diff --git a/catalog/book/tests.py b/catalog/book/tests.py
index 72c76f4b..6dcb7261 100644
--- a/catalog/book/tests.py
+++ b/catalog/book/tests.py
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ class GoogleBooksTestCase(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(site.resource.id_type, IdType.GoogleBooks)
         self.assertEqual(site.resource.id_value, "hV--zQEACAAJ")
         self.assertEqual(site.resource.item.isbn, "9781847498571")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            site.resource.item.localized_title,
+            [{"lang": "en", "text": "1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four"}],
+        )
         self.assertEqual(site.resource.item.display_title, "1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four")
 
 
diff --git a/catalog/sites/google_books.py b/catalog/sites/google_books.py
index 8baff688..89d26859 100644
--- a/catalog/sites/google_books.py
+++ b/catalog/sites/google_books.py
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ class GoogleBooks(AbstractSite):
         pub_house = (
             b["volumeInfo"]["publisher"] if "publisher" in b["volumeInfo"] else None
         )
-        language = (
-            [b["volumeInfo"]["language"]] if "language" in b["volumeInfo"] else []
-        )
+        language = b["volumeInfo"]["language"] if "language" in b["volumeInfo"] else []
 
         pages = b["volumeInfo"]["pageCount"] if "pageCount" in b["volumeInfo"] else None
         if "mainCategory" in b["volumeInfo"]: