diff --git a/packages/obsidian/src/library/CandidatePickerModal.ts b/packages/obsidian/src/library/CandidatePickerModal.ts
index c9ea9a8..0daab33 100644
--- a/packages/obsidian/src/library/CandidatePickerModal.ts
+++ b/packages/obsidian/src/library/CandidatePickerModal.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-import type { App } from 'obsidian';
+import type { App, FuzzyMatch } from 'obsidian';
 import { FuzzySuggestModal } from 'obsidian';
 import type { ResolveCandidate } from 'packages/obsidian/src/library/types';
 
 const SKIP_LABEL = 'Skip';
 const NEVER_LABEL = 'Never resolve (mark no_resolve)';
+const DETAIL_CLASS = 'media-db-sync-candidate-detail';
 
 interface PickerItem {
 	label: string;
+	detail?: string; // optional muted second line (format/status/publisher/id, etc); absent for Skip/Never rows
 	index: number | 'never' | null; // null = Skip, 'never' = mark no_resolve
 }
 
@@ -31,13 +33,23 @@ export class CandidatePickerModal extends FuzzySuggestModal<PickerItem> {
 	}
 
 	getItems(): PickerItem[] {
-		return [...this.candidates.map((c, index) => ({ label: c.label, index })), { label: SKIP_LABEL, index: null }, { label: NEVER_LABEL, index: 'never' as const }];
+		return [
+			...this.candidates.map((c, index) => ({ label: c.label, detail: c.detail, index })),
+			{ label: SKIP_LABEL, index: null },
+			{ label: NEVER_LABEL, index: 'never' as const },
+		];
 	}
 
 	getItemText(item: PickerItem): string {
 		return item.label;
 	}
 
+	/** Two-line suggestion row: label, plus a muted detail line when the candidate has one (Skip/Never never do). */
+	renderSuggestion(match: FuzzyMatch<PickerItem>, el: HTMLElement): void {
+		el.createDiv({ text: match.item.label });
+		if (match.item.detail) el.createDiv({ text: match.item.detail, cls: DETAIL_CLASS });
+	}
+
 	onChooseItem(item: PickerItem, _evt: MouseEvent | KeyboardEvent): void {
 		this.settle(item.index);
 	}
diff --git a/packages/obsidian/src/library/book.ts b/packages/obsidian/src/library/book.ts
index 72624a7..7b2f012 100644
--- a/packages/obsidian/src/library/book.ts
+++ b/packages/obsidian/src/library/book.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ function candidateLabel(d: any): string {
 	return meta ? `${d.title ?? ''} (${meta})` : (d.title ?? '');
 }
 
+/** Picker second line: first author · first-publish year · page count · olid -- whichever pieces the doc actually has. */
+function candidateDetail(d: any): string | undefined {
+	const author = Array.isArray(d.author_name) && d.author_name.length ? String(d.author_name[0]) : '';
+	const year = d.first_publish_year != null ? String(d.first_publish_year) : '';
+	const pages = typeof d.number_of_pages_median === 'number' ? `${d.number_of_pages_median}p` : '';
+	const olid = String(d.key ?? '').replace(/^\/works\//, '');
+	const parts = [author, year, pages, olid].filter(Boolean);
+	return parts.length ? parts.join(' · ') : undefined;
+}
+
 export const bookSpec: MediaTypeSpec = {
 	typeName: 'book',
 	itemType: 'book_item',
@@ -177,7 +187,7 @@ export const bookSpec: MediaTypeSpec = {
 				deps.log(`ambiguous "${searchQuery}": candidates: ${docs.slice(0, 3).map(candidateSummary).join('; ')}`);
 				const candidates = docs
 					.slice(0, 6)
-					.map(d => ({ label: candidateLabel(d), patches: { olid: String(d.key ?? '').replace(/^\/works\//, '') } }))
+					.map(d => ({ label: candidateLabel(d), detail: candidateDetail(d), patches: { olid: String(d.key ?? '').replace(/^\/works\//, '') } }))
 					.filter(c => c.patches.olid);
 				return candidates.length ? { candidates } : null;
 			}
diff --git a/packages/obsidian/src/library/comic.ts b/packages/obsidian/src/library/comic.ts
index f279d98..95bc258 100644
--- a/packages/obsidian/src/library/comic.ts
+++ b/packages/obsidian/src/library/comic.ts
@@ -178,6 +178,16 @@ function candidateLabel(r: any): string {
 	return meta ? `${r.name ?? ''} (${meta})` : (r.name ?? '');
 }
 
