diff --git a/semhash/records.py b/semhash/records.py
index 0835606..5067cd6 100644
--- a/semhash/records.py
+++ b/semhash/records.py
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ def prepare_records(
         dict_records_typed: list[dict[str, Any]] = list(records)
         dict_records = []
         for record in dict_records_typed:
-            coerced: dict[str, Any] = {}
+            # Start with a copy of the full record to preserve non-embedding fields
+            coerced: dict[str, Any] = dict(record)
+            # Then coerce only the embedding columns
             for column in columns:
                 val = record.get(column)
                 if val is None:
diff --git a/semhash/semhash.py b/semhash/semhash.py
index e866bc4..5f7e2a3 100644
--- a/semhash/semhash.py
+++ b/semhash/semhash.py
@@ -312,12 +312,14 @@ def _validate_if_strings(self, records: Sequence[dict[str, Any] | str]) -> list[
 
         dict_records: Sequence[dict[str, Any]] = records  # type: ignore[assignment]
         result: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
-        for r in dict_records:
-            out = {}
-            for c in self.columns:
-                if (val := r.get(c)) is None:
-                    raise ValueError(f"Column '{c}' has None value in record {r}")
-                out[c] = coerce_value(val)
+        for record in dict_records:
+            # Start with a copy of the full record to preserve non-embedding fields
+            out = dict(record)
+            # Then coerce only the embedding columns
+            for col in self.columns:
+                if (val := record.get(col)) is None:
+                    raise ValueError(f"Column '{col}' has None value in record {record}")
+                out[col] = coerce_value(val)
             result.append(out)
         return result
 
diff --git a/semhash/version.py b/semhash/version.py
index 9dbcf97..f05245b 100644
--- a/semhash/version.py
+++ b/semhash/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version_triple__ = (0, 4, 0)  # pragma: no cover
+__version_triple__ = (0, 4, 1)  # pragma: no cover
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, __version_triple__))  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/tests/test_semhash.py b/tests/test_semhash.py
index 55119fd..6baf030 100644
--- a/tests/test_semhash.py
+++ b/tests/test_semhash.py
@@ -298,6 +298,41 @@ def test_from_records_edge_cases(model: Encoder) -> None:
         SemHash.from_records([{"text": "apple"}, {"text": None}], columns=["text"], model=model)
 
 
+def test_preserve_non_embedding_fields(model: Encoder) -> None:
+    """Test that fields not specified in columns are preserved in results."""
+    records = [
+        {"id": 0, "text": "triforce", "metadata": "game1"},
+        {"id": 1, "text": "master sword", "metadata": "game2"},
+        {"id": 2, "text": "hylian shield", "metadata": "game3"},
+    ]
+    semhash = SemHash.from_records(records, columns=["text"], model=model)
+
+    # Test self_deduplicate preserves non-embedding fields
+    result = semhash.self_deduplicate(threshold=0.9)
+    assert len(result.selected) == 3, "All records should be unique"
+
+    # All results should have id and metadata fields preserved
+    for record in result.selected:
+        assert "id" in record, "id field should be preserved"
+        assert "text" in record, "text field should be preserved"
+        assert "metadata" in record, "metadata field should be preserved"
+
+    # Check specific values are correct
+    ids = {r["id"] for r in result.selected}
+    assert ids == {0, 1, 2}, "All id values should be preserved"
+
+    metadatas = {r["metadata"] for r in result.selected}
+    assert metadatas == {"game1", "game2", "game3"}, "All metadata values should be preserved"
+
+    # Test that cross-dataset deduplication also preserves fields
+    new_records = [{"id": 10, "text": "triforce", "metadata": "duplicate"}]
+    dup_result = semhash.deduplicate(new_records, threshold=0.9)
+
+    assert len(dup_result.filtered) == 1, "Should detect duplicate"
+    assert "id" in dup_result.filtered[0].record, "id should be preserved in filtered records"
+    assert dup_result.filtered[0].record["id"] == 10, "Correct id value"
+
+
 def test_deduplicate_edge_cases(model: Encoder) -> None:
     """Test deduplicate() edge cases: coercion, None rejection, empty records, type mismatches."""
     semhash = SemHash.from_records(["1", "2", "3"], model=model)