diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/view/book-browser.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/view/book-browser.svelte
index 665a744..3658ab0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/view/book-browser.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/view/book-browser.svelte
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 	import FilterButton from './filter-button.svelte';
 	import SortButton from './sort-button.svelte';
 	import ViewToggle from './view-toggle.svelte';
+	import PresetChips from './preset-chips.svelte';
 	import BookTable from './book-table.svelte';
+	import BookRows from './book-rows.svelte';
 	import BatchOperationsToolbar from './batch-operations-toolbar.svelte';
 	import { getBookCollectionState } from '$lib/state/bookCollection.svelte';
 	import { getBookSelectionState } from '$lib/state/bookSelection.svelte';
@@ -22,7 +24,6 @@
 	const bookCollection = getBookCollectionState();
 	const bookOps = getBookOperationsState();
 
-	let view = $state('grid');
 	let sentinel = $state<HTMLElement>();
 	let scrollContainer = $state<HTMLElement | null>(null);
 
@@ -66,7 +67,14 @@
 				<div class="top-0 z-1 mb-4 flex h-12 w-full rounded-lg border bg-sidebar px-5">
 					<div class="flex w-full items-center py-2">
 						{#if !selectionState.selectionModeActive}
-							<ViewToggle bind:view />
+							<ViewToggle
+								value={bookCollection.view}
+								onValueChange={(next) => bookCollection.setView(next)}
+							/>
+
+							<div class="mx-4 min-w-0 flex-1">
+								<PresetChips />
+							</div>
 
 							<div class="ml-auto">
 								<SortButton />
@@ -92,8 +100,10 @@
 					</div>
 				{:else if bookCollection.books.length > 0}
 					<ScrollArea bind:viewportRef={scrollContainer} orientation="both" class="h-[calc(100vh-11rem)] w-full px-5 pb-5">
-						{#if view === 'grid'}
+						{#if bookCollection.view === 'grid'}
 							<BookGrid books={bookCollection.books} />
+						{:else if bookCollection.view === 'list'}
+							<BookRows books={bookCollection.books} />
 						{:else}
 							<BookTable books={bookCollection.books} />
 						{/if}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/view/view-toggle.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/view/view-toggle.svelte
index c54d372..dca2b06 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/view/view-toggle.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/view/view-toggle.svelte
@@ -1,40 +1,54 @@
-<script>
+<script lang="ts">
 	import * as Tooltip from '$lib/components/ui/tooltip/index';
 	import * as ToggleGroup from '$lib/components/ui/toggle-group/index';
+	import { BOOK_VIEWS, type BookView } from '$lib/state/bookCollection.svelte';
 
-	import { List, LayoutGrid } from '@lucide/svelte';
+	import { List, LayoutGrid, Table } from '@lucide/svelte';
 
-	let { view = $bindable(), class: className = '' } = $props();
+	/**
+	 * Controlled rather than bound: the parent writes the URL when the view
+	 * changes, and a callback keeps that write next to the intent instead of
+	 * needing an effect that also fires on the initial assignment.
+	 */
+	let {
+		value,
+		onValueChange,
+		class: className = ''
+	}: {
+		value: BookView;
+		onValueChange: (view: BookView) => void;
+		class?: string;
+	} = $props();
+
+	const ICONS = { grid: LayoutGrid, list: List, table: Table };
+	const LABELS = { grid: 'Grid view', list: 'List view', table: 'Table view' };
 </script>
 
-<ToggleGroup.Root type="single" bind:value={view} class={className}>
-	<Tooltip.Provider>
-		<Tooltip.Root>
-			<Tooltip.Trigger>
-				{#snippet child({ props })}
-					<ToggleGroup.Item value="grid" aria-label="Toggle grid view" {...props}>
-						<LayoutGrid class="size-4" />
-					</ToggleGroup.Item>
-				{/snippet}
-			</Tooltip.Trigger>
-			<Tooltip.Content>
-				<p>Grid view</p>
-			</Tooltip.Content>
-		</Tooltip.Root>
-	</Tooltip.Provider>
-
-	<Tooltip.Provider>
-		<Tooltip.Root>
-			<Tooltip.Trigger>
-				{#snippet child({ props })}
-					<ToggleGroup.Item value="list" aria-label="Toggle list view" {...props}>
-						<List class="size-4" />
-					</ToggleGroup.Item>
-				{/snippet}
-			</Tooltip.Trigger>
-			<Tooltip.Content>
-				<p>List view</p>
-			</Tooltip.Content>
-		</Tooltip.Root>
-	</Tooltip.Provider>
+<ToggleGroup.Root
+	type="single"
+	{value}
+	onValueChange={(next) => {
+		// The group emits '' when the active item is pressed again; keep the
+		// current view rather than leaving the browser with nothing to render.
+		if (next) onValueChange(next as BookView);
+	}}
+	class={className}
+>
+	{#each BOOK_VIEWS as view (view)}
+		{@const Icon = ICONS[view]}
+		<Tooltip.Provider>
+			<Tooltip.Root ignoreNonKeyboardFocus>
+				<Tooltip.Trigger>
+					{#snippet child({ props })}
+						<ToggleGroup.Item value={view} aria-label={LABELS[view]} {...props}>
+							<Icon class="size-4" />
+						</ToggleGroup.Item>
+					{/snippet}
+				</Tooltip.Trigger>
+				<Tooltip.Content side="bottom">
+					<p>{LABELS[view]}</p>
+				</Tooltip.Content>
+			</Tooltip.Root>
+		</Tooltip.Provider>
+	{/each}
 </ToggleGroup.Root>
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/state/bookCollection.svelte.ts b/frontend/src/lib/state/bookCollection.svelte.ts
index 8064db6..8622564 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/state/bookCollection.svelte.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/state/bookCollection.svelte.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,22 @@ import { goto, pushState, replaceState } from '$app/navigation';
 import type { Book, DynamicFilterData, FilterOption, PaginatedResponse } from '$lib/schema';
 import { page } from '$app/state';
 import { BookOperationsState } from './bookOperations.svelte';
+import type { BookPreset } from '$lib/presets';
+
+/** The browse views, shared with view-toggle.svelte so the two cannot drift. */
+export const BOOK_VIEWS = ['grid', 'list', 'table'] as const;
+
+export type BookView = (typeof BOOK_VIEWS)[number];
+
+/** Anything unrecognised falls back to grid rather than blanking the page. */
+export function parseView(value: string | null | undefined): BookView {
+	return BOOK_VIEWS.includes(value as BookView) ? (value as BookView) : 'grid';
+}
 