+/** Picker second line: publisher · issue count · start year · cv:{id} -- whichever pieces the volume search result actually has. */
+function candidateDetail(r: any): string | undefined {
+	const publisher = r.publisher?.name ?? '';
+	const issues = typeof r.count_of_issues === 'number' ? `${r.count_of_issues} issues` : '';
+	const startYear = r.start_year != null ? `start ${r.start_year}` : '';
+	const id = r.id != null ? `cv:${r.id}` : '';
+	const parts = [publisher, issues, startYear, id].filter(Boolean);
+	return parts.length ? parts.join(' · ') : undefined;
+}
+
 export const comicSpec: MediaTypeSpec = {
 	typeName: 'comic',
 	itemType: 'comic_item',
@@ -219,7 +229,7 @@ export const comicSpec: MediaTypeSpec = {
 				const candidates = results
 					.slice(0, 6)
 					.filter(r => r.id != null)
-					.map(r => ({ label: candidateLabel(r), patches: { comicvine_id: String(r.id) } }));
+					.map(r => ({ label: candidateLabel(r), detail: candidateDetail(r), patches: { comicvine_id: String(r.id) } }));
 				return candidates.length ? { candidates } : null;
 			}
 			return pick.id != null ? { patches: { comicvine_id: String(pick.id) } } : null;
diff --git a/packages/obsidian/src/library/game.ts b/packages/obsidian/src/library/game.ts
index 365d54f..a263083 100644
--- a/packages/obsidian/src/library/game.ts
+++ b/packages/obsidian/src/library/game.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ function steamCandidateLabel(it: any): string {
 	return String(it?.name ?? '');
 }
 
+/** Picker second line for a Steam storesearch item -- id is the only reliably-present differentiator
+ * beyond name (the storesearch payload carries no release date, same limitation steamCandidateLabel notes). */
+function steamCandidateDetail(it: any): string {
+	return `Steam appid ${it?.id ?? ''}`;
+}
+
 async function fetchSteamSearch(query: string, deps: SpecDeps): Promise<any[]> {
 	const qs = new URLSearchParams({ term: query, cc: 'us', l: 'en' });
 	const res = await deps.http(`${STEAM_STORE_BASE}/api/storesearch/?${qs.toString()}`, {});
@@ -234,7 +240,7 @@ export const gameSpec: MediaTypeSpec = {
 				steamCandidates = items
 					.slice(0, 6)
 					.filter((it: any) => it.id != null)
-					.map((it: any) => ({ label: steamCandidateLabel(it), patches: { steam_appid: String(it.id) } }));
+					.map((it: any) => ({ label: steamCandidateLabel(it), detail: steamCandidateDetail(it), patches: { steam_appid: String(it.id) } }));
 			}
 		} catch (e) {
 			deps.log(`game steam storesearch failed for "${query}": ${String(e)}`);
diff --git a/packages/obsidian/src/library/manga.ts b/packages/obsidian/src/library/manga.ts
index fabdc59..0d203c0 100644
--- a/packages/obsidian/src/library/manga.ts
+++ b/packages/obsidian/src/library/manga.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const ANILIST_MEDIA_FIELDS = `
 	id
 	idMal
 	title { romaji english }
+	format
 	status
 	chapters
 	volumes
@@ -169,6 +170,15 @@ function stripAniListHtml(html: string | null | undefined): string {
 		.trim();
 }
 
