Search

The search box on the Dashboard, Library, and dedicated /search page supports plain-text matching as well as field-specific and negated queries.

Field prefixes

Use <field>:<value> to search in a single field. The field prefixes are always in English, regardless of the UI language.

Prefix	Field	Example
author	Author(s)	author:Murakami
title	Title	title:"The Hobbit"
publisher	Publisher	publisher:Penguin
language	Language	language:Japanese
tag	Tag name	tag:fantasy
possession	Possession status	possession:owned
notes	Private notes	notes:"to reread"
description	Blurb / description	description:"middle earth"

Use quotes for values that contain spaces: title:"The Silmarillion".

The author: prefix matches any author assigned to a book — a book with multiple authors matches if any of them contains the search value.

Possession values

The possession prefix matches the exact possession status. Accepted values include:

• to_acquire (or to acquire)
• owned
• borrowed
• digital

Example: possession:"to acquire" shows books you want to buy.

Negation

Prefix a term with - to exclude matches.

• -author:Rowling
• -tag:horror
• Haushofer -"Die Wand"

Combining terms

Separate terms with spaces. All terms are combined with AND.

• author:Murakami -title:Norwegian — Murakami books except those whose title contains "Norwegian"
• tag:fantasy possession:owned — owned fantasy books

Plain text

An unprefixed phrase searches across title, author, publisher, language, notes, description, and tags. It is matched as a phrase, not as individual words.

• Marlen Haushofer — matches the exact phrase across the supported fields
• Haushofer -Wand — matches "Haushofer" but excludes books whose fields contain "Wand"

Quick reference in the app

Click the ? icon next to any search input to open a quick-reference card with the available prefixes and examples.