diff --git a/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog.lua b/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog.lua
index b9cb90687..cf8696f18 100644
--- a/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog.lua
+++ b/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog.lua
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ local DEFAULT_GRID_COLUMNS = CatalogUtil.DEFAULT_GRID_COLUMNS
 local DEFAULT_GRID_ROWS = CatalogUtil.DEFAULT_GRID_ROWS
 local MAX_RECENT_SEARCHES = CatalogUtil.MAX_RECENT_SEARCHES
 local ON_DEVICE_MAX_IDS = CatalogUtil.ON_DEVICE_MAX_IDS
+local NOT_ON_DEVICE_SCAN_SIZE = CatalogUtil.NOT_ON_DEVICE_SCAN_SIZE
+local scanNotOnDeviceIds = CatalogUtil.scanNotOnDeviceIds
 local SORTS = CatalogUtil.SORTS
 local SORT_LABELS = CatalogUtil.SORT_LABELS
 local NATURAL_ORDER = CatalogUtil.NATURAL_ORDER
@@ -236,6 +238,7 @@ function BookOrbitCatalog:init()
     self.settings = self.settings or {}
     CatalogWidgets.setAssetIconFiles({
         on_device = self:pluginAssetFile("bookorbit.on-device.svg"),
+        download = self:pluginAssetFile(DOWNLOAD_ICON_FILE),
         shuffle = self:pluginAssetFile("bookorbit.shuffle.svg"),
         in_progress = self:pluginAssetFile("bookorbit.in-progress.svg"),
         collections = self:pluginAssetFile("bookorbit.collections.svg"),
@@ -713,9 +716,13 @@ function BookOrbitCatalog:rootItems()
     end
     table.insert(items, {
         text = _("On device"),
-        mandatory = on_device_count > 0 and tostring(on_device_count) or nil,
+        mandatory = on_device_count > 0 and CatalogUtil.formatCount(on_device_count) or nil,
         kind = "on-device",
     })
+    table.insert(items, {
+        text = _("Not on device"),
+        kind = "not-on-device",
+    })
 
     return items
 end
@@ -1006,27 +1013,33 @@ function BookOrbitCatalog:paramsForEntry(section, entry)
     return params
 end
 
+-- Assumes an already-wrapped Trapper coroutine, so a caller that has its own
+-- requests to make first can reuse it without nesting another wrap.
+function BookOrbitCatalog:fetchBookPage(params, title, push)
+    local query = cloneParams(params)
+    query.page = query.page or 1
+    query.size = self:itemsPerPage()
+    query.sort = query.sort or self.default_sort or "recently_added"
+    query.order = self:effectiveOrder(query)
+
+    local body, err = self:fetch(_("Loading books..."), function()
+        return self.client:catalogBooks(query)
+    end)
+    if not body then
+        if err ~= "cancelled" then
+            self:showRetry(err, function()
+                self:loadBooks(params, title, push)
+            end)
+        end
+        return
+    end
+
+    self:showBookPage(body, query, title or _("Books"), push ~= false)
+end
+
 function BookOrbitCatalog:loadBooks(params, title, push)
     self:runConnected(function()
-        local query = cloneParams(params)
-        query.page = query.page or 1
-        query.size = self:itemsPerPage()
-        query.sort = query.sort or self.default_sort or "recently_added"
-        query.order = self:effectiveOrder(query)
-
-        local body, err = self:fetch(_("Loading books..."), function()
-            return self.client:catalogBooks(query)
-        end)
-        if not body then
-            if err ~= "cancelled" then
-                self:showRetry(err, function()
-                    self:loadBooks(params, title, push)
-                end)
-            end
-            return
-        end
-
-        self:showBookPage(body, query, title or _("Books"), push ~= false)
+        self:fetchBookPage(params, title, push)
     end)
 end
 
@@ -1048,6 +1061,55 @@ function BookOrbitCatalog:loadOnDevice()
     self:loadBooks({ ids = table.concat(capped, ","), sort = "title" }, _("On device"), true)
 end
 
