diff --git a/lms/static/scripts/frontend_apps/api-types.ts b/lms/static/scripts/frontend_apps/api-types.ts
index be6a9c4cc1..aec1d56c6b 100644
--- a/lms/static/scripts/frontend_apps/api-types.ts
+++ b/lms/static/scripts/frontend_apps/api-types.ts
@@ -61,13 +61,24 @@ export type Book = {
   cover_image: string;
 };
 
-/** Metadata for a chapter within an ebook. */
+/**
+ * Metadata for a table of contents entry within an ebook.
+ *
+ * The name "Chapter" is a misnomer. Although many ebooks do have one
+ * table-of-contents entry per chapter, the entries can be more or less
+ * fine-grained than this.
+ */
 export type Chapter = {
   page: string;
   title: string;
 
   /** Document URL to use for this chapter when creating an assignment. */
   url: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The nesting depth of this entry in the table of contents.
+   */
+  level?: number;
 };
 
 export type JSTORContentItemInfo = {
diff --git a/lms/static/scripts/frontend_apps/components/ChapterList.tsx b/lms/static/scripts/frontend_apps/components/ChapterList.tsx
index e0bfc5b7fa..96bd3f19b0 100644
--- a/lms/static/scripts/frontend_apps/components/ChapterList.tsx
+++ b/lms/static/scripts/frontend_apps/components/ChapterList.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
   Scroll,
   ScrollContainer,
 } from '@hypothesis/frontend-shared';
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'preact/hooks';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'preact/hooks';
 
 import type { Chapter } from '../api-types';
 
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ export type ChapterListProps = {
 };
 
 /**
- * Component that presents a list of chapters from a book and allows the user
- * to choose one for an assignment.
+ * Component that presents a book's table of contents and allows them to
+ * select a range for an assignment.
  */
 export default function ChapterList({
   chapters,
@@ -58,6 +58,31 @@ export default function ChapterList({
     []
   );
 
+  const renderItem = useCallback((chapter: Chapter, field: keyof Chapter) => {
+    switch (field) {
+      case 'page':
+        return chapter.page;
+      case 'title': {
+        // DataTable doesn't have true support for hierarchical data structures.
+        // Here we indicate the ToC level visually by indenting rows.
+        const level = typeof chapter.level === 'number' ? chapter.level - 1 : 0;
+        return (
+          <>
+            <span
+              data-testid="toc-indent"
+              data-level={level}
+              style={{ display: 'inline-block', width: `${level * 20}px` }}
+            />
+            {chapter.title}
+          </>
+        );
+      }
+      /* istanbul ignore next */
+      default:
+        return '';
+    }
+  }, []);
+
   return (
     <ScrollContainer rounded>
       <Scroll>
@@ -66,6 +91,7 @@ export default function ChapterList({
           title="Table of Contents"
           columns={columns}
           loading={isLoading}
+          renderItem={renderItem}
           rows={chapters}
           onSelectRow={onSelectChapter}
           onConfirmRow={onUseChapter}
diff --git a/lms/static/scripts/frontend_apps/components/test/ChapterList-test.js b/lms/static/scripts/frontend_apps/components/test/ChapterList-test.js
index 8b548a7a24..4ab9a677ed 100644
--- a/lms/static/scripts/frontend_apps/components/test/ChapterList-test.js
+++ b/lms/static/scripts/frontend_apps/components/test/ChapterList-test.js
@@ -6,10 +6,17 @@ describe('ChapterList', () => {
   const chapterData = [
     {
       title: 'Chapter One',
+      level: 1,
       page: '10',
     },
     {
       title: 'Chapter Two',
+      level: 1,
+      page: '20',
+    },
+    {
+      title: 'Chapter Two - Part 1',
+      level: 2,
       page: '20',
     },
   ];
@@ -68,6 +75,13 @@ describe('ChapterList', () => {
     assert.equal(rows.length, chapterData.length);
     assert.equal(rows.at(0).find('td').at(0).text(), chapterData[0].title);
     assert.equal(rows.at(0).find('td').at(1).text(), chapterData[0].page);
+
+    const tocLevels = [
+      rows.at(0).find('[data-testid="toc-indent"]').prop('data-level'),
+      rows.at(1).find('[data-testid="toc-indent"]').prop('data-level'),
+      rows.at(2).find('[data-testid="toc-indent"]').prop('data-level'),
+    ];
+    assert.deepEqual(tocLevels, [0, 0, 1]);
   });
 
   [true, false].forEach(isLoading => {