diff --git a/app/(app)/transcriptions/book/[book]/book-browser.tsx b/app/(app)/transcriptions/book/[book]/book-browser.tsx
index e11ae9ff..4851bfa4 100644
--- a/app/(app)/transcriptions/book/[book]/book-browser.tsx
+++ b/app/(app)/transcriptions/book/[book]/book-browser.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { buttonVariants } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { ChevronLeft, ChevronRight, Menu, Calendar, Clock, MapPin } from "lucide-react";
 import { PlayAudioButton } from "@/app/(app)/transcriptions/[slug]/play-audio-button";
-import { parseChapter } from "@/lib/book-reference";
+import { parseChapter, parseVerse } from "@/lib/book-reference";
 import {
   Drawer,
   DrawerClose,
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ function buildSections(
         .map(([k, v]) => ({
           key: k,
           label: v.label,
-          transcriptions: v.items,
+          // Order lectures by verse ascending (e.g. 2.1, 2.3, 2.4…),
+          // irrespective of year. Stable sort keeps year order within a verse.
+          transcriptions: v.items
+            .slice()
+            .sort((a, b) => parseVerse(a.reference) - parseVerse(b.reference)),
         })),
     }));
 }
diff --git a/lib/book-reference.ts b/lib/book-reference.ts
index deba3fb6..579f05bc 100644
--- a/lib/book-reference.ts
+++ b/lib/book-reference.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ export function bookTitle(code: string): string {
   return b ? b.title : "";
 }
 
+/**
+ * Extract the (starting) verse number from a reference, for ordering lectures
+ * within a chapter. The verse is the last dotted numeric component, and for a
+ * range we take the start: "BG 2.13" → 13, "SB 1.2.3" → 3, "SB 3.27.11–16" →
+ * 11, "CC Madhya-līlā 20.101" → 101, "ISO Mantra 4" → 4. References with no
+ * number (e.g. bare "NOD") sort last (stable → keep their incoming order).
+ */
+export function parseVerse(reference: string | null): number {
+  const m = (reference ?? "").trim().match(/(\d+(?:\.\d+)*)/);
+  if (!m) return Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
+  const parts = m[1].split(".");
+  return Number(parts[parts.length - 1]);
+}
+
 /** A section is a canto (SB) or līlā (CC); null for books without that level. */
 export type ChapterSection = {
   key: string;