+function BookOrbitCatalog:collectNotOnDeviceIds()
+    return scanNotOnDeviceIds(function(page)
+        return self:fetch(_("Finding books not on device..."), function()
+            return self.client:catalogBooks({
+                page = page,
+                size = NOT_ON_DEVICE_SCAN_SIZE,
+                sort = "recently_added",
+                order = "desc",
+            })
+        end)
+    end, function(book)
+        return self:isOnDevice(book)
+    end)
+end
+
+function BookOrbitCatalog:loadNotOnDevice()
+    self:runConnected(function()
+        -- Without the maps every book reads as absent, which would list books
+        -- that are already here. refreshOnDevice starts the scan; the list is
+        -- worth waiting for rather than showing wrong.
+        if not self:refreshOnDevice() then
+            UIManager:show(InfoMessage:new{
+                text = _("Still checking which books are on this device. Try again in a moment."),
+                timeout = 3,
+            })
+            return
+        end
+        local ids, err = self:collectNotOnDeviceIds()
+        if not ids then
+            if err ~= "cancelled" then
+                self:showRetry(err, function()
+                    self:loadNotOnDevice()
+                end)
+            end
+            return
+        end
+        if #ids == 0 then
+            UIManager:show(InfoMessage:new{
+                text = _("The newest books in your library are already on this device."),
+                timeout = 3,
+            })
+            return
+        end
+        -- The tile says "Not on device"; the list says what it actually holds,
+        -- since the walk covers recent additions rather than the whole library.
+        self:fetchBookPage({ ids = table.concat(ids, ","), sort = "recently_added" }, _("Not on device (recent)"), true)
+    end)
+end
+
 function BookOrbitCatalog:scopeParams(query)
     local params = cloneParams(query)
     params.page = nil
@@ -2224,6 +2286,8 @@ function BookOrbitCatalog:onMenuSelect(item)
         end
     elseif item.kind == "on-device" then
         self:loadOnDevice()
+    elseif item.kind == "not-on-device" then
+        self:loadNotOnDevice()
     elseif item.kind == "books" then
         self:loadBooks(item.params or {}, item.list_title or item.text)
     elseif item.kind == "book" then
diff --git a/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_bulk_download.lua b/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_bulk_download.lua
index 1c98e7d58..da087465d 100644
--- a/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_bulk_download.lua
+++ b/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_bulk_download.lua
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ local cloneParams = CatalogUtil.cloneParams
 local formatBytes = CatalogUtil.formatBytes
 local isSupportedFormat = CatalogUtil.isSupportedFormat
 local safeFilenameBase = CatalogUtil.safeFilenameBase
+local shortPath = CatalogUtil.shortPath
 local shortText = CatalogUtil.shortText
 
 local STEP_DELAY = 0.15
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ local NEXT_ITEM_DELAY = 0.02
 local PROGRESS_THROTTLE = 1
 local FAILED_TITLES_LIMIT = 8
 local TITLE_LINE_LENGTH = 38
+local FOLDER_LABEL_LENGTH = 32
 
 local MANIFEST_FEATURE = "catalogBulkManifest"
 local PAGE_SIZE = 100
@@ -411,6 +413,17 @@ function CatalogBulkDownload.install(Catalog)
         dialog = ButtonDialog:new{
             title = _("Bulk download settings"),
             buttons = {
+                {
+                    {
+                        text = T(_("Folder: %1"), BD.dirpath(shortPath(self:getCurrentDownloadDir(), FOLDER_LABEL_LENGTH))),
+                        callback = function()
+                            UIManager:close(dialog)
+                            self:chooseDownloadDir(function()
+                                self:showBulkDownloadSettings()
+                            end)
+                        end,
+                    },
+                },
                 {
                     {
                         text = T(_("Format: %1"), preset.label),
diff --git a/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_dashboard.lua b/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_dashboard.lua
index 3099dea6a..85823b9cc 100644
--- a/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_dashboard.lua
+++ b/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_dashboard.lua
@@ -350,43 +350,60 @@ function CatalogDashboard.dashboardBooks(dashboard)
     return books
 end
 