+/** Story-role staff (author-equivalent) off an AniList `Media` payload -- shared by record-building
+ * (`buildMangaFromAniList`) and the ambiguous-resolve picker detail (`candidateAniListDetail`). */
+function aniListStoryAuthors(media: any): string[] {
+	return ((media?.staff?.edges ?? []) as any[])
+		.filter(e => typeof e?.role === 'string' && e.role.includes('Story'))
+		.map(e => e?.node?.name?.full)
+		.filter(Boolean);
+}
+
 /**
  * Pure mapper: AniList `Media` payload (the unwrapped `data.Media` object) + prev frontmatter ->
  * canonical MangaRecord. Mirrors `buildManga`'s user-field preservation contract exactly; only
@@ -192,10 +202,7 @@ export function buildMangaFromAniList(media: any, prev: Record<string, string>):
 	const malId = media.idMal != null ? String(media.idMal) : stripQuotes(prev['mal_id']);
 	const anilistId = media.id != null ? String(media.id) : stripQuotes(prev['anilist_id']);
 
-	const authors: string[] = ((media.staff?.edges ?? []) as any[])
-		.filter(e => typeof e?.role === 'string' && e.role.includes('Story'))
-		.map(e => e?.node?.name?.full)
-		.filter(Boolean);
+	const authors = aniListStoryAuthors(media);
 
 	return {
 		title: romaji,
@@ -263,6 +270,28 @@ function candidateAniListLabel(m: any): string {
 	return year ? `${title} (${year})` : title;
 }
 
+/** AniList `format` enum ("ONE_SHOT") -> Title Case ("One Shot"), or '' when absent. */
+function aniListFormatLabel(format: unknown): string {
+	if (typeof format !== 'string' || !format) return '';
+	return format
+		.toLowerCase()
+		.split('_')
+		.filter(Boolean)
+		.map(w => w[0].toUpperCase() + w.slice(1))
+		.join(' ');
+}
+
+/** Picker second line (AniList side): format · status · first-two story authors · anilist:{id} --
+ * whichever pieces the candidate actually has (search results are sparser than a full Media fetch). */
+function candidateAniListDetail(m: any): string | undefined {
+	const format = aniListFormatLabel(m?.format);
+	const status = ANILIST_STATUS_MAP[m?.status as string] ?? '';
+	const authors = aniListStoryAuthors(m).slice(0, 2).join(', ');
+	const id = m?.id != null ? `anilist:${m.id}` : '';
+	const parts = [format, status, authors, id].filter(Boolean);
+	return parts.length ? parts.join(' · ') : undefined;
+}
+
 export function renderManga(r: MangaRecord, myNotes: string, customSections: CustomSection[] = []): string {
 	const fm = [
 		'---',
@@ -468,7 +497,7 @@ export const mangaSpec: MediaTypeSpec = {
 			anilistCandidates = anilistResults.slice(0, 6).map(m => {
 				const patch: Record<string, string> = { anilist_id: String(m.id) };
 				if (m.idMal != null) patch.mal_id = String(m.idMal);
-				return { label: candidateAniListLabel(m), patches: patch };
+				return { label: candidateAniListLabel(m), detail: candidateAniListDetail(m), patches: patch };
 			});
 		}
 
