diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/parquet.hpp b/cpp/src/io/parquet/parquet.hpp
index b5f36ca713f..48c7e2fca57 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/parquet.hpp
+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/parquet.hpp
@@ -180,11 +180,14 @@ struct SchemaElement {
   // https://github.com/apache/parquet-cpp/blob/642da05/src/parquet/schema.h#L49-L50
   // One-level LIST encoding: Only allows required lists with required cells:
   //   repeated value_type name
-  [[nodiscard]] bool is_one_level_list() const
+  [[nodiscard]] bool is_one_level_list(SchemaElement const& parent) const
   {
-    return repetition_type == REPEATED and num_children == 0;
+    return repetition_type == REPEATED and num_children == 0 and not parent.is_list();
   }
 
+  // returns true if the element is a list
+  [[nodiscard]] bool is_list() const { return converted_type == LIST; }
+
   // in parquet terms, a group is a level of nesting in the schema. a group
   // can be a struct or a list
   [[nodiscard]] bool is_struct() const
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp b/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp
index a3c89c3beda..1f70a7afdfe 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ aggregate_reader_metadata::select_columns(std::optional<std::vector<std::string>
       }
 
       // if we're at the root, this is a new output column
-      auto const col_type = schema_elem.is_one_level_list()
+      auto const col_type = schema_elem.is_one_level_list(get_schema(schema_elem.parent_idx))
                               ? type_id::LIST
                               : to_type_id(schema_elem, strings_to_categorical, timestamp_type_id);
       auto const dtype    = to_data_type(col_type, schema_elem);
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ aggregate_reader_metadata::select_columns(std::optional<std::vector<std::string>
           input_column_info{schema_idx, schema_elem.name, schema_elem.max_repetition_level > 0});
 
         // set up child output column for one-level encoding list
-        if (schema_elem.is_one_level_list()) {
+        if (schema_elem.is_one_level_list(get_schema(schema_elem.parent_idx))) {
           // determine the element data type
           auto const element_type =
             to_type_id(schema_elem, strings_to_categorical, timestamp_type_id);
@@ -486,7 +486,9 @@ aggregate_reader_metadata::select_columns(std::optional<std::vector<std::string>
         std::copy(nesting.cbegin(), nesting.cend(), std::back_inserter(input_col.nesting));
 
         // pop off the extra nesting element.
-        if (schema_elem.is_one_level_list()) { nesting.pop_back(); }
+        if (schema_elem.is_one_level_list(get_schema(schema_elem.parent_idx))) {
+          nesting.pop_back();
+        }
 
         path_is_valid = true;  // If we're able to reach leaf then path is valid
       }
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.hpp b/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.hpp
index cdc5896803c..748f0164244 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.hpp
+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.hpp
@@ -129,11 +129,12 @@ class aggregate_reader_metadata {
 
     // walk upwards, skipping repeated fields
     while (schema_index > 0) {
-      if (!pfm.schema[schema_index].is_stub()) { depth++; }
+      auto const& elm = pfm.schema[schema_index];
+      if (!elm.is_stub()) { depth++; }
       // schema of one-level encoding list doesn't contain nesting information, so we need to
       // manually add an extra nesting level
-      if (pfm.schema[schema_index].is_one_level_list()) { depth++; }
-      schema_index = pfm.schema[schema_index].parent_idx;
+      if (elm.is_one_level_list(pfm.schema[elm.parent_idx])) { depth++; }
+      schema_index = elm.parent_idx;
     }
     return depth;
   }
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_preprocess.cu b/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_preprocess.cu
index bcb02466a68..14aaec48b2b 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_preprocess.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_preprocess.cu
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ void generate_depth_remappings(std::map<int, std::pair<std::vector<int>, std::ve
           shallowest = cur_schema.is_stub() ? cur_depth + 1 : cur_depth;
         }
         // if it's one-level encoding list
-        else if (cur_schema.is_one_level_list()) {
+        else if (cur_schema.is_one_level_list(md.get_schema(cur_schema.parent_idx))) {
           shallowest = cur_depth - 1;
         }
         if (!cur_schema.is_stub()) { cur_depth--; }
diff --git a/cpp/tests/io/parquet_test.cpp b/cpp/tests/io/parquet_test.cpp
index 406471917ec..8662e1d5bd0 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/io/parquet_test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/io/parquet_test.cpp
@@ -5376,4 +5376,64 @@ TEST_F(ParquetWriterTest, UserNullabilityInvalid)
   EXPECT_THROW(cudf::io::write_parquet(write_opts), cudf::logic_error);
 }
 
