diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Game/Items/DaggerfallUnityItemMCP.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Game/Items/DaggerfallUnityItemMCP.cs
index e1f05f66f0..4799fc3d48 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Game/Items/DaggerfallUnityItemMCP.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Game/Items/DaggerfallUnityItemMCP.cs
@@ -153,9 +153,15 @@ public override string ArmourMod()
 
             public override string BookAuthor()
             {   // %ba
-                BookFile bookFile = new BookFile();
 
+                // Get book author from localized book file as first preference
                 string name = GameManager.Instance.ItemHelper.GetBookFileName(parent.message);
+                LocalizedBook localizedBook = new LocalizedBook();
+                if (localizedBook.OpenLocalizedBookFile(name))
+                    return localizedBook.Author;
+
+                // Fallback to legacy book data
+                BookFile bookFile = new BookFile();
                 if (name != null)
                 {
                     if (!BookReplacement.TryImportBook(name, bookFile))
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Game/Items/ItemHelper.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Game/Items/ItemHelper.cs
index 0a05b50e43..712477cf19 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Game/Items/ItemHelper.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Game/Items/ItemHelper.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public class ItemHelper
         readonly Dictionary<int, ImageData> itemImages = new Dictionary<int, ImageData>();
         readonly Dictionary<InventoryContainerImages, ImageData> containerImages = new Dictionary<InventoryContainerImages, ImageData>();
         readonly Dictionary<int, String> bookIDNameMapping = new Dictionary<int, String>();
+        readonly Dictionary<int, String> localizedBookIDNameMapping = new Dictionary<int, string>();
 
         public delegate bool ItemUseHandler(DaggerfallUnityItem item, ItemCollection collection);
         Dictionary<int, ItemUseHandler> itemUseHandlers = new Dictionary<int, ItemUseHandler>();
@@ -550,6 +551,21 @@ public static ArtifactsSubTypes GetArtifactSubType(string itemShortName)
         /// <returns>The title of the bookd or defaultBookName if no name was found.</returns>
         public string GetBookTitle(int id, string defaultBookTitle)
         {
+            // Get cached localized book title if previously read
+            if (localizedBookIDNameMapping.ContainsKey(id))
+                return localizedBookIDNameMapping[id];
+
+            // Get book title from localized book file as first preference
+            // Localized title will be cached so file is only read once
+            string filename = GetBookFileName(id);
+            LocalizedBook localizedBook = new LocalizedBook();
+            if (localizedBook.OpenLocalizedBookFile(filename))
+            {
+                localizedBookIDNameMapping.Add(id, localizedBook.Title);
+                return localizedBook.Title;
+            }
+
+            // Fallback to legacy data
             string title;
             return bookIDNameMapping.TryGetValue(id, out title) ? title : defaultBookTitle;
         }