diff --git a/packages/obsidian/src/library/types.ts b/packages/obsidian/src/library/types.ts
index 5a1476f..c5087fd 100644
--- a/packages/obsidian/src/library/types.ts
+++ b/packages/obsidian/src/library/types.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export interface LibraryNoteCtx {
 /** One candidate offered to the user when resolve() can't pick a unique match on its own. */
 export interface ResolveCandidate {
 	label: string; // human-readable (title + year/author/publisher/etc, whatever the spec already logs)
+	detail?: string; // optional second line for the picker (format/status/publisher/id, etc) -- muted, smaller text
 	patches: Record<string, string>; // full id-field patch for this candidate (e.g. anilist_id + mal_id)
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/obsidian/src/styles.css b/packages/obsidian/src/styles.css
index 3544a5f..5269684 100644
--- a/packages/obsidian/src/styles.css
+++ b/packages/obsidian/src/styles.css
@@ -325,3 +325,8 @@ small.media-db-plugin-list-text {
 .media-db-plugin-hidden {
 	display: none;
 }
+
+.media-db-sync-candidate-detail {
+	opacity: 0.7;
+	font-size: 0.85em;
+}
diff --git a/tests/library-book.test.ts b/tests/library-book.test.ts
index 6c6cfaf..60bae56 100644
--- a/tests/library-book.test.ts
+++ b/tests/library-book.test.ts
@@ -326,8 +326,25 @@ describe('bookSpec.resolve', () => {
 		const result = await bookSpec.resolve(ctxFor({ title: '1984' }, ''), deps);
 		expect(result).toEqual({
 			candidates: [
-				{ label: 'Foo', patches: { olid: 'OL1W' } },
-				{ label: 'Bar', patches: { olid: 'OL2W' } },
+				{ label: 'Foo', detail: 'OL1W', patches: { olid: 'OL1W' } },
+				{ label: 'Bar', detail: 'OL2W', patches: { olid: 'OL2W' } },
+			],
+		});
+	});
+	test('ambiguous candidate detail: first author · first-publish year · page count · olid', async () => {
+		const deps = makeDeps({
+			http: async () => ({
+				docs: [
+					{ key: '/works/OL1W', title: 'Foo', author_name: ['Jane Doe', 'John Roe'], first_publish_year: 1990, number_of_pages_median: 250 },
+					{ key: '/works/OL2W', title: 'Bar' }, // sparse -- only olid survives
+				],
+			}),
+		});
+		const result = await bookSpec.resolve(ctxFor({ title: '1984' }, ''), deps);
+		expect(result).toEqual({
+			candidates: [
+				{ label: 'Foo (Jane Doe, John Roe, 1990)', detail: 'Jane Doe · 1990 · 250p · OL1W', patches: { olid: 'OL1W' } },
+				{ label: 'Bar', detail: 'OL2W', patches: { olid: 'OL2W' } },
 			],
 		});
 	});
diff --git a/tests/library-candidate-picker-modal.test.ts b/tests/library-candidate-picker-modal.test.ts
index 2546bf7..7f5f5a1 100644
--- a/tests/library-candidate-picker-modal.test.ts
+++ b/tests/library-candidate-picker-modal.test.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,27 @@ const CANDIDATES = [
 	{ label: 'Bar (2021)', patches: { mal_id: '2' } },
 ];
 
+const CANDIDATES_WITH_DETAIL = [
+	{ label: 'Foo (2020)', detail: 'Manga · Publishing · Author One · anilist:1', patches: { mal_id: '1' } },
+	{ label: 'Bar (2021)', patches: { mal_id: '2' } }, // no detail -- must render as a single-line row
+];
+
 function fakeApp(): any {
 	return {};
 }
 
+/** Minimal Obsidian `HTMLElement.createDiv` stand-in: records every call's options instead of touching a real DOM. */
+function fakeEl(): { calls: unknown[]; createDiv: (o?: unknown) => unknown } {
+	const calls: unknown[] = [];
+	return {
+		calls,
+		createDiv(o?: unknown) {
+			calls.push(o);
+			return fakeEl();
+		},
+	};
+}
+
 describe('CandidatePickerModal', () => {
 	test('getItems: candidate labels followed by Skip then Never resolve', () => {
 		const modal = new CandidatePickerModal(fakeApp(), 'Some Note.md', CANDIDATES);
@@ -27,6 +44,44 @@ describe('CandidatePickerModal', () => {
 		expect(modal.getItemText({ label: 'Foo (2020)', index: 0 })).toBe('Foo (2020)');
 	});
 