+TEST_F(ParquetReaderTest, SingleLevelLists)
+{
+  unsigned char list_bytes[] = {
+    0x50, 0x41, 0x52, 0x31, 0x15, 0x00, 0x15, 0x28, 0x15, 0x28, 0x15, 0xa7, 0xce, 0x91, 0x8c, 0x06,
+    0x1c, 0x15, 0x04, 0x15, 0x00, 0x15, 0x06, 0x15, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03,
+    0x02, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x15,
+    0x02, 0x19, 0x3c, 0x48, 0x0c, 0x73, 0x70, 0x61, 0x72, 0x6b, 0x5f, 0x73, 0x63, 0x68, 0x65, 0x6d,
+    0x61, 0x15, 0x02, 0x00, 0x35, 0x00, 0x18, 0x01, 0x66, 0x15, 0x02, 0x15, 0x06, 0x4c, 0x3c, 0x00,
+    0x00, 0x00, 0x15, 0x02, 0x25, 0x04, 0x18, 0x05, 0x61, 0x72, 0x72, 0x61, 0x79, 0x00, 0x16, 0x02,
+    0x19, 0x1c, 0x19, 0x1c, 0x26, 0x08, 0x1c, 0x15, 0x02, 0x19, 0x25, 0x00, 0x06, 0x19, 0x28, 0x01,
+    0x66, 0x05, 0x61, 0x72, 0x72, 0x61, 0x79, 0x15, 0x00, 0x16, 0x04, 0x16, 0x56, 0x16, 0x56, 0x26,
+    0x08, 0x3c, 0x18, 0x04, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x16, 0x00,
+    0x28, 0x04, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x19, 0x1c, 0x15,
+    0x00, 0x15, 0x00, 0x15, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x16, 0x56, 0x16, 0x02, 0x26, 0x08, 0x16, 0x56,
+    0x14, 0x00, 0x00, 0x28, 0x13, 0x52, 0x41, 0x50, 0x49, 0x44, 0x53, 0x20, 0x53, 0x70, 0x61, 0x72,
+    0x6b, 0x20, 0x50, 0x6c, 0x75, 0x67, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x19, 0x1c, 0x1c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x9f, 0x00,
+    0x00, 0x00, 0x50, 0x41, 0x52, 0x31};
+
+  // read single level list reproducing parquet file
+  cudf::io::parquet_reader_options read_opts = cudf::io::parquet_reader_options::builder(
+    cudf::io::source_info{reinterpret_cast<const char*>(list_bytes), sizeof(list_bytes)});
+  auto table = cudf::io::read_parquet(read_opts);
+
+  auto const c0 = table.tbl->get_column(0);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(c0.type().id() == cudf::type_id::LIST);
+
+  auto const lc    = cudf::lists_column_view(c0);
+  auto const child = lc.child();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(child.type().id() == cudf::type_id::INT32);
+}
+
+TEST_F(ParquetReaderTest, ChunkedSingleLevelLists)
+{
+  unsigned char list_bytes[] = {
+    0x50, 0x41, 0x52, 0x31, 0x15, 0x00, 0x15, 0x28, 0x15, 0x28, 0x15, 0xa7, 0xce, 0x91, 0x8c, 0x06,
+    0x1c, 0x15, 0x04, 0x15, 0x00, 0x15, 0x06, 0x15, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03,
+    0x02, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x15,
+    0x02, 0x19, 0x3c, 0x48, 0x0c, 0x73, 0x70, 0x61, 0x72, 0x6b, 0x5f, 0x73, 0x63, 0x68, 0x65, 0x6d,
+    0x61, 0x15, 0x02, 0x00, 0x35, 0x00, 0x18, 0x01, 0x66, 0x15, 0x02, 0x15, 0x06, 0x4c, 0x3c, 0x00,
+    0x00, 0x00, 0x15, 0x02, 0x25, 0x04, 0x18, 0x05, 0x61, 0x72, 0x72, 0x61, 0x79, 0x00, 0x16, 0x02,
+    0x19, 0x1c, 0x19, 0x1c, 0x26, 0x08, 0x1c, 0x15, 0x02, 0x19, 0x25, 0x00, 0x06, 0x19, 0x28, 0x01,
+    0x66, 0x05, 0x61, 0x72, 0x72, 0x61, 0x79, 0x15, 0x00, 0x16, 0x04, 0x16, 0x56, 0x16, 0x56, 0x26,
+    0x08, 0x3c, 0x18, 0x04, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x16, 0x00,
+    0x28, 0x04, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x19, 0x1c, 0x15,
+    0x00, 0x15, 0x00, 0x15, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x16, 0x56, 0x16, 0x02, 0x26, 0x08, 0x16, 0x56,
+    0x14, 0x00, 0x00, 0x28, 0x13, 0x52, 0x41, 0x50, 0x49, 0x44, 0x53, 0x20, 0x53, 0x70, 0x61, 0x72,
+    0x6b, 0x20, 0x50, 0x6c, 0x75, 0x67, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x19, 0x1c, 0x1c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x9f, 0x00,
+    0x00, 0x00, 0x50, 0x41, 0x52, 0x31};
+
+  auto reader = cudf::io::chunked_parquet_reader(
+    1L << 31,
+    cudf::io::parquet_reader_options::builder(
+      cudf::io::source_info{reinterpret_cast<const char*>(list_bytes), sizeof(list_bytes)}));
+  int iterations = 0;
+  while (reader.has_next() && iterations < 10) {
+    auto chunk = reader.read_chunk();
+  }
+  EXPECT_TRUE(iterations < 10);
+}
+
 CUDF_TEST_PROGRAM_MAIN()
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/data/parquet/one_level_list3.parquet b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/data/parquet/one_level_list3.parquet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..788e2c05743
Binary files /dev/null and b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/data/parquet/one_level_list3.parquet differ
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_parquet.py b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_parquet.py
index c24ff080033..0ab5d35f9f8 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_parquet.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_parquet.py
@@ -2573,6 +2573,20 @@ def postprocess(val):
     assert_eq(expect, got, check_dtype=False)
 
 
+# testing a specific bug-fix/edge case.
+# specifically:  in a parquet file containing a particular way of representing
+#                a list column in a schema, the cudf reader was confusing
+#                nesting information and building a list of list of int instead
+#                of a list of int
+def test_parquet_reader_one_level_list3(datadir):
+    fname = datadir / "one_level_list3.parquet"
+
+    expect = pd.read_parquet(fname)
+    got = cudf.read_parquet(fname)
+
+    assert_eq(expect, got, check_dtype=True)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("size_bytes", [4_000_000, 1_000_000, 600_000])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("size_rows", [1_000_000, 100_000, 10_000])
 def test_to_parquet_row_group_size(