diff --git a/src/App.jsx b/src/App.jsx
index eb969c2..cd2fdd6 100644
--- a/src/App.jsx
+++ b/src/App.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { lazy, Suspense, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { AppContext, useApp } from './context/AppContext.js';
+import { useAudio } from './hooks/useAudio.js';
 import { useBibleReader } from './hooks/useBibleReader.js';
 import HomePage from './pages/HomePage.jsx';
 
@@ -166,126 +167,7 @@ const App = () => {
   const [importBusy, setImportBusy] = useState(false);
   const [importError, setImportError] = useState('');
   const reader = useBibleReader(currentPage);
-  const { readerBookAbbrev, readerChapter } = reader; // used by the shared audio player below
-  const [audioBook, setAudioBook] = useState(bookOptions[0].abbrev);
-  const [audioNarrator, setAudioNarrator] = useState('souer');
-  const [audioState, setAudioState] = useState({ status: 'idle', chapter: 0, total: 0 });
-  const [readerAudioState, setReaderAudioState] = useState({ status: 'idle', chapter: 0 });
-  const audioRef = useRef(null);
-  const audioModeRef = useRef('book'); // 'book' | 'reader' — which player owns audioRef
-  const audioBookRef = useRef(audioBook);
-  const audioNarratorRef = useRef(audioNarrator);
-  const audioStateRef = useRef(audioState);
-  audioBookRef.current = audioBook;
-  audioNarratorRef.current = audioNarrator;
-  audioStateRef.current = audioState;
-
-  const playAudioChapter = async (abbrev, chapterNum, narrator) => {
-    const res = await fetch(`https://bible.helloao.org/api/BSB/${abbrev}/${chapterNum}.json`);
-    if (!res.ok) throw new Error('Failed to load chapter audio');
-    const data = await res.json();
-    const total = data.book?.numberOfChapters ?? chapterNum;
-    const url = data.thisChapterAudioLinks?.[narrator];
-    if (!url) throw new Error('Audio not available for this narrator');
-    if (!audioRef.current) {
-      audioRef.current = new Audio();
-      audioRef.current.addEventListener('ended', () => {
-        if (audioModeRef.current === 'reader') {
-          setReaderAudioState({ status: 'idle', chapter: 0 });
-          return;
-        }
-        const nextChapter = audioStateRef.current.chapter + 1;
-        if (nextChapter > audioStateRef.current.total) {
-          setAudioState({ status: 'idle', chapter: 0, total: 0 });
-          return;
-        }
-        playAudioChapter(audioBookRef.current, nextChapter, audioNarratorRef.current).catch(() =>
-          setAudioState({ status: 'error', chapter: 0, total: 0 }),
-        );
-      });
-    }
-    const audioEl = audioRef.current;
-    audioEl.src = url;
-    await audioEl.play();
-    if (audioModeRef.current === 'reader') {
-      setReaderAudioState({ status: 'playing', chapter: chapterNum });
-    } else {
-      setAudioState({ status: 'playing', chapter: chapterNum, total });
-    }
-  };
-
-  const handlePlayBookAudio = async () => {
-    audioModeRef.current = 'book';
-    try {
-      await playAudioChapter(audioBook, 1, audioNarrator);
-    } catch {
-      setAudioState({ status: 'error', chapter: 0, total: 0 });
-    }
-  };
-
-  const handleStopBookAudio = () => {
-    if (audioRef.current) {
-      audioRef.current.pause();
-      audioRef.current.src = '';
-    }
-    setAudioState({ status: 'idle', chapter: 0, total: 0 });
-    setReaderAudioState({ status: 'idle', chapter: 0 });
