPatterns(cleanText)
   }
 
   function extractExternalTVSeries(text: string): TVSeries[] {