diff --git a/src/Chaptarr.Core.Test/MediaFiles/BookImport/ManualImportExecuteVanishedFileFixture.cs b/src/Chaptarr.Core.Test/MediaFiles/BookImport/ManualImportExecuteVanishedFileFixture.cs
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@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.IO.Abstractions;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using NLog;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Disk;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Download;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Download.TrackedDownloads;
+using NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles;
+using NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles.BookImport;
+using NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles.BookImport.Manual;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Parser.Model;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Qualities;
+
+namespace Chaptarr.Core.Test.MediaFiles.BookImport
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class ManualImportExecuteVanishedFileFixture
+    {
+        private const string Folder = "/library/Author/Book";
+        private const string VanishedPath = Folder + "/Disc 1.mp3";
+        private const string PresentPath = Folder + "/Disc 2.mp3";
+
+        private static List<ImportDecision<LocalBook>> _importedDecisions;
+
+        private class FileInfoProxy : DispatchProxy
+        {
+            public string Path { get; set; }
+
+            protected override object Invoke(MethodInfo targetMethod, object[] args)
+            {
+                var vanished = Path == VanishedPath;
+
+                return targetMethod?.Name switch
+                {
+                    "get_FullName" => Path,
+                    "get_Exists" => !vanished,
+                    // Like System.IO.FileInfo, Length throws when the file is gone.
+                    "get_Length" => vanished ? throw new FileNotFoundException("Could not find file", Path) : 1024L,
+                    "get_LastWriteTimeUtc" => DateTime.UtcNow,
+                    "get_Extension" => System.IO.Path.GetExtension(Path),
+                    "get_Name" => System.IO.Path.GetFileName(Path),
+                    _ => throw new NotImplementedException($"IFileInfo.{targetMethod?.Name}")
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Returns default values for everything the test does not care about.
+        private class DefaultProxy : DispatchProxy
+        {
+            protected override object Invoke(MethodInfo targetMethod, object[] args)
+            {
+                var returnType = targetMethod?.ReturnType;
+                return returnType != null && returnType != typeof(void) && returnType.IsValueType
+                    ? Activator.CreateInstance(returnType)
+                    : null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private class DiskProviderProxy : DispatchProxy
+        {
+            protected override object Invoke(MethodInfo targetMethod, object[] args)
+            {
+                var path = args?.FirstOrDefault() as string;
+                return targetMethod?.Name switch
+                {
+                    nameof(IDiskProvider.FolderExists) => true,
+                    nameof(IDiskProvider.FileExists) => true,
+                    nameof(IDiskProvider.GetFileInfo) => CreateFileInfo(path),
+                    _ => throw new NotImplementedException($"IDiskProvider.{targetMethod?.Name}")
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
+        private class ImportApprovedBooksProxy : DispatchProxy
+        {
+            protected override object Invoke(MethodInfo targetMethod, object[] args)
+            {
+                if (targetMethod?.Name == nameof(IImportApprovedBooks.Import))
+                {
+                    _importedDecisions = (List<ImportDecision<LocalBook>>)args[0];
+                    return new List<ImportResult>();
+                }
+
+                throw new NotImplementedException($"IImportApprovedBooks.{targetMethod?.Name}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        [SetUp]
+        public void SetUp()
+        {
+            _importedDecisions = null;
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void execute_should_reject_a_vanished_file_and_still_process_the_rest_of_the_batch()
+        {
+            var service = CreateService();
+
+            Assert.DoesNotThrow(() => service.Execute(new ManualImportCommand
+            {
+                ImportMode = ImportMode.Copy,
+                Files = new List<ManualImportFile>
+                {
+                    new ManualImportFile { Path = VanishedPath, Quality = new QualityModel(Quality.MP3) },
+                    new ManualImportFile { Path = PresentPath, Quality = new QualityModel(Quality.MP3) }
+                }
+            }));
+
+            Assert.That(_importedDecisions, Is.Not.Null, "the batch must reach the import step");
+            Assert.That(_importedDecisions.Select(d => d.Item.Path), Is.EquivalentTo(new[] { VanishedPath, PresentPath }));
+
+            var vanished = _importedDecisions.Single(d => d.Item.Path == VanishedPath);
+            Assert.That(vanished.Approved, Is.False, "a vanished file must not be importable");
+            Assert.That(vanished.Rejections.Select(r => r.Reason), Has.Some.Contains("no longer exists"));
+            Assert.That(vanished.Item.Size, Is.Zero);
+
+            Assert.That(_importedDecisions.Single(d => d.Item.Path == PresentPath).Item.Size, Is.EqualTo(1024L));
+        }
+
+        private static ManualImportService CreateService()
+        {
+            return new ManualImportService(
+                DispatchProxy.Create<IDiskProvider, DiskProviderProxy>(),
+                null,
+                DispatchProxy.Create<NzbDrone.Core.RootFolders.IRootFolderService, DefaultProxy>(),
+                null,
+                null,
+                null,
+                null,
+                null,
+                null,
+                null,
+                null,
+                null,
+                null,
+                null,
+                DispatchProxy.Create<IImportApprovedBooks, ImportApprovedBooksProxy>(),
+                null,
+                DispatchProxy.Create<ITrackedDownloadService, DefaultProxy>(),
+                null,
+                null,
+                null,
+                null,
+                null,
+                LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger());
+        }
+
+        private static IFileInfo CreateFileInfo(string path)
+        {
+            var fileInfo = DispatchProxy.Create<IFileInfo, FileInfoProxy>();
+            ((FileInfoProxy)(object)fileInfo).Path = path;
+            return fileInfo;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/BookImport/Manual/ManualImportService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/BookImport/Manual/ManualImportService.cs
index 80b2f8e6..0101a73f 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/BookImport/Manual/ManualImportService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/BookImport/Manual/ManualImportService.cs
@@ -938,6 +938,25 @@ List<Book> ResolveSuggestedWorkBooks(
                     _logger.Warn("Manual import recovered file path '{0}' as '{1}' during execution", requestedPath, actualPath);
                 }
 
+                if (!fileInfo.Exists)
+                {
+                    // The file was selected in the preview but is gone now. Reading its size would throw and abort the
+                    // whole batch, so reject just this file (as the grouped-suggestion path above does) and go on.
+                    var vanishedDecision = new ImportDecision<LocalBook>(new LocalBook
+                    {
+                        Path = actualPath,
+                        Part = 1,
+                        PartCount = 1,
+                        Quality = file.Quality,
+                        IndexerFlags = (IndexerFlags)file.IndexerFlags
+                    });
+                    vanishedDecision.Reject(new Rejection($"Selected file no longer exists: '{requestedPath}'."));
+                    decisions.Add(vanishedDecision);
+                    fileCount += 1;
+
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 var fileRootFolder = _rootFolderService.GetBestRootFolder(actualPath);
                 var mediaType = GetMediaTypeFromPath(actualPath);