diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/lists/list.html b/bookwyrm/templates/lists/list.html
index a9f8e5c0..80e2ba20 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/lists/list.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/lists/list.html
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
             </div>
             <div class="column">
                 <p>{% include 'snippets/book_titleby.html' with book=book %}</p>
-                <form name="add-book" method="post" action="{% url 'list-add-book' %}">
+                <form name="add-book" method="post" action="{% url 'list-add-book' %}{% if query %}?q={{ query }}{% endif %}">
                     {% csrf_token %}
                     <input type="hidden" name="book" value="{{ book.id }}">
                     <input type="hidden" name="list" value="{{ list.id }}">
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/list.py b/bookwyrm/views/list.py
index a2cf7afe..fe7bba54 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/list.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/list.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """ book list views"""
 from typing import Optional
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce
 from django.http import HttpResponseNotFound, HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.views import View
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST
@@ -263,7 +265,8 @@ def add_book(request):
         # if the book is already on the list, don't flip out
         pass
 
-    return redirect("list", book_list.id)
+    path = reverse('list', args=[book_list.id])
+    return redirect("{:s}?{:s}".format(path, urlencode(request.GET)))
 
 
 @require_POST