diff --git a/src/glua.gleam b/src/glua.gleam
index d9715a1..4bbf961 100644
--- a/src/glua.gleam
+++ b/src/glua.gleam
@@ -541,10 +541,19 @@ pub fn table(values: List(#(Value, Value))) -> Action(Value, e) {
   Ok(do_table(values, state) |> pair.swap)
 }
 
+pub fn table_list(values: List(Value)) -> Action(Value, e) {
+  let #(_idx, values) =
+    list.map_fold(values, 1, fn(acc, val) { #(acc + 1, #(int(acc), val)) })
+
+  table(values)
+}
+
 @external(erlang, "luerl_heap", "alloc_table")
 fn do_table(values: List(#(Value, Value)), lua: Lua) -> #(Value, Lua)
 
 /// A decoder for list-style Lua tables.
+/// This decoder works similarly to ipairs in the sense that it stops
+/// when there is a gap in the table list.
 ///
 /// ## Examples
 ///
@@ -555,10 +564,25 @@ fn do_table(values: List(#(Value, Value)), lua: Lua) -> #(Value, Lua)
 /// |> glua.run(glua.new(), _)
 /// // -> Ok([1, 2, 3])
 /// ```
+///
+/// ```gleam
+/// glua.eval("return { [1] = 'a', [2] = 'b', [4] = 'd'}")
+/// |> glua.try(list.first)
+/// |> glua.returning(glua.table_list_decoder(decode.string))
+/// |> glua.run(glua.new(), _)
+/// // -> Ok(["a", "b"])
+/// ```
 pub fn table_list_decoder(
   inner decoder: decode.Decoder(a),
 ) -> decode.Decoder(List(a)) {
-  decode.dict(decode.int, decoder) |> decode.map(dict.values)
+  decode.dict(decode.int, decoder) |> decode.map(list_loop(_, [], 1))
+}
+
+fn list_loop(dict: dict.Dict(Int, a), acc: List(a), idx: Int) {
+  case dict.get(dict, idx) {
+    Ok(it) -> list_loop(dict, [it, ..acc], idx + 1)
+    Error(Nil) -> list.reverse(acc)
+  }
 }
 
 /// Encodes a Gleam function into a Lua function.
diff --git a/test/glua_test.gleam b/test/glua_test.gleam
index d4f7d80..157e3f7 100644
--- a/test/glua_test.gleam
+++ b/test/glua_test.gleam
@@ -42,6 +42,57 @@ pub fn get_table_test() {
   let assert Ok(_) = glua.run(glua.new(), action)
 }
 
+pub fn table_list_test() {
+  let list =
+    glua.eval("return { [1] = 'a', [2] = 'b', [4] = 'd'}")
+    |> glua.try(list.first)
+    |> glua.returning(glua.table_list_decoder(decode.string))
+    |> glua.run(glua.new(), _)
+  assert list == Ok(["a", "b"])
+
+  let list = ["foo", "bar", "baz", "qux"]
+  let assert Ok(Nil) =
+    glua.run(glua.new(), {
+      use val <- glua.then(glua.table_list(list |> list.map(glua.string)))
+      use decoded <- glua.then(glua.dereference(
+        val,
+        glua.table_list_decoder(decode.string),
+      ))
+      assert list == decoded
+      use decoded <- glua.then(glua.dereference(
+        val,
+        decode.dict(decode.int, decode.string),
+      ))
+      assert dict.to_list(decoded)
+        == [#(1, "foo"), #(2, "bar"), #(3, "baz"), #(4, "qux")]
+      glua.success(Nil)
+    })
+}
+
+pub fn table_list_edge_test() {
+  let values =
+    [
+      #(-1, "qux"),
+      #(1, "foo"),
+      #(2, "bar"),
+      #(4, "baz"),
+      #(-123, "red herring"),
+    ]
+    |> list.map(pair.map_first(_, glua.int))
+    |> list.map(pair.map_second(_, glua.string))
+
+  let assert Ok(Nil) =
+    glua.run(glua.new(), {
+      use val <- glua.then(glua.table(values))
+      use decoded <- glua.then(glua.dereference(
+        val,
+        glua.table_list_decoder(decode.string),
+      ))
+      assert decoded == ["foo", "bar"]
+      glua.success(Nil)
+    })
+}
+
 pub fn sandbox_test() {
   let assert Ok(lua) = glua.sandbox(glua.new(), ["math", "max"])
   let args = list.map([20, 10], glua.int)