 export class BookCollectionState {
 	public sortOrder = $state<string>('');
 	public orderBy = $state<string>('');
+	public view = $state<BookView>('grid');
 	public filters = $state<Record<string, string[]>>({});
 
 	readonly hasActiveSort = $derived(this.orderBy !== 'title' || this.sortOrder !== 'asc');
@@ -58,6 +70,10 @@ export class BookCollectionState {
 		this.orderBy = page.url.searchParams.get('orderBy') || 'title';
 		this.sortOrder = page.url.searchParams.get('sortOrder') || 'asc';
 
+		// Read during SSR too, so a shared ?view=table link renders the table on
+		// the server rather than flashing the grid first.
+		this.view = parseView(page.url.searchParams.get('view'));
+
 		// Construct initial filters based on the page data
 		this.filters = {
 			authors: page.url.searchParams.getAll('authors'),
@@ -68,6 +84,24 @@ export class BookCollectionState {
 		};
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Shallow routing: replaceState updates the URL and page.url without running
+	 * any load function. Switching view changes presentation only, so it must not
+	 * take the updateSearchParams path — that calls goto() and refetches the list.
+	 *
+	 * replaceState rather than pushState because a view is a preference, not a
+	 * destination; Back should leave the page, not step through view changes.
+	 */
+	setView(next: BookView) {
+		if (next === this.view) return;
+
+		this.view = next;
+
+		const url = new URL(page.url);
+		url.searchParams.set('view', next);
+		replaceState(url, page.state);
+	}
+
 	updateSort(sortValue: string) {
 		if (sortValue === this.orderBy) {
 			this.sortOrder = this.sortOrder === 'asc' ? 'desc' : 'asc';
@@ -209,6 +243,54 @@ export class BookCollectionState {
 		this.updateSearchParams();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * A preset is a whole view, not an extra filter — applying one replaces the
+	 * filters and the sort. Accumulating them instead produces empty results the
+	 * moment two overlap (Reading plus Unread returns nothing) with no visible
+	 * reason why.
+	 */
+	applyPreset(preset: BookPreset) {
+		Object.values(this.filters).forEach((val) => (val.length = 0));
+
+		for (const [key, values] of Object.entries(preset.filters)) {
+			this.filters[key] = [...values];
+		}
+
+		this.orderBy = preset.orderBy ?? 'title';
+		this.sortOrder = preset.sortOrder ?? 'asc';
+
+		this.updateSearchParams();
+	}
+
+	/** Back to the unfiltered, title-sorted default. */
+	clearView() {
+		Object.values(this.filters).forEach((val) => (val.length = 0));
+		this.orderBy = 'title';
+		this.sortOrder = 'asc';
+		this.updateSearchParams();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Active only on an exact match. Adding a tag on top of a preset deselects
+	 * the chip while keeping the filters — the chip stops claiming to describe a
+	 * view it no longer describes.
+	 */
+	isPresetActive(preset: BookPreset) {
+		if (this.orderBy !== (preset.orderBy ?? 'title')) return false;
+		if (this.sortOrder !== (preset.sortOrder ?? 'asc')) return false;
+
+		const active = Object.entries(this.filters).filter(([, values]) => values.length > 0);
+		const wanted = Object.entries(preset.filters);
+		if (active.length !== wanted.length) return false;
+
+		return wanted.every(([key, values]) => {
+			const current = this.filters[key] ?? [];
+			return (
+				current.length === values.length && values.every((value) => current.includes(value))
+			);
+		});
+	}
+
 	isFilterSelected(filter: string, value: string) {
 		return this.filters[filter]?.includes(value) || false;
 	}