-function CatalogDashboard:dashboardActionEntries(total_books)
+-- Badges come from the server alongside the rest of the dashboard, so a server
+-- too old to send them just leaves the tiles unbadged. Not on device is the one
+-- tile that never carries a count: learning it would cost the whole-library walk
+-- the tile exists to avoid.
+function CatalogDashboard:dashboardActionEntries(total_books, browse_counts)
+    local counts = type(browse_counts) == "table" and browse_counts or {}
+    local badge = CatalogUtil.formatCount
+
     return {
         {
             text = _("In progress"),
             icon = "dogear.reading",
             icon_file = CatalogWidgets.assetIconFile("in_progress"),
+            mandatory = badge(counts.inProgress),
             kind = "books",
             params = { sort = "recently_read", readStatus = "reading" },
         },
         {
             text = _("On device"),
             icon = "appbar.filebrowser",
-            mandatory = tostring(self:onDeviceCount()),
+            mandatory = badge(self:onDeviceCount()),
             kind = "on-device",
         },
+        {
+            text = _("Not on device"),
+            icon = "appbar.filebrowser",
+            icon_file = CatalogWidgets.assetIconFile("download"),
+            kind = "not-on-device",
+        },
         {
             text = _("Libraries"),
             icon = "column.two",
+            mandatory = badge(counts.libraries),
             kind = "section",
             section = "libraries",
         },
         {
             text = _("All Books"),
             icon = "appbar.pageview",
-            mandatory = total_books and tostring(total_books) or nil,
+            mandatory = badge(total_books),
             kind = "books",
             params = { sort = "title" },
         },
         {
             text = _("Authors"),
             icon = "bookmark",
+            mandatory = badge(counts.authors),
             kind = "section",
             section = "authors",
         },
         {
             text = _("Series"),
             icon = "book.opened",
+            mandatory = badge(counts.series),
             kind = "section",
             section = "series",
         },
@@ -394,20 +411,17 @@ function CatalogDashboard:dashboardActionEntries(total_books)
             text = _("Collections"),
             icon = "texture-box",
             icon_file = CatalogWidgets.assetIconFile("collections"),
+            mandatory = badge(counts.collections),
             kind = "section",
             section = "collections",
         },
         {
             text = _("SmartScopes"),
             icon = "cre.render.working",
+            mandatory = badge(counts.smartScopes),
             kind = "section",
             section = "smart-scopes",
         },
-        {
-            text = _("Search"),
-            icon = "appbar.search",
-            kind = "dashboard-search",
-        },
     }
 end
 
@@ -933,7 +947,7 @@ function CatalogDashboard:updateDashboardItems(select_number, no_recalculate_dim
     local context = self.current_context or {}
     local dashboard = context.dashboard or {}
     local continue_books = dashboard.continueReading or {}
-    local action_entries = self:dashboardActionEntries(tonumber(dashboard.totalBooks or dashboard.bookCount))
+    local action_entries = self:dashboardActionEntries(tonumber(dashboard.totalBooks or dashboard.bookCount), dashboard.browseCounts)
     local summary = self:dashboardStatsSummary() or { today_seconds = 0, week_seconds = 0, streak_days = 0 }
     local stale_sections = type(context.section_stale) == "table" and context.section_stale or {}
     local highlight = type(dashboard.highlightOfTheDay) == "table" and dashboard.highlightOfTheDay or nil
diff --git a/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_download.lua b/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_download.lua
index 19b9ecfbe..32baa0bb1 100644
--- a/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_download.lua
+++ b/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_download.lua
@@ -113,6 +113,27 @@ function CatalogDownload.install(Catalog)
         return G_reader_settings:readSetting("download_dir") or G_reader_settings:readSetting("lastdir")
     end
 
+    -- Single and bulk downloads share one destination, KOReader's own
+    -- download_dir, so the chooser is shared too rather than each dialog
+    -- keeping its own idea of where files land.
+    function Catalog:chooseDownloadDir(on_chosen)
+        require("ui/downloadmgr"):new{
+            onConfirm = function(path)
+                logger.dbg("BookOrbit: download folder set to", path)
+                if self._manager and self._manager.ui and self._manager.ui.folder_shortcuts
+                    and self._manager.ui.folder_shortcuts.updateShortcut then
+                    self._manager.ui.folder_shortcuts:updateShortcut("download_dir", path)
+                end
+                G_reader_settings:saveSetting("download_dir", path)
+                if on_chosen then
+                    UIManager:nextTick(function()
+                        on_chosen(path)
+                    end)
+                end
+            end,
+        }:chooseDir(self:getCurrentDownloadDir())
+    end
+
     function Catalog:getLocalDownloadPath(filename, filetype, device_path, filename_override)
         local download_dir = self:getCurrentDownloadDir()
         local relative = resolveRelativeDownloadPath(download_dir, filename, filetype, device_path, filename_override)
@@ -200,19 +221,9 @@ function CatalogDownload.install(Catalog)
                         text = _("Choose folder"),
                         callback = function()
                             UIManager:close(dialog)
-                            require("ui/downloadmgr"):new{
-                                onConfirm = function(path)
-                                    logger.dbg("BookOrbit: download folder set to", path)
-                                    if self._manager and self._manager.ui and self._manager.ui.folder_shortcuts
-                                        and self._manager.ui.folder_shortcuts.updateShortcut then
-                                        self._manager.ui.folder_shortcuts:updateShortcut("download_dir", path)
-                                    end
-                                    G_reader_settings:saveSetting("download_dir", path)
-                                    UIManager:nextTick(function()
-                                        self:showDownloadDialog(detail, file, filename_overridden and filename or nil)
-                                    end)
-                                end,
-                            }:chooseDir(self:getCurrentDownloadDir())
+                            self:chooseDownloadDir(function()
+                                self:showDownloadDialog(detail, file, filename_overridden and filename or nil)
+                            end)
                         end,
                     },
                     {
diff --git a/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_util.lua b/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_util.lua
index 6bd69c8a1..4698b8894 100644
--- a/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_util.lua
+++ b/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_util.lua
@@ -20,7 +20,15 @@ CatalogUtil.DEFAULT_GRID_ROWS = 3
 -- batch and the page rebuilds once when it lands.
 CatalogUtil.THUMBNAIL_BATCH_SIZE = 3
 CatalogUtil.MAX_RECENT_SEARCHES = 8
+-- The server caps its ids filter at 200, so both device-derived lists are
+-- bounded by it rather than by the size of the library.
 CatalogUtil.ON_DEVICE_MAX_IDS = 200
+CatalogUtil.NOT_ON_DEVICE_MAX_IDS = 200
+-- Not-on-device has no server-side filter, so the list is assembled by walking
+-- the newest books. Both bounds keep that walk to a fixed number of requests
+-- however large the library is.
+CatalogUtil.NOT_ON_DEVICE_SCAN_PAGES = 5
+CatalogUtil.NOT_ON_DEVICE_SCAN_SIZE = 100
 
 CatalogUtil.SORTS = {
     { id = "title", text = _("Title") },
@@ -120,6 +128,32 @@ function CatalogUtil.formatBytes(bytes)
     return tostring(bytes) .. " B"
 end
 
+-- Browse badges sit in a narrow column beside the label, so a five-digit
+-- library would eat the room the label needs. Counts stay at most four
+-- characters. The scaled forms truncate rather than round, so a badge never
+-- claims more than the library holds and 999999 cannot carry to "1000K".
+function CatalogUtil.formatCount(value)
+    local count = tonumber(value)
+    if not count or count < 0 then return nil end
+    count = math.floor(count)
+    if count < 1000 then return tostring(count) end
+
+    local function scaled(divisor, suffix)
+        local units = count / divisor
+        if units >= 10 then
+            return string.format("%d%s", math.floor(units), suffix)
+        end
+        local tenths = math.floor(units * 10) / 10
+        if tenths == math.floor(tenths) then
+            return string.format("%d%s", tenths, suffix)
+        end
+        return string.format("%.1f%s", tenths, suffix)
+    end
+
+    if count < 1000000 then return scaled(1000, "K") end
+    return scaled(1000000, "M")
+end
+
 function CatalogUtil.formatDuration(seconds)
     if not seconds then return nil end
     local minutes = math.floor(seconds / 60 + 0.5)
@@ -213,6 +247,35 @@ function CatalogUtil.shortText(text, max_len)
     return util.fixUtf8(text:sub(1, max_len - 3), "?") .. "..."
 end
 
