diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/api.ts b/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
index 756f3686e41e5..de94171d3d311 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import {
     IntegrationType,
     MediaUploadResponse,
     NewEarlyAccessFeatureType,
+    NotebookListItemType,
     NotebookNodeResource,
     NotebookType,
     OrganizationFeatureFlags,
@@ -1596,7 +1597,7 @@ const api = {
                 offset?: number
                 limit?: number
             } = {}
-        ): Promise<CountedPaginatedResponse<NotebookType>> {
+        ): Promise<CountedPaginatedResponse<NotebookListItemType>> {
             // TODO attrs could be a union of types like NotebookNodeRecordingAttributes
             const apiRequest = new ApiRequest().notebooks()
             const { contains, ...queryParams } = objectClean(params)
diff --git a/posthog/api/notebook.py b/posthog/api/notebook.py
index 42f7dd3e7b7c4..12faffa975ba4 100644
--- a/posthog/api/notebook.py
+++ b/posthog/api/notebook.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Any
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Any, Type
 from django.db.models import Q
 import structlog
 from django.db import transaction
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.decorators import action
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
+from rest_framework.serializers import BaseSerializer
 
 from posthog.api.forbid_destroy_model import ForbidDestroyModel
 from posthog.api.routing import StructuredViewSetMixin
@@ -76,7 +77,26 @@ def log_notebook_activity(
     )
 
 
-class NotebookSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+class NotebookMinimalSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    created_by = UserBasicSerializer(read_only=True)
+    last_modified_by = UserBasicSerializer(read_only=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Notebook
+        fields = [
+            "id",
+            "short_id",
+            "title",
+            "deleted",
+            "created_at",
+            "created_by",
+            "last_modified_at",
+            "last_modified_by",
+        ]
+        read_only_fields = fields
+
+
+class NotebookSerializer(NotebookMinimalSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = Notebook
         fields = [
@@ -101,9 +121,6 @@ class Meta:
             "last_modified_by",
         ]
 
-    created_by = UserBasicSerializer(read_only=True)
-    last_modified_by = UserBasicSerializer(read_only=True)
-
     def create(self, validated_data: Dict, *args, **kwargs) -> Notebook:
         request = self.context["request"]
         team = self.context["get_team"]()
@@ -223,7 +240,6 @@ def update(self, instance: Notebook, validated_data: Dict, **kwargs) -> Notebook
 )
 class NotebookViewSet(StructuredViewSetMixin, ForbidDestroyModel, viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     queryset = Notebook.objects.all()
-    serializer_class = NotebookSerializer
     permission_classes = [
         IsAuthenticated,
         ProjectMembershipNecessaryPermissions,
@@ -235,6 +251,9 @@ class NotebookViewSet(StructuredViewSetMixin, ForbidDestroyModel, viewsets.Model
     include_in_docs = DEBUG
     lookup_field = "short_id"
 
+    def get_serializer_class(self) -> Type[BaseSerializer]:
+        return NotebookMinimalSerializer if self.action == "list" else NotebookSerializer
+
     def get_queryset(self) -> QuerySet:
         queryset = super().get_queryset()