iBooks will not sort by title

I have selected “sort by title” in iPhone books library and it doesn’t work. It worked before. And it works in my iPad. Ideas?

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 15

Posted on Aug 8, 2022 2:43 PM

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picas

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Posted on Aug 8, 2022 3:26 PM

See if a force restart helps: Force restart iPhone – Apple Support (AU)

If not, offload the app and download again from the App Store.

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picas

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Aug 8, 2022 3:26 PM in response to jlgaliette

See if a force restart helps: Force restart iPhone – Apple Support (AU)

If not, offload the app and download again from the App Store.

jlgaliette Author

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Aug 8, 2022 3:45 PM in response to picas

That worked thanks

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iBooks will not sort by title