diff --git a/src/xlsb/mod.rs b/src/xlsb/mod.rs
index d5d93a59..cab7ab54 100644
--- a/src/xlsb/mod.rs
+++ b/src/xlsb/mod.rs
@@ -340,7 +340,11 @@ impl<RS: Read + Seek> Xlsb<RS> {
                     }
                 }
                 0x0090 => break, // BrtEndBundleShs
-                _ => (),
+                _ => {
+                    // Consume the body of any unmatched workbook-global record
+                    // to avoid reading its trailing bytes in the next read.
+                    let _ = iter.fill_buffer(&mut buf)?;
+                }
             }
             buf.clear();
         }
diff --git a/tests/issue_666_lost_sheets.xlsb b/tests/issue_666_lost_sheets.xlsb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ce3891c
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diff --git a/tests/issue_666_panic.xlsb b/tests/issue_666_panic.xlsb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..486242ba
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diff --git a/tests/test.rs b/tests/test.rs
index 2e3b1dba..abdb83e6 100644
--- a/tests/test.rs
+++ b/tests/test.rs
@@ -3550,6 +3550,27 @@ fn test_whitespace_trim_shared_strings() {
     );
 }
 
+// An unmatched workbook-global record whose body is left unconsumed desyncs the
+// BIFF12 record stream: the next `read_type()` misreads the record's size-varint
+// bytes as the next record id. Both fixtures hold a single "Sheet1" worksheet
+// preceded by such a record; without consuming its body the sheet is either lost
+// or the reader panics. See issue #666.
+#[test]
+fn test_xlsb_unmatched_workbook_record_does_not_lose_sheet() {
+    // The unmatched record's body size varint starts with `0x90`, which the
+    // desynced reader misreads as `BrtEndBundleShs` and stops before any sheet.
+    let xlsb: Xlsb<_> = wb("issue_666_lost_sheets.xlsb");
+    assert_eq!(xlsb.sheet_names(), vec!["Sheet1".to_string()]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_xlsb_unmatched_workbook_record_does_not_panic() {
+    // The unmatched record's body size varint starts with `0x9C`, which the
+    // desynced reader misreads as `BrtBundleSh` and decodes from an empty buffer.
+    let xlsb: Xlsb<_> = wb("issue_666_panic.xlsb");
+    assert_eq!(xlsb.sheet_names(), vec!["Sheet1".to_string()]);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn too_small_xls() {
     let path = test_path("too_small.xls");