Favorite books #1130

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-04T23:53:28+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 23:53:28 +03:00

Originally created by @TommiieeSV on GitHub (Apr 8, 2019).

Hi,

We've been trying out BookStack with our team some time now and it's great!

On the Books page, on the left there's a bar that shows Recently Viewed books, Popular Books and New Books. We'd like an option to 'Favorite' specific books (user-dependent), so users are able to quickly find books they read often. The Books page would then get an extra section (preferably on the top) that would show Books you favorited as a user.

Arguably the books would appear in Recently Viewed, but that would depend on not reading (too much) other books.

Originally created by @TommiieeSV on GitHub (Apr 8, 2019). Hi, We've been trying out BookStack with our team some time now and it's great! On the Books page, on the left there's a bar that shows Recently Viewed books, Popular Books and New Books. We'd like an option to 'Favorite' specific books (user-dependent), so users are able to quickly find books they read often. The Books page would then get an extra section (preferably on the top) that would show Books you favorited as a user. Arguably the books would appear in Recently Viewed, but that would depend on not reading (too much) other books.

OVERLORD added the 🛠️ Enhancement 🔨 Feature Request labels 2026-02-04 23:53:28 +03:00

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2026-02-04 23:53:32 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 23:53:36 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Apr 8, 2019):

Thanks for the feedback @TommiieeSV.

The possibility to have personal favorite items would be a good idea.
This is related to #505.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Apr 8, 2019): Thanks for the feedback @TommiieeSV. The possibility to have personal favorite items would be a good idea. This is related to #505.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 23:53:42 +03:00

@venkat0304 commented on GitHub (Apr 11, 2020):

Favorite would be a great feature. If you can make the 'love icon' visible on the books cover and user click that icon so that particular book will be bookmarked .. something like that :)

@venkat0304 commented on GitHub (Apr 11, 2020): Favorite would be a great feature. If you can make the 'love icon' visible on the books cover and user click that icon so that particular book will be bookmarked .. something like that :)

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 23:53:49 +03:00

@szczz commented on GitHub (Apr 17, 2020):

Heres a v0.29.0 fork with page favorites. This was quickly adapted from a hastily built favorite system for v0.25.1, which was only used internally. I can expand this to include chapters and books if desired.

https://github.com/Zerbz/BookStack-v0.29.0-With-Favorites

@szczz commented on GitHub (Apr 17, 2020): Heres a v0.29.0 fork with page favorites. This was quickly adapted from a hastily built favorite system for v0.25.1, which was only used internally. I can expand this to include chapters and books if desired. https://github.com/Zerbz/BookStack-v0.29.0-With-Favorites

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 23:53:58 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2020):

I've just opened #2063 to gather feedback on the naming of such a feature similar to that which has been requested here.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2020): I've just opened #2063 to gather feedback on the naming of such a feature similar to that which has been requested here.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 23:54:00 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 23, 2021):

An implementation of a favourites system, which would apply to books, chapters, shelves and pages, has now been added in #2748 ready for the next feature release.

Thanks again @TommiieeSV for the suggestion.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 23, 2021): An implementation of a favourites system, which would apply to books, chapters, shelves and pages, has now been added in #2748 ready for the next feature release. Thanks again @TommiieeSV for the suggestion.

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