How to get books with numbers in numerical order?

justinmiller87 · 03-29-2026, 12:18 AM

I have a series of comics with the issue number in them to prevent duplicates. My lists look like this:
Issue 1
Issue 10
Issue 11
Issue 12
Issue 13
Issue 14
Issue 15
Issue 16
Issue 17
Issue 18
Issue 19
Issue 2
Issue 3
etc.

How do I get it to be:
Issue 1
Issue 2
Issue 3
etc.???

Karellen · 03-29-2026, 12:32 AM

You would need to pad the single digits with a zero as the title is using alphabetical sorting, not numerical sorting.
Issue 01 or
Issue 001 if you are into hundreds of issues.

theducks · 03-29-2026, 07:06 AM

Also, put the issue into the Series column (IMHO where that belongs and does not need padding): and do a series sort. You will need to have a Unique TITLE (just not use that for sort) Comic #3 (pad if you wish)

Comic name [3] <issue number
Magazine name [ 1989.07] << YYYY.MM (does fall apart for multi month: Jun-Jul, but my convention is to just use 06 )

03-29-2026, 12:18 AM	#1
justinmiller87 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2026 Device: Kindle Colorsoft & Kindle Scribe	How to get books with numbers in numerical order? I have a series of comics with the issue number in them to prevent duplicates. My lists look like this: Issue 1 Issue 10 Issue 11 Issue 12 Issue 13 Issue 14 Issue 15 Issue 16 Issue 17 Issue 18 Issue 19 Issue 2 Issue 3 etc. How do I get it to be: Issue 1 Issue 2 Issue 3 etc.???

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03-29-2026, 12:32 AM	#2
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,808 Karma: 9501034 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	You would need to pad the single digits with a zero as the title is using alphabetical sorting, not numerical sorting. Issue 01 or Issue 001 if you are into hundreds of issues.

03-29-2026, 07:06 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,654 Karma: 64144480 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Also, put the issue into the Series column (IMHO where that belongs and does not need padding): and do a series sort. You will need to have a Unique TITLE (just not use that for sort) Comic #3 (pad if you wish) Comic name [3] <issue number Magazine name [ 1989.07] << YYYY.MM (does fall apart for multi month: Jun-Jul, but my convention is to just use 06 )