diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b75a179b1..e557c7bcb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     Bug #5604: Only one valid NIF root node is loaded from a single file
     Bug #5611: Usable items with "0 Uses" should be used only once
     Bug #5622: Can't properly interact with the console when in pause menu
+    Bug #5627: Bookart not shown if it isn't followed by <BR> statement
     Bug #5633: Damage Spells in effect before god mode is enabled continue to hurt the player character and can kill them
     Bug #5639: Tooltips cover Messageboxes
     Bug #5644: Summon effects running on the player during game initialization cause crashes
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/formatting.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/formatting.cpp
index 75bf8a342..156dc5b0d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/formatting.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/formatting.cpp
@@ -30,14 +30,18 @@ namespace MWGui
 
             // vanilla game does not show any text after the last EOL tag.
             const std::string lowerText = Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(mText);
-            int brIndex = lowerText.rfind("<br>");
-            int pIndex = lowerText.rfind("<p>");
-            if (brIndex == pIndex)
-                mText = "";
-            else if (brIndex > pIndex)
-                mText = mText.substr(0, brIndex+4);
-            else
-                mText = mText.substr(0, pIndex+3);
+            size_t brIndex = lowerText.rfind("<br>");
+            size_t pIndex = lowerText.rfind("<p>");
+            mPlainTextEnd = 0;
+            if (brIndex != pIndex)
+            {
+                if (brIndex != std::string::npos && pIndex != std::string::npos)
+                    mPlainTextEnd = std::max(brIndex, pIndex);
+                else if (brIndex != std::string::npos)
+                    mPlainTextEnd = brIndex;
+                else
+                    mPlainTextEnd = pIndex;
+            }
 
             registerTag("br", Event_BrTag);
             registerTag("p", Event_PTag);
@@ -103,7 +107,8 @@ namespace MWGui
                 {
                     if (!mIgnoreLineEndings || ch != '\n')
                     {
-                        mBuffer.push_back(ch);
+                        if (mIndex < mPlainTextEnd)
+                            mBuffer.push_back(ch);
                         mIgnoreLineEndings = false;
                         mIgnoreNewlineTags = false;
                     }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/formatting.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/formatting.hpp
index d56351414..12a3d46ca 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/formatting.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/formatting.hpp
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ namespace MWGui
                 bool mClosingTag;
                 std::map<std::string, Events> mTagTypes;
                 std::string mBuffer;
+
+                size_t mPlainTextEnd;
         };
 
         class Paginator