diff --git a/brailleblaster-core/src/main/dist/programData/pandoc/lua/bbx.lua b/brailleblaster-core/src/main/dist/programData/pandoc/lua/bbx.lua
index 67d44500..c5bc3f3b 100644
--- a/brailleblaster-core/src/main/dist/programData/pandoc/lua/bbx.lua
+++ b/brailleblaster-core/src/main/dist/programData/pandoc/lua/bbx.lua
@@ -658,7 +658,43 @@ function RawBlock(format, str)
     return t
 end
 
+  local function getCustomStyle(attr)
+    if attr == nil or type(attr) ~= "table" then
+      return nil
+    end
+
+    if attr.attributes ~= nil and type(attr.attributes) == "table" then
+      return attr.attributes["custom-style"]
+    end
+
+    return attr["custom-style"]
+  end
+
+  local function isListParagraphStyle(customStyle)
+    if customStyle == nil then
+      return false
+    end
+
+    local normalized = string.lower(customStyle)
+    return normalized == "list paragraph" or normalized == "paragraph list"
+  end
+
 function Div(s, attr)
+    local customStyle = getCustomStyle(attr)
+    if isListParagraphStyle(customStyle) then
+      local item = removeTags(s)
+      if item == nil then
+        item = ''
+      end
+      if string.len(string.gsub(item, '%s+', '')) == 0 then
+        return ''
+      end
+
+      return '<CONTAINER bb:type="LIST" bb:listType="NORMAL" bb:listLevel="0">'
+        .. '<BLOCK bb:type="LIST_ITEM" bb:itemLevel="0">' .. item .. '</BLOCK>'
+        .. '</CONTAINER>'
+    end
+
   return s
 end
 
diff --git a/brailleblaster-core/src/main/dist/programData/pandoc/lua/list-paragraph-style.lua b/brailleblaster-core/src/main/dist/programData/pandoc/lua/list-paragraph-style.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b08f2813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brailleblaster-core/src/main/dist/programData/pandoc/lua/list-paragraph-style.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+-- Convert DOCX paragraphs with custom-style "List Paragraph" into real Pandoc bullet lists
+-- before bbx.lua runs, so they import as BBX list types.
+
+local function customStyle(attr)
+  if attr == nil then
+    return nil
+  end
+
+  local attrs = attr.attributes
+  if attrs ~= nil then
+    return attrs["custom-style"]
+  end
+
+  return nil
+end
+
+local function isListParagraphDiv(block)
+  if block == nil or block.t ~= "Div" then
+    return false
+  end
+
+  local style = customStyle(block.attr)
+  if style == nil then
+    return false
+  end
+
+  local normalized = string.lower(style)
+  return normalized == "list paragraph" or normalized == "paragraph list"
+end
+
+function Pandoc(doc)
+  local out = {}
+  local i = 1
+
+  while i <= #doc.blocks do
+    local block = doc.blocks[i]
+
+    if isListParagraphDiv(block) then
+      local items = {}
+
+      while i <= #doc.blocks and isListParagraphDiv(doc.blocks[i]) do
+        local div = doc.blocks[i]
+        items[#items + 1] = div.content
+        i = i + 1
+      end
+
+      out[#out + 1] = pandoc.BulletList(items)
+    else
+      out[#out + 1] = block
+      i = i + 1
+    end
+  end
+
+  return pandoc.Pandoc(out, doc.meta)
+end
diff --git a/brailleblaster-core/src/main/java/org/brailleblaster/archiver2/PandocArchiverLoader.kt b/brailleblaster-core/src/main/java/org/brailleblaster/archiver2/PandocArchiverLoader.kt
index 05dd2de2..f9fa4e1e 100644
--- a/brailleblaster-core/src/main/java/org/brailleblaster/archiver2/PandocArchiverLoader.kt
+++ b/brailleblaster-core/src/main/java/org/brailleblaster/archiver2/PandocArchiverLoader.kt
@@ -96,12 +96,26 @@ object PandocArchiverLoader : ArchiverFactory.FileLoader {
             val bbFile = File.createTempFile(newFilename, ".bbx")
             bbFile.deleteOnExit()
             newFilename = bbFile.absolutePath
-            val pb = ProcessBuilder(
-                PANDOC_CMD, "--from=$fromFormat",
-                "--to=bbx.lua",
-                "--output=" + bbFile.absolutePath,
-                filename
+            val command = mutableListOf(
+                PANDOC_CMD,
+                "--from=$fromFormat"
             )
+
+            // DOCX custom paragraph style "List Paragraph" arrives as Div(custom-style)
+            // and must be normalized to a real Pandoc list before bbx.lua is applied.
+            if (fromFormat?.startsWith("docx") == true) {
+                command.add("--lua-filter=list-paragraph-style.lua")
+            }
+
+            command.addAll(
+                listOf(
+                    "--to=bbx.lua",
+                    "--output=" + bbFile.absolutePath,
+                    filename
+                )
+            )
+
+            val pb = ProcessBuilder(command)
                 .directory(wrkDir)
                 .redirectError(ProcessBuilder.Redirect.INHERIT)
                 .redirectErrorStream(true)
diff --git a/brailleblaster-core/src/test/java/org/brailleblaster/pandoc/PandocLuaDefinitionListTest.kt b/brailleblaster-core/src/test/java/org/brailleblaster/pandoc/PandocLuaDefinitionListTest.kt
index 3d510be2..787aa0cb 100644
--- a/brailleblaster-core/src/test/java/org/brailleblaster/pandoc/PandocLuaDefinitionListTest.kt
+++ b/brailleblaster-core/src/test/java/org/brailleblaster/pandoc/PandocLuaDefinitionListTest.kt
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ class PandocLuaDefinitionListTest {
      */
     @Throws(Exception::class)
     private fun runPandoc(html: String): Document {
+        return runPandoc(html, emptyList())
+    }
+
+    @Throws(Exception::class)
+    private fun runPandoc(html: String, luaFilters: List<String>): Document {
         val htmlFile = File.createTempFile("bb-deflist-test-", ".html")
         htmlFile.deleteOnExit()
         FileWriter(htmlFile).use { fw ->
@@ -59,13 +64,22 @@ class PandocLuaDefinitionListTest {
         val bbxFile = File.createTempFile("bb-deflist-out-", ".bbx")
         bbxFile.deleteOnExit()
 
