diff --git a/src/read.js b/src/read.js
index 0d2dd99..c2cdc91 100644
--- a/src/read.js
+++ b/src/read.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 import { getColumnOffset, readColumn } from './column.js'
 import { parquetMetadataAsync } from './metadata.js'
+import { getColumnName } from './schema.js'
 
 /**
  * Read parquet data rows from a file-like object.
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ async function readRowGroup(options, rowGroup) {
   let [groupStartByte, groupEndByte] = [file.byteLength, 0]
   rowGroup.columns.forEach(({ meta_data: columnMetadata }) => {
     if (!columnMetadata) throw new Error('parquet column metadata is undefined')
-    const columnName = columnMetadata.path_in_schema.join('.')
+    const columnName = getColumnName(metadata.schema, columnMetadata.path_in_schema)
     // skip columns that are not requested
     if (columns && !columns.includes(columnName)) return
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ async function readRowGroup(options, rowGroup) {
     if (!columnMetadata) throw new Error('parquet column metadata is undefined')
 
     // skip columns that are not requested
-    const columnName = columnMetadata.path_in_schema.join('.')
+    const columnName = getColumnName(metadata.schema, columnMetadata.path_in_schema)
     // skip columns that are not requested
     if (columns && !columns.includes(columnName)) continue
 
diff --git a/src/schema.js b/src/schema.js
index 256d925..c25b535 100644
--- a/src/schema.js
+++ b/src/schema.js
@@ -118,3 +118,40 @@ export function skipDefinitionBytes(num) {
   }
   return byteLength
 }
+
+/**
+ * Get the column name as foo.bar and handle list-like columns.
+ * @param {SchemaElement[]} schema
+ * @param {string[]} path
+ * @returns {string} column name
+ */
+export function getColumnName(schema, path) {
+  if (isListLike(schema, path)) {
+    return path.slice(0, -2).join('.')
+  } else {
+    return path.join('.')
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check if a column is list-like.
+ *
+ * @param {SchemaElement[]} schemaElements parquet schema elements
+ * @param {string[]} path column path
+ * @returns {boolean} true if map-like
+ */
+function isListLike(schemaElements, path) {
+  const schema = schemaElement(schemaElements, path.slice(0, -2))
+  if (path.length < 3) return false
+  if (schema.element.converted_type !== 'LIST') return false
+  if (schema.children.length > 1) return false
+
+  const firstChild = schema.children[0]
+  if (firstChild.children.length > 1) return false
+  if (firstChild.element.repetition_type !== 'REPEATED') return false
+
+  const secondChild = firstChild.children[0]
+  if (secondChild.element.repetition_type !== 'REQUIRED') return false
+
+  return true
+}
diff --git a/test/read.test.js b/test/read.test.js
index 769ea8a..4ff5026 100644
--- a/test/read.test.js
+++ b/test/read.test.js
@@ -59,4 +59,30 @@ describe('parquetRead', () => {
       },
     })
   })
+
+  it('should read a list-like column from a file', async () => {
+    const asyncBuffer = fileToAsyncBuffer('test/files/datapage_v2.snappy.parquet')
+    await parquetRead({
+      file: asyncBuffer,
+      columns: ['e'],
+      onChunk: (rows) => {
+        expect(toJson(rows)).toEqual({
+          columnName: 'e',
+          columnData: [[1, 2, 3], null, null, [1, 2, 3], [1, 2]],
+          rowStart: 0,
+          rowEnd: 5,
+        })
+      },
+      onComplete: (rows) => {
+        /* eslint-disable no-sparse-arrays */
+        expect(toJson(rows)).toEqual([
+          [,,,, [1, 2, 3]],
+          [,,,, null],
+          [,,,, null],
+          [,,,, [1, 2, 3]],
+          [,,,, [1, 2]],
+        ])
+      },
+    })
+  })
 })