diff --git a/server/finders/BookFinder.js b/server/finders/BookFinder.js
index 0c5f32d2..4422fa98 100644
--- a/server/finders/BookFinder.js
+++ b/server/finders/BookFinder.js
@@ -462,6 +462,8 @@ function cleanAuthorForCompares(author) {
   cleanAuthor = cleanAuthor.replace(/([a-z])\.([a-z])/g, '$1. $2')
   // remove middle initials
   cleanAuthor = cleanAuthor.replace(/(?<=\w\w)(\s+[a-z]\.?)+(?=\s+\w\w)/g, '')
+  // remove et al.
+  cleanAuthor = cleanAuthor.replace(/et al\.?/g, '')
   return cleanAuthor
 }
 
diff --git a/test/server/finders/BookFinder.test.js b/test/server/finders/BookFinder.test.js
index ed2442c6..5d28bbea 100644
--- a/test/server/finders/BookFinder.test.js
+++ b/test/server/finders/BookFinder.test.js
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ describe('AuthorCandidates', () => {
         ['adds recognized author if edit distance from candidate is small', 'nicolai gogol', ['nikolai gogol']],
         ['does not add candidate if edit distance from any recognized author is large', 'nikolai google', []],
         ['adds normalized recognized candidate (contains redundant spaces)', 'nikolai    gogol', ['nikolai gogol']],
+        ['adds normalized recognized candidate (et al removed)', 'nikolai gogol et al.', ['nikolai gogol']],
         ['adds normalized recognized candidate (normalized initials)', 'j.k. rowling', ['j. k. rowling']],
       ].forEach(([name, author, expected]) => it(name, async () => {
         authorCandidates.add(author)