diff --git a/quartz/components/PageList.tsx b/quartz/components/PageList.tsx
index e47ccfa7b..5cb57aef7 100644
--- a/quartz/components/PageList.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/PageList.tsx
@@ -6,16 +6,34 @@ import { GlobalConfiguration } from "../cfg"
 
 export type SortFn = (f1: QuartzPluginData, f2: QuartzPluginData) => number
 
-export function byDateAndAlphabetical(cfg: GlobalConfiguration, prioritizeFolders: boolean = true): SortFn {
+export function byDateAndAlphabetical(cfg: GlobalConfiguration): SortFn {
   return (f1, f2) => {
-    if (prioritizeFolders) {
-      // Sort folders first
-      const f1IsFolder = isFolderPath(f1.slug ?? "")
-      const f2IsFolder = isFolderPath(f2.slug ?? "")
-      if (f1IsFolder && !f2IsFolder) return -1
-      if (!f1IsFolder && f2IsFolder) return 1
+    // Sort by date/alphabetical
+    if (f1.dates && f2.dates) {
+      // sort descending
+      return getDate(cfg, f2)!.getTime() - getDate(cfg, f1)!.getTime()
+    } else if (f1.dates && !f2.dates) {
+      // prioritize files with dates
+      return -1
+    } else if (!f1.dates && f2.dates) {
+      return 1
     }
 
+    // otherwise, sort lexographically by title
+    const f1Title = f1.frontmatter?.title.toLowerCase() ?? ""
+    const f2Title = f2.frontmatter?.title.toLowerCase() ?? ""
+    return f1Title.localeCompare(f2Title)
+  }
+}
+
+export function byDateAndAlphabeticalFolderFirst(cfg: GlobalConfiguration): SortFn {
+  return (f1, f2) => {
+    // Sort folders first
+    const f1IsFolder = isFolderPath(f1.slug ?? "")
+    const f2IsFolder = isFolderPath(f2.slug ?? "")
+    if (f1IsFolder && !f2IsFolder) return -1
+    if (!f1IsFolder && f2IsFolder) return 1
+
     // If both are folders or both are files, sort by date/alphabetical
     if (f1.dates && f2.dates) {
       // sort descending
diff --git a/quartz/components/RecentNotes.tsx b/quartz/components/RecentNotes.tsx
index 1f6ba42ca..2c32feadf 100644
--- a/quartz/components/RecentNotes.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/RecentNotes.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const defaultOptions = (cfg: GlobalConfiguration): Options => ({
   linkToMore: false,
   showTags: true,
   filter: () => true,
-  sort: byDateAndAlphabetical(cfg, false),
+  sort: byDateAndAlphabetical(cfg),
 })
 
 export default ((userOpts?: Partial<Options>) => {