+-- Walks the newest books through fetchPage(page) and keeps the ids isOnDevice
+-- rejects. There is no server-side filter for this: which books are linked is
+-- local KOReader state the server never sees, so the walk is bounded by both
+-- the page count and the server's cap on the ids filter to stay predictable on
+-- a large library. Returns nil plus the fetch error if a page fails.
+function CatalogUtil.scanNotOnDeviceIds(fetchPage, isOnDevice)
+    local ids = {}
+    for page = 1, CatalogUtil.NOT_ON_DEVICE_SCAN_PAGES do
+        local body, err = fetchPage(page)
+        if not body then return nil, err end
+        for _, book in ipairs(body.items or {}) do
+            if book.id ~= nil and not isOnDevice(book) then
+                table.insert(ids, book.id)
+                if #ids >= CatalogUtil.NOT_ON_DEVICE_MAX_IDS then return ids end
+            end
+        end
+        if body.hasNext ~= true then break end
+    end
+    return ids
+end
+
+-- Paths carry their meaning at the end, so an over-long one keeps its tail
+-- rather than its root the way shortText would.
+function CatalogUtil.shortPath(path, max_len)
+    path = tostring(path or "")
+    if #path <= max_len then return path end
+    return "..." .. util.fixUtf8(path:sub(#path - max_len + 4), "?")
+end
+
 function CatalogUtil.joinNames(items, key)
     local names = {}
     for _, item in ipairs(items or {}) do
diff --git a/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_widgets.lua b/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_widgets.lua
index c820dce03..57a9cfe69 100644
--- a/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_widgets.lua
+++ b/koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/bookorbit_catalog_widgets.lua
@@ -1414,9 +1414,11 @@ function DashboardBrowseRow:init()
             fgcolor = Blitbuffer.COLOR_DARK_GRAY,
         }
     end
-    -- Wide counts (a four-digit library) get the width they measure at instead
-    -- of being clipped to the nominal box.
-    local count_w = count_widget and math.max(count_box_w, count_widget:getSize().w + Size.padding.small) or 0
+    -- Counts are abbreviated to at most four characters upstream, so the column
+    -- only has to be wide enough for the widest of those rather than for an
+    -- arbitrary library total.
+    local count_pad = Size.padding.small
+    local count_w = count_widget and math.max(count_box_w, count_widget:getSize().w + count_pad) or 0
     local label_w = math.max(1, self.dimen.w - icon_box_w - gap - count_w)
 
     local left = HorizontalGroup:new{ align = "center" }
@@ -1443,10 +1445,13 @@ function DashboardBrowseRow:init()
         dimen = row_dimen:copy(),
         LeftContainer:new{ dimen = row_dimen:copy(), left },
     }
+    -- Right-aligned rather than centred in the count box: centring leaves each
+    -- badge a different distance from the edge, so a column of counts reads as
+    -- ragged even though every box ends in the same place.
     if count_widget then
         table.insert(row, RightContainer:new{
-            dimen = row_dimen:copy(),
-            CenterContainer:new{ dimen = Geom:new{ w = count_w, h = inner_h }, count_widget },
+            dimen = Geom:new{ w = math.max(1, row_dimen.w - count_pad), h = inner_h },
+            count_widget,
         })
     end
 