+	test('getItems: candidate detail threaded through, Skip/Never rows have no detail', () => {
+		const modal = new CandidatePickerModal(fakeApp(), 'Some Note.md', CANDIDATES_WITH_DETAIL);
+		const items = modal.getItems();
+		expect(items).toEqual([
+			{ label: 'Foo (2020)', detail: 'Manga · Publishing · Author One · anilist:1', index: 0 },
+			{ label: 'Bar (2021)', detail: undefined, index: 1 },
+			{ label: 'Skip', index: null },
+			{ label: 'Never resolve (mark no_resolve)', index: 'never' },
+		]);
+	});
+
+	test('renderSuggestion: candidate with a detail -> label div + muted detail div', () => {
+		const modal = new CandidatePickerModal(fakeApp(), 'Some Note.md', CANDIDATES_WITH_DETAIL);
+		const item = modal.getItems()[0];
+		const el = fakeEl();
+		modal.renderSuggestion({ item, match: { score: 0, matches: [] } } as any, el as unknown as HTMLElement);
+		expect(el.calls).toEqual([{ text: 'Foo (2020)' }, { text: 'Manga · Publishing · Author One · anilist:1', cls: 'media-db-sync-candidate-detail' }]);
+	});
+
+	test('renderSuggestion: candidate with no detail -> label div only', () => {
+		const modal = new CandidatePickerModal(fakeApp(), 'Some Note.md', CANDIDATES_WITH_DETAIL);
+		const item = modal.getItems()[1];
+		const el = fakeEl();
+		modal.renderSuggestion({ item, match: { score: 0, matches: [] } } as any, el as unknown as HTMLElement);
+		expect(el.calls).toEqual([{ text: 'Bar (2021)' }]);
+	});
+
+	test('renderSuggestion: Skip/Never rows -> label div only, no detail row', () => {
+		const modal = new CandidatePickerModal(fakeApp(), 'Some Note.md', CANDIDATES_WITH_DETAIL);
+		const items = modal.getItems();
+		const skipEl = fakeEl();
+		modal.renderSuggestion({ item: items[2], match: { score: 0, matches: [] } } as any, skipEl as unknown as HTMLElement);
+		expect(skipEl.calls).toEqual([{ text: 'Skip' }]);
+		const neverEl = fakeEl();
+		modal.renderSuggestion({ item: items[3], match: { score: 0, matches: [] } } as any, neverEl as unknown as HTMLElement);
+		expect(neverEl.calls).toEqual([{ text: 'Never resolve (mark no_resolve)' }]);
+	});
+
 	test('onChooseItem(candidate) -> pick() resolves to that candidate index', async () => {
 		const modal = new CandidatePickerModal(fakeApp(), 'Some Note.md', CANDIDATES);
 		const result = modal.pick();
diff --git a/tests/library-comic.test.ts b/tests/library-comic.test.ts
index 4b496af..7668936 100644
--- a/tests/library-comic.test.ts
+++ b/tests/library-comic.test.ts
@@ -291,8 +291,27 @@ describe('comicSpec.resolve', () => {
 		const result = await comicSpec.resolve(ctxFor({ title: 'Absolute Batman' }), deps);
 		expect(result).toEqual({
 			candidates: [
-				{ label: 'Batman', patches: { comicvine_id: '1' } },
-				{ label: 'Batman Beyond', patches: { comicvine_id: '2' } },
+				{ label: 'Batman', detail: 'cv:1', patches: { comicvine_id: '1' } },
+				{ label: 'Batman Beyond', detail: 'cv:2', patches: { comicvine_id: '2' } },
+			],
+		});
+	});
+
+	test('ambiguous candidate detail: publisher · issue count · start year · cv:{id}', async () => {
+		const deps = makeDeps({
+			http: async () => ({
+				results: [
+					{ id: 1, name: 'Batman', publisher: { name: 'DC Comics' }, count_of_issues: 85, start_year: 2016 },
+					{ id: 2, name: 'Batman Beyond' }, // sparse -- only cv:id survives