-  };
-
-  const handleToggleBookAudioPause = () => {
-    if (!audioRef.current) return;
-    if (audioRef.current.paused) {
-      audioRef.current.play();
-      setAudioState((prev) => ({ ...prev, status: 'playing' }));
-    } else {
-      audioRef.current.pause();
-      setAudioState((prev) => ({ ...prev, status: 'paused' }));
-    }
-  };
-
-  const handlePlayReaderAudio = async () => {
-    audioModeRef.current = 'reader';
-    try {
-      await playAudioChapter(readerBookAbbrev, readerChapter, audioNarrator);
-    } catch {
-      setReaderAudioState({ status: 'error', chapter: 0 });
-    }
-  };
-
-  const handleToggleReaderAudioPause = () => {
-    if (!audioRef.current) return;
-    if (audioRef.current.paused) {
-      audioRef.current.play();
-      setReaderAudioState((prev) => ({ ...prev, status: 'playing' }));
-    } else {
-      audioRef.current.pause();
-      setReaderAudioState((prev) => ({ ...prev, status: 'paused' }));
-    }
-  };
-
-  // Auto-switch the reader's audio to match the book/chapter currently being read.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (audioModeRef.current !== 'reader') return;
-    if (readerAudioState.status !== 'playing' && readerAudioState.status !== 'paused') return;
-    if (readerAudioState.chapter === readerChapter) return;
-    const wasPaused = readerAudioState.status === 'paused';
-    playAudioChapter(readerBookAbbrev, readerChapter, audioNarrator)
-      .then(() => {
-        if (wasPaused && audioRef.current) {
-          audioRef.current.pause();
-          setReaderAudioState((prev) => ({ ...prev, status: 'paused' }));
-        }
-      })
-      .catch(() => setReaderAudioState({ status: 'error', chapter: 0 }));
-    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [readerBookAbbrev, readerChapter]);
-
-  useEffect(() => () => {
-    if (audioRef.current) {
-      audioRef.current.pause();
-      audioRef.current.src = '';
-    }
-  }, []);
+  const audio = useAudio(reader.readerBookAbbrev, reader.readerChapter);
   const [studyLayout, setStudyLayout] = useState(() => {
     const saved = localStorage.getItem('studyLayout');
     return saved === 'stacked' ? 'stacked' : 'split'; // 'annotate' (Draw) was removed
@@ -2382,13 +2264,8 @@ const deleteProject = (id) => {
     resumeProject,
     renameProjectInStorage,
     deleteProject,
-    // Audio
-    audioBook, setAudioBook,
-    audioNarrator, setAudioNarrator,
-    audioState,
-    handlePlayBookAudio,
-    handleStopBookAudio,
-    handleToggleBookAudioPause,
+    // Audio (book player on Home + chapter player in the Reader)
+    ...audio,
     // Import
     importBookAbbrev, setImportBookAbbrev,
     importTranslation, setImportTranslation,
@@ -2401,9 +2278,6 @@ const deleteProject = (id) => {
     runEpisodeImport,
     // Reader
     ...reader,
-    readerAudioState,
-    handlePlayReaderAudio,
-    handleToggleReaderAudioPause,
     copyVerse,
     // Setup
     availableTranslations,
diff --git a/src/hooks/useAudio.js b/src/hooks/useAudio.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15eb267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useAudio.js
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+// Chapter audio playback. The Home page's whole-book player and the Reader's
+// chapter player share one <audio> element; audioModeRef tracks which owns it.