diff --git a/koreader-plugin/spec/bookorbit_dashboard_browse_entries_test.lua b/koreader-plugin/spec/bookorbit_dashboard_browse_entries_test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5930de96e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/koreader-plugin/spec/bookorbit_dashboard_browse_entries_test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+-- The Browse block is a fixed three-by-three grid, so its entry list has to
+-- stay exactly nine long: a tenth destination would be built and then fall off
+-- the bottom of the block unseen. Search is not among them because the title
+-- bar already carries a search button on every non-detail page, the same reason
+-- the non-dashboard root list has never offered it as a row.
+
+package.loaded["document/documentregistry"] = { hasProvider = function() return true end }
+package.loaded["util"] = {
+    fixUtf8 = function(value) return value end,
+    urlEncode = function(value) return value end,
+}
+package.loaded["ffi/util"] = { template = function(value) return value end }
+package.loaded["gettext"] = function(text) return text end
+
+local function widgetClass(height)
+    return {
+        new = function(_, opts)
+            opts = opts or {}
+            if not opts.getSize then
+                function opts:getSize()
+                    return { w = 100, h = self.width or height or 20 }
+                end
+            end
+            return opts
+        end,
+    }
+end
+
+package.loaded["ffi/blitbuffer"] = { COLOR_DARK_GRAY = 1, COLOR_LIGHT_GRAY = 2 }
+package.loaded["ui/widget/button"] = widgetClass()
+package.loaded["ui/widget/container/centercontainer"] = widgetClass()
+package.loaded["ui/font"] = { getFace = function() return {} end }
+package.loaded["ui/geometry"] = widgetClass()
+package.loaded["ui/widget/horizontalgroup"] = widgetClass(0)
+package.loaded["ui/widget/horizontalspan"] = widgetClass(0)
+package.loaded["ui/widget/infomessage"] = widgetClass()
+package.loaded["ui/widget/linewidget"] = widgetClass()
+package.loaded["ui/network/manager"] = { isConnected = function() return true end }
+package.loaded["device"] = { screen = { scaleBySize = function(_, value) return value end } }
+package.loaded["ui/size"] = {
+    line = { thin = 1 },
+    padding = { large = 8 },
+    span = { horizontal_default = 4, vertical_default = 4 },
+}
+package.loaded["ui/widget/textboxwidget"] = widgetClass()
+package.loaded["ui/widget/textwidget"] = widgetClass()
+package.loaded["ui/uimanager"] = { show = function() end }
+package.loaded["ui/widget/verticalgroup"] = widgetClass(0)
+package.loaded["ui/widget/verticalspan"] = widgetClass()
+package.loaded["bookorbit_stats_reader"] = {
+    getReadingSummary = function()
+        return { today_seconds = 0, week_seconds = 0, streak_days = 0 }
+    end,
+}
+package.loaded["bookorbit_catalog_widgets"] = {
+    DashboardCoverCard = widgetClass(),
+    DashboardHeroCard = widgetClass(),
+    DashboardHighlightCard = widgetClass(),
+    DashboardBrowseRow = widgetClass(),
+    DashboardIconButton = widgetClass(),
+    assetIconFile = function(name) return "/assets/" .. name .. ".svg" end,
+    dashboardSectionHeaderRowHeight = function() return 14 end,
+    buildDashboardSectionHeader = function()
+        return { getSize = function() return { w = 100, h = 20 } end }
+    end,
+    buildStatusLabel = function()
+        return { getSize = function() return { w = 100, h = 16 } end }
+    end,
+    dashboardHighlightCardHeight = function() return 64 end,
+    coverCardHeight = function(card_w) return card_w + 20 end,
+    dashboardHeroHeightForCoverCard = function(card_w) return card_w + 24 end,
+}
+
+package.path = "koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/?.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local CatalogDashboard = require("bookorbit_catalog_dashboard")
+
+local function assertEqual(actual, expected, label)
+    if actual ~= expected then
+        error(string.format("%s: expected %s, got %s", label, tostring(expected), tostring(actual)))
+    end
+end
+
+local catalog = {}
+for name, fn in pairs(CatalogDashboard) do
+    if name ~= "install" then catalog[name] = fn end
+end
+function catalog:onDeviceCount() return 7 end
+
+local BROWSE_COUNTS = {
+    inProgress = 4,
+    libraries = 3,
+    authors = 812,
+    series = 96,
+    collections = 5,
+    smartScopes = 2,
+}
+
+local entries = catalog:dashboardActionEntries(120, BROWSE_COUNTS)
+
+-- Three columns by three rows. The block renders what fits and no more.
+assertEqual(#entries, 9, "the Browse block holds exactly nine destinations")
+
+local by_text = {}
+local by_kind = {}
+for index, entry in ipairs(entries) do
+    assertEqual(type(entry.text), "string", "entry " .. index .. " is labelled")