-        val pb = ProcessBuilder(
+        val command = mutableListOf(
             PANDOC_CMD,
-            "--from=html+empty_paragraphs",
-            "--to=bbx.lua",
-            "--output=" + bbxFile.absolutePath,
-            htmlFile.absolutePath
-        ).directory(File(luaDir))
+            "--from=html+empty_paragraphs"
+        )
+        luaFilters.forEach { filter ->
+            command.add("--lua-filter=$filter")
+        }
+        command.addAll(
+            listOf(
+                "--to=bbx.lua",
+                "--output=" + bbxFile.absolutePath,
+                htmlFile.absolutePath
+            )
+        )
+
+        val pb = ProcessBuilder(command).directory(File(luaDir))
         pb.environment()["PANDOCCMD"] = PANDOC_CMD
         pb.redirectErrorStream(true)
 
@@ -91,6 +105,15 @@ class PandocLuaDefinitionListTest {
         return nodes.get(0) as Element
     }
 
+    /** Returns the first CONTAINER with bb:listType="NORMAL", or fails the test. */
+    private fun findFirstNormalList(doc: Document): Element {
+        val nodes = doc.query(
+            "//*[local-name()='CONTAINER' and @*[local-name()='listType']='NORMAL']"
+        )
+        Assert.assertNotEquals(nodes.size(), 0, "No NORMAL list container found in BBX output:\n" + doc.toXML())
+        return nodes.get(0) as Element
+    }
+
     /** Asserts that a LIST_ITEM block has the expected term text and definition text.  */
     private fun assertDefinitionItem(item: Element, expectedTerm: String, expectedDef: String) {
         Assert.assertEquals(item.localName, "BLOCK")
@@ -186,6 +209,32 @@ class PandocLuaDefinitionListTest {
         )
     }
 
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // DOCX custom-style="List Paragraph" represented as a Div should map to BBX NORMAL list
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    @Test
+    @Throws(Exception::class)
+    fun customStyleListParagraphMapsToNormalList() {
+        val html = ("<html><body>"
+                + "<div custom-style=\"List Paragraph\"><p>Total Loan Amount $33,333.33</p></div>"
+                + "</body></html>")
+
+        val doc = runPandoc(html, listOf("list-paragraph-style.lua"))
+        val list = findFirstNormalList(doc)
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(list.getAttributeValue("listLevel", BB_NS), "0")
+        Assert.assertEquals(list.getChildCount(), 1, "Expected one LIST_ITEM under NORMAL list")
+
+        val item = list.getChild(0) as Element
+        Assert.assertEquals(item.localName, "BLOCK")
+        Assert.assertEquals(item.getAttributeValue("type", BB_NS), "LIST_ITEM")
+        Assert.assertEquals(item.getAttributeValue("itemLevel", BB_NS), "0")
+        Assert.assertTrue(
+            item.value.contains("Total Loan Amount $33,333.33"),
+            "LIST_ITEM should contain the source paragraph text"
+        )
+    }
+
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Multiple <dd> per <dt>
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------