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { bookOptions } from '../utils/bibleUtils.jsx';
+
+export function useAudio(readerBookAbbrev, readerChapter) {
+  const [audioBook, setAudioBook] = useState(bookOptions[0].abbrev);
+  const [audioNarrator, setAudioNarrator] = useState('souer');
+  const [audioState, setAudioState] = useState({ status: 'idle', chapter: 0, total: 0 });
+  const [readerAudioState, setReaderAudioState] = useState({ status: 'idle', chapter: 0 });
+  const audioRef = useRef(null);
+  const audioModeRef = useRef('book'); // 'book' | 'reader' — which player owns audioRef
+  const audioBookRef = useRef(audioBook);
+  const audioNarratorRef = useRef(audioNarrator);
+  const audioStateRef = useRef(audioState);
+  audioBookRef.current = audioBook;
+  audioNarratorRef.current = audioNarrator;
+  audioStateRef.current = audioState;
+
+  const playAudioChapter = async (abbrev, chapterNum, narrator) => {
+    const res = await fetch(`https://bible.helloao.org/api/BSB/${abbrev}/${chapterNum}.json`);
+    if (!res.ok) throw new Error('Failed to load chapter audio');
+    const data = await res.json();
+    const total = data.book?.numberOfChapters ?? chapterNum;
+    const url = data.thisChapterAudioLinks?.[narrator];
+    if (!url) throw new Error('Audio not available for this narrator');
+    if (!audioRef.current) {
+      audioRef.current = new Audio();
+      audioRef.current.addEventListener('ended', () => {
+        if (audioModeRef.current === 'reader') {
+          setReaderAudioState({ status: 'idle', chapter: 0 });
+          return;
+        }
+        const nextChapter = audioStateRef.current.chapter + 1;
+        if (nextChapter > audioStateRef.current.total) {
+          setAudioState({ status: 'idle', chapter: 0, total: 0 });
+          return;
+        }
+        playAudioChapter(audioBookRef.current, nextChapter, audioNarratorRef.current).catch(() =>
+          setAudioState({ status: 'error', chapter: 0, total: 0 }),
+        );
+      });
+    }
+    const audioEl = audioRef.current;
+    audioEl.src = url;
+    await audioEl.play();
+    if (audioModeRef.current === 'reader') {
+      setReaderAudioState({ status: 'playing', chapter: chapterNum });
+    } else {
+      setAudioState({ status: 'playing', chapter: chapterNum, total });
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handlePlayBookAudio = async () => {
+    audioModeRef.current = 'book';
+    try {
+      await playAudioChapter(audioBook, 1, audioNarrator);
+    } catch {
+      setAudioState({ status: 'error', chapter: 0, total: 0 });
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleStopBookAudio = () => {
+    if (audioRef.current) {
+      audioRef.current.pause();
+      audioRef.current.src = '';
+    }
+    setAudioState({ status: 'idle', chapter: 0, total: 0 });
+    setReaderAudioState({ status: 'idle', chapter: 0 });
+  };
+
+  const handleToggleBookAudioPause = () => {
+    if (!audioRef.current) return;
+    if (audioRef.current.paused) {
+      audioRef.current.play();
+      setAudioState((prev) => ({ ...prev, status: 'playing' }));
+    } else {
+      audioRef.current.pause();
+      setAudioState((prev) => ({ ...prev, status: 'paused' }));
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handlePlayReaderAudio = async () => {
+    audioModeRef.current = 'reader';
+    try {
+      await playAudioChapter(readerBookAbbrev, readerChapter, audioNarrator);
+    } catch {
+      setReaderAudioState({ status: 'error', chapter: 0 });
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleToggleReaderAudioPause = () => {
+    if (!audioRef.current) return;
+    if (audioRef.current.paused) {
+      audioRef.current.play();
+      setReaderAudioState((prev) => ({ ...prev, status: 'playing' }));
+    } else {
+      audioRef.current.pause();
+      setReaderAudioState((prev) => ({ ...prev, status: 'paused' }));
+    }
+  };
+
+  // Auto-switch the reader's audio to match the book/chapter currently being read.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (audioModeRef.current !== 'reader') return;
+    if (readerAudioState.status !== 'playing' && readerAudioState.status !== 'paused') return;
+    if (readerAudioState.chapter === readerChapter) return;
+    const wasPaused = readerAudioState.status === 'paused';
+    playAudioChapter(readerBookAbbrev, readerChapter, audioNarrator)
+      .then(() => {
+        if (wasPaused && audioRef.current) {
+          audioRef.current.pause();
+          setReaderAudioState((prev) => ({ ...prev, status: 'paused' }));
+        }
+      })
+      .catch(() => setReaderAudioState({ status: 'error', chapter: 0 }));
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [readerBookAbbrev, readerChapter]);
+
+  useEffect(() => () => {
+    if (audioRef.current) {
+      audioRef.current.pause();
+      audioRef.current.src = '';
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  return {
+    audioBook, setAudioBook,
+    audioNarrator, setAudioNarrator,
+    audioState,
+    handlePlayBookAudio,
+    handleStopBookAudio,
+    handleToggleBookAudioPause,
+    readerAudioState,
+    handlePlayReaderAudio,
+    handleToggleReaderAudioPause,
+  };
+}