+    assertEqual(entry.text ~= "", true, "entry " .. index .. " has a non-empty label")
+    assertEqual(entry.icon ~= nil, true, "entry " .. index .. " has a fallback glyph")
+    assertEqual(by_text[entry.text], nil, "entry " .. index .. " is not a duplicate label")
+    by_text[entry.text] = entry
+    by_kind[entry.kind] = (by_kind[entry.kind] or 0) + 1
+end
+
+-- The title bar's search button reaches the same prompt with the same empty
+-- scope, so a row for it only spent a grid cell.
+assertEqual(by_text["Search"], nil, "Search is not duplicated into the grid")
+assertEqual(by_kind["dashboard-search"], nil, "no entry routes to the search prompt")
+
+-- The pair the download workflow is built around: what is here, and what is not.
+assertEqual(by_text["On device"] ~= nil, true, "On device is offered")
+assertEqual(by_text["On device"].kind, "on-device", "On device routes to the linked list")
+assertEqual(by_text["On device"].mandatory, "7", "On device carries its count")
+
+assertEqual(by_text["Not on device"] ~= nil, true, "Not on device is offered")
+assertEqual(by_text["Not on device"].kind, "not-on-device", "Not on device routes to the walk")
+-- The count would cost a full library walk to learn, so the row stays quiet
+-- rather than showing a number that is only a guess.
+assertEqual(by_text["Not on device"].mandatory, nil, "Not on device shows no count")
+assertEqual(
+    by_text["Not on device"].icon_file ~= by_text["On device"].icon_file,
+    true,
+    "the two device rows are told apart by their icons"
+)
+
+-- The catalogs reached through the grid still are.
+for _, label in ipairs({ "In progress", "Libraries", "All Books", "Authors", "Series", "Collections", "SmartScopes" }) do
+    assertEqual(by_text[label] ~= nil, true, label .. " survived the swap")
+end
+assertEqual(by_text["All Books"].mandatory, "120", "All Books carries the library total")
+
+-- Every tile the server can count carries its badge. Eight of the nine: the
+-- device pair is local, All Books rides the dashboard total, and the rest come
+-- from the browse counts.
+assertEqual(by_text["In progress"].mandatory, "4", "In progress badge")
+assertEqual(by_text["Libraries"].mandatory, "3", "Libraries badge")
+assertEqual(by_text["Authors"].mandatory, "812", "Authors badge")
+assertEqual(by_text["Series"].mandatory, "96", "Series badge")
+assertEqual(by_text["Collections"].mandatory, "5", "Collections badge")
+assertEqual(by_text["SmartScopes"].mandatory, "2", "SmartScopes badge")
+
+local badged = 0
+for _, entry in ipairs(entries) do
+    if entry.mandatory ~= nil then badged = badged + 1 end
+end
+assertEqual(badged, 8, "eight of the nine tiles can be counted")
+
+-- Zero is a real answer and has to render, not be swallowed as falsy the way a
+-- plain truthiness check on the count would.
+local empty = catalog:dashboardActionEntries(0, {
+    inProgress = 0, libraries = 0, authors = 0, series = 0, collections = 0, smartScopes = 0,
+})
+for _, entry in ipairs(empty) do
+    if entry.kind ~= "not-on-device" then
+        assertEqual(entry.mandatory ~= nil, true, entry.text .. " renders a zero count")
+    end
+end
+
+-- A server too old to send the counts, and a server that sends nonsense, both
+-- degrade to unbadged tiles rather than rendering "nil" into the grid.
+for _, payload in ipairs({ { nil }, { "not a table" }, { { authors = "many", series = {} } } }) do
+    local degraded = catalog:dashboardActionEntries(nil, payload[1])
+    assertEqual(#degraded, 9, "the grid is still full")
+    for _, entry in ipairs(degraded) do
+        if entry.kind ~= "on-device" then
+            assertEqual(entry.mandatory, nil, entry.text .. " has no badge without usable counts")
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+-- Badges share a narrow column with the label, so the string is bounded at four
+-- characters however large the library gets.
+local CatalogUtil = require("bookorbit_catalog_util")
+local formatCount = CatalogUtil.formatCount
+
+assertEqual(formatCount(0), "0", "zero is a count, not an absence")
+assertEqual(formatCount(7), "7", "single digit")
+assertEqual(formatCount(999), "999", "the last unscaled value")
+assertEqual(formatCount(1000), "1K", "a whole thousand drops its decimal")
+assertEqual(formatCount(1500), "1.5K", "a half thousand keeps one decimal")
+assertEqual(formatCount(9999), "9.9K", "just under ten thousand")
+assertEqual(formatCount(10000), "10K", "ten thousand and up lose the decimal")
+assertEqual(formatCount(12431), "12K", "a large library")
+assertEqual(formatCount(999999), "999K", "the last value before millions")
+assertEqual(formatCount(1000000), "1M", "millions scale again")
+assertEqual(formatCount(1500