diff --git a/src/main/java/org/websoso/WSSServer/repository/NovelCustomRepositoryImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/websoso/WSSServer/repository/NovelCustomRepositoryImpl.java
index 8c2b3f4a..3ca26356 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/websoso/WSSServer/repository/NovelCustomRepositoryImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/websoso/WSSServer/repository/NovelCustomRepositoryImpl.java
@@ -34,11 +34,10 @@ public class NovelCustomRepositoryImpl implements NovelCustomRepository {
     private final JPAQueryFactory jpaQueryFactory;
 
     @Override
-    public Page<Novel> findSearchedNovels(Pageable pageable, String query) {
-        String searchQuery = query.replaceAll("\\s+", "");
+    public Page<Novel> findSearchedNovels(Pageable pageable, String searchQuery) {
 
-        BooleanExpression titleContainsQuery = getSpaceRemovedString(novel.title).containsIgnoreCase(searchQuery);
-        BooleanExpression authorContainsQuery = getSpaceRemovedString(novel.author).containsIgnoreCase(searchQuery);
+        BooleanExpression titleContainsQuery = getCleanedString(novel.title).containsIgnoreCase(searchQuery);
+        BooleanExpression authorContainsQuery = getCleanedString(novel.author).containsIgnoreCase(searchQuery);
 
         List<Novel> novelsByTitle = jpaQueryFactory
                 .selectFrom(novel)
@@ -67,9 +66,9 @@ public Page<Novel> findSearchedNovels(Pageable pageable, String query) {
         return new PageImpl<>(result.subList(start, end), pageable, total);
     }
 
-    private StringTemplate getSpaceRemovedString(StringPath stringPath) {
+    private StringTemplate getCleanedString(StringPath stringPath) {
         return Expressions.stringTemplate(
-                "REPLACE(REPLACE({0}, ' ', ''), CHAR(9), '')",
+                "CAST(REGEXP_REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE({0}, ' ', ''), CHAR(9), ''), '[^a-zA-Z0-9가-힣]', '') AS STRING)",
                 stringPath
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/websoso/WSSServer/service/NovelService.java b/src/main/java/org/websoso/WSSServer/service/NovelService.java
index 646372bc..3d4e1de7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/websoso/WSSServer/service/NovelService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/websoso/WSSServer/service/NovelService.java
@@ -280,12 +280,13 @@ public FilteredNovelsGetResponse getFilteredNovels(List<String> genreNames, Bool
     @Transactional(readOnly = true)
     public SearchedNovelsGetResponse searchNovels(String query, int page, int size) {
         PageRequest pageRequest = PageRequest.of(page, size);
+        String searchQuery = query.replaceAll("\\s+", "").replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9가-힣]", "");
 
-        if (query.isBlank()) {
+        if (searchQuery.isBlank()) {
             return SearchedNovelsGetResponse.of(0L, false, Collections.emptyList());
         }
 
-        Page<Novel> novels = novelRepository.findSearchedNovels(pageRequest, query);
+        Page<Novel> novels = novelRepository.findSearchedNovels(pageRequest, searchQuery);
 
         List<NovelGetResponsePreview> novelGetResponsePreviews = novels.stream()
                 .map(this::convertToDTO)