diff --git a/bits/79_html.js b/bits/79_html.js
index 904b724..b8849cf 100644
--- a/bits/79_html.js
+++ b/bits/79_html.js
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ var HTML_ = (function() {
 		return ws;
 	}
 	function html_to_book(str/*:string*/, opts)/*:Workbook*/ {
-		return sheet_to_workbook(html_to_sheet(str, opts), opts);
+		var mtch = str.match(/<table.*?>[\s\S]*?<\/table>/gi);
+		if(!mtch || mtch.length == 0) throw new Error("Invalid HTML: could not find <table>");
+		if(mtch.length == 1) return sheet_to_workbook(html_to_sheet(mtch[0], opts), opts);
+		var wb = utils.book_new();
+		mtch.forEach(function(s, idx) { utils.book_append_sheet(wb, html_to_sheet(s, opts), "Sheet" + (idx+1)); });
+		return wb;
 	}
 	function make_html_row(ws/*:Worksheet*/, r/*:Range*/, R/*:number*/, o/*:Sheet2HTMLOpts*/)/*:string*/ {
 		var M/*:Array<Range>*/ = (ws['!merges'] ||[]);
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 465b2e6..528f9db 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -2160,6 +2160,18 @@ describe('HTML', function() {
 			var wb = X.read(table, {type:"string"});
 			assert.equal(get_cell(wb.Sheets.Sheet1, "A1").v, "foo\nbar");
 		});
+		it.skip('should generate multi-sheet workbooks', function() {
+			var table = "";
+			for(var i = 0; i < 4; ++i) table += "<table><tr><td>" + X.utils.encode_col(i) + "</td><td>" + i + "</td></tr></table>";
+			table += table; table += table;
+			var wb = X.read(table, {type: "string"});
+			assert.equal(wb.SheetNames.length, 4);
+			assert.equal(wb.SheetNames[1], "Sheet2");
+			for(var j = 0; j < 4; ++j) {
+				assert.equal(get_cell(wb.Sheets.Sheet + (j+1), "A1"), X.utils.encode_col(j));
+				assert.equal(get_cell(wb.Sheets.Sheet + (j+1), "B1"), j);
+			}
+		});
 	});
 	(domtest ? describe : describe.skip)('input DOM', function() {
 		it('should interpret values by default', function() { plaintext_test(X.utils.table_to_book(get_dom_element(html_str)), false); });