+				],
+			}),
+			getKey: () => 'cvkey',
+		});
+		const result = await comicSpec.resolve(ctxFor({ title: 'Absolute Batman' }), deps);
+		expect(result).toEqual({
+			candidates: [
+				{ label: 'Batman (DC Comics, 2016)', detail: 'DC Comics · 85 issues · start 2016 · cv:1', patches: { comicvine_id: '1' } },
+				{ label: 'Batman Beyond', detail: 'cv:2', patches: { comicvine_id: '2' } },
 			],
 		});
 	});
diff --git a/tests/library-game.test.ts b/tests/library-game.test.ts
index 82925a7..64e327e 100644
--- a/tests/library-game.test.ts
+++ b/tests/library-game.test.ts
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@ describe('gameSpec.resolve', () => {
 		const result = await gameSpec.resolve(ctxFor({ title: '7 Billion Humans' }), deps);
 		expect(result).toEqual({
 			candidates: [
-				{ label: 'Foo', patches: { steam_appid: '1' } },
-				{ label: 'Bar', patches: { steam_appid: '2' } },
+				{ label: 'Foo', detail: 'Steam appid 1', patches: { steam_appid: '1' } },
+				{ label: 'Bar', detail: 'Steam appid 2', patches: { steam_appid: '2' } },
 			],
 		});
 		expect(deps.logCalls.some(m => m.includes('RAWG'))).toBe(true);
diff --git a/tests/library-manga.test.ts b/tests/library-manga.test.ts
index 46e4820..c495e75 100644
--- a/tests/library-manga.test.ts
+++ b/tests/library-manga.test.ts
@@ -873,8 +873,45 @@ describe('mangaSpec.resolve — AniList primary', () => {
 		const result = await mangaSpec.resolve(ctxFor({ title: 'Chainsaw Man' }, ''), deps);
 		expect(result).toEqual({
 			candidates: [
-				{ label: 'Foo (2020)', patches: { anilist_id: '1', mal_id: '11' } },
-				{ label: 'Bar (2021)', patches: { anilist_id: '2', mal_id: '22' } },
+				{ label: 'Foo (2020)', detail: 'anilist:1', patches: { anilist_id: '1', mal_id: '11' } },
+				{ label: 'Bar (2021)', detail: 'anilist:2', patches: { anilist_id: '2', mal_id: '22' } },
+			],
+		});
+	});
+
+	test('AniList ambiguous candidate detail: format · status · first-two story authors · anilist:{id}', async () => {
+		const deps = makeDeps({
+			http: async () => ({ data: [] }),
+			httpPostJson: async () =>
+				anilistPage([
+					{
+						id: 1,
+						idMal: 11,
+						title: { romaji: 'Foo', english: '' },
+						startDate: { year: 2020 },
+						format: 'ONE_SHOT',
+						status: 'RELEASING',
+						staff: {
+							edges: [
+								{ role: 'Story & Art', node: { name: { full: 'Author One' } } },
+								{ role: 'Story', node: { name: { full: 'Author Two' } } },
+								{ role: 'Story', node: { name: { full: 'Author Three' } } }, // 3rd Story credit -- dropped, detail caps at 2
+								{ role: 'Illustration', node: { name: { full: 'Illustrator Only' } } }, // non-Story role -- excluded
+							],
+						},
+					},
+					{ id: 2, idMal: 22, title: { romaji: 'Bar', english: '' }, startDate: { year: 2021 } }, // sparse -- only id survives
+				]),
+		});
+		const result = await mangaSpec.resolve(ctxFor({ title: 'Chainsaw Man' }, ''), deps);
+		expect(result).toEqual({
+			candidates: [
+				{
+					label: 'Foo (2020)',
+					detail: 'One Shot · Publishing · Author One, Author Two · anilist:1',
+					patches: { anilist_id: '1', mal_id: '11' },
+				},
+				{ label: 'Bar (2021)', detail: 'anilist:2', patches: { anilist_id: '2', mal_id: '22' } },
 			],
 		});
 	});