diff --git a/fe/src/__tests__/AudiobooksView.spec.ts b/fe/src/__tests__/AudiobooksView.spec.ts
index 718836de9..58c37a8d9 100644
--- a/fe/src/__tests__/AudiobooksView.spec.ts
+++ b/fe/src/__tests__/AudiobooksView.spec.ts
@@ -796,3 +796,82 @@ describe('AudiobooksView Grouping', () => {
     expect(wrapper.find('.series-bottom-placard').exists()).toBe(true)
   })
 })
+
+describe('AudiobooksView Date Added sorting', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const pinia = createPinia()
+    setActivePinia(pinia)
+  })
+
+  it('sorts by date-added (file import date) with fileless books last', async () => {
+    if (
+      typeof (globalThis as unknown as { ResizeObserver?: unknown }).ResizeObserver === 'undefined'
+    ) {
+      ;(globalThis as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).ResizeObserver = class {
+        observe() {}
+        disconnect() {}
+      }
+    }
+    if (typeof (globalThis as unknown as { WebSocket?: unknown }).WebSocket === 'undefined') {
+      ;(globalThis as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).WebSocket = function () {
+        /* noop */
+      }
+    }
+
+    const pinia = createPinia()
+    setActivePinia(pinia)
+    const router = createRouter({
+      history: createMemoryHistory(),
+      routes: [
+        { path: '/', name: 'home', component: { template: '<div />' } },
+        { path: '/audiobooks', name: 'audiobooks', component: AudiobooksView },
+      ],
+    })
+    await router.push('/audiobooks')
+    await router.isReady().catch(() => {})
+
+    const store = useLibraryStore()
+    store.audiobooks = [
+      { id: 1, title: 'Oldest', authors: ['A'], dateDownloaded: '2023-01-01T00:00:00Z', files: [] },
+      { id: 2, title: 'Newest', authors: ['A'], dateDownloaded: '2025-06-01T00:00:00Z', files: [] },
+      { id: 3, title: 'Middle', authors: ['A'], dateDownloaded: '2024-03-15T00:00:00Z', files: [] },
+      { id: 4, title: 'No File', authors: ['A'], files: [] }, // no dateDownloaded
+    ] as unknown as import('@/types').Audiobook[]
+    store.fetchLibrary = vi.fn(async () => undefined)
+
+    const wrapper = mount(AudiobooksView, {
+      global: {
+        plugins: [pinia, router],
+        stubs: ['BulkEditModal', 'EditAudiobookModal', 'CustomFilterModal', 'FiltersDropdown', 'CustomSelect'],
+      },
+    })
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 0))
+
+    const vm = wrapper.vm as unknown as {
+      sortKey: string
+      sortOrder: string
+      groupBy: string
+      setGroupBy?: (value: string) => Promise<void> | void
+      audiobooks: Array<{ title?: string }>
+      sortOptions: Array<{ value: string; label: string }>
+    }
+
+    // Ensure we're in the flat books view (grouping may persist from other tests)
+    await vm.setGroupBy?.('books')
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+
+    // The 'Date Added' option is offered when grouping by books
+    expect(vm.sortOptions.map((o) => o.value)).toContain('date-added')
+
+    // Descending: newest first, book with no file last
+    vm.sortKey = 'date-added'
+    vm.sortOrder = 'desc'
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+    expect(vm.audiobooks.map((a) => a.title)).toEqual(['Newest', 'Middle', 'Oldest', 'No File'])
+
+    // Ascending: oldest first, book with no file still last
+    vm.sortOrder = 'asc'
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+    expect(vm.audiobooks.map((a) => a.title)).toEqual(['Oldest', 'Middle', 'Newest', 'No File'])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/fe/src/types/index.ts b/fe/src/types/index.ts
index 596251121..7ae8dc1c6 100644
--- a/fe/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/fe/src/types/index.ts
@@ -666,6 +666,9 @@ export interface Audiobook {
   wanted?: boolean
   // Server-computed list status used by slim /library responses.
   status?: AudiobookStatus
+  // When the earliest file for this audiobook was imported (UTC ISO string); undefined for
+  // audiobooks with no tracked files yet. Used for "Date Added" sorting.
+  dateDownloaded?: string
 }
 
 export interface History {
diff --git a/fe/src/views/library/AudiobooksView.vue b/fe/src/views/library/AudiobooksView.vue
index 610575b98..30f4cec19 100644
--- a/fe/src/views/library/AudiobooksView.vue
+++ b/fe/src/views/library/AudiobooksView.vue
@@ -1162,6 +1162,18 @@ const filteredAndSortedAudiobooks = computed(() => {
         av = (a.publishYear || '').toString().toLowerCase()
         bv = (b.publishYear || '').toString().toLowerCase()
         break
+      case 'date-added': {
+        // Sort by when the earliest file was imported. Audiobooks with no file yet
+        // (no dateDownloaded) always sort last, regardless of ascending/descending.
+        const at = a.dateDownloaded ? Date.parse(a.dateDownloaded) : NaN
+        const bt = b.dateDownloaded ? Date.parse(b.dateDownloaded) : NaN
+        const aMissing = Number.isNaN(at)
+        const bMissing = Number.isNaN(bt)
+        if (aMissing && bMissing) return 0
+        if (aMissing) return 1
+        if (bMissing) return -1
+        return (at - bt) * (sortOrder.value === 'asc' ? 1 : -1)
+      }
       case 'monitored':
         av = !!a.monitored
         bv = !!b.monitored
@@ -1552,6 +1564,7 @@ const sortOptions = computed(() => {
       { value: 'narrator-first', label: 'Narrator First Name' },
       { value: 'publisher', label: 'Publisher' },
       { value: 'year', label: 'Release Year' },
+      { value: 'date-added', label: 'Date Added' },
       { value: 'monitored', label: 'Monitored' },
       { value: 'status', label: 'Status' },
     ]
diff --git a/listenarr.application/Audiobooks/Catalog/LibraryAudiobookListItem.cs b/listenarr.application/Audiobooks/Catalog/LibraryAudiobookListItem.cs
index 4c19f20c5..7a104b10a 100644
--- a/listenarr.application/Audiobooks/Catalog/LibraryAudiobookListItem.cs
+++ b/listenarr.application/Audiobooks/Catalog/LibraryAudiobookListItem.cs
@@ -47,5 +47,11 @@ public class LibraryAudiobookListItem
         public string[]? AuthorAsins { get; set; }
         public bool Wanted { get; set; }
         public string Status { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// When the audiobook's earliest file was imported (UTC). Null for audiobooks that
+        /// have no tracked files yet (e.g. wanted books). Used for "Date Added" sorting.
+        /// </summary>
+        public DateTime? DateDownloaded { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/listenarr.application/Audiobooks/Catalog/LibraryListService.cs b/listenarr.application/Audiobooks/Catalog/LibraryListService.cs
index 9191b81c4..33d09d639 100644
--- a/listenarr.application/Audiobooks/Catalog/LibraryListService.cs
+++ b/listenarr.application/Audiobooks/Catalog/LibraryListService.cs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public async Task<IReadOnlyList<LibraryAudiobookListItem>> GetAllAsync()
             // was started on this context instance" under real database latency.
             var fileSummaryRows = await _audiobookFileRepository.GetFormatSummariesAsync();
             var fileCountById = await _audiobookFileRepository.GetCountsByAudiobookIdAsync();
+            var earliestFileDateById = await _audiobookFileRepository.GetEarliestCreatedAtByAudiobookIdAsync();
             var membershipsByAudiobookId = await _audiobookRepository.GetAllSeriesMembershipsGroupedByAudiobookIdAsync();
             var filesByAudiobookId = fileSummaryRows
                 .GroupBy(f => f.AudiobookId)
@@ -146,7 +147,10 @@ public async Task<IReadOnlyList<LibraryAudiobookListItem>> GetAllAsync()
                          hasAnyFile,
                          a.Quality,
                          qualityProfile,
-                         files)
+                         files),
+                    DateDownloaded = earliestFileDateById.TryGetValue(a.Id, out var earliestFileDate)
+                        ? earliestFileDate
+                        : (DateTime?)null
                 };
             }).ToList();
         }
diff --git a/listenarr.application/Audiobooks/Contracts/Repositories/IAudiobookFileRepository.cs b/listenarr.application/Audiobooks/Contracts/Repositories/IAudiobookFileRepository.cs
index a2dae76c2..78dd62fcc 100644
--- a/listenarr.application/Audiobooks/Contracts/Repositories/IAudiobookFileRepository.cs
+++ b/listenarr.application/Audiobooks/Contracts/Repositories/IAudiobookFileRepository.cs
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ public interface IAudiobookFileRepository
         Task<List<AudiobookFile>> GetAllAsync(CancellationToken ct = default);
         Task<List<AudiobookFormatSummary>> GetFormatSummariesAsync(CancellationToken ct = default);
         Task<Dictionary<int, int>> GetCountsByAudiobookIdAsync(CancellationToken ct = default);
+        Task<Dictionary<int, DateTime>> GetEarliestCreatedAtByAudiobookIdAsync(CancellationToken ct = default);
     }
 }
diff --git a/listenarr.infrastructure/Persistence/Repositories/EfAudiobookFileRepository.cs b/listenarr.infrastructure/Persistence/Repositories/EfAudiobookFileRepository.cs
index b219f0580..5cfbcee61 100644
--- a/listenarr.infrastructure/Persistence/Repositories/EfAudiobookFileRepository.cs
+++ b/listenarr.infrastructure/Persistence/Repositories/EfAudiobookFileRepository.cs
@@ -142,5 +142,14 @@ public async Task<Dictionary<int, int>> GetCountsByAudiobookIdAsync(Cancellation
                 .Select(g => new { AudiobookId = g.Key, Count = g.Count() })
                 .ToDictionaryAsync(r => r.AudiobookId, r => r.Count, ct);
         }
+
+        public async Task<Dictionary<int, DateTime>> GetEarliestCreatedAtByAudiobookIdAsync(CancellationToken ct = default)
+        {
+            return await _db.AudiobookFiles
+                .AsNoTracking()
+                .GroupBy(f => f.AudiobookId)
+                .Select(g => new { AudiobookId = g.Key, EarliestCreatedAt = g.Min(f => f.CreatedAt) })
+                .ToDictionaryAsync(r => r.AudiobookId, r => r.EarliestCreatedAt, ct);
+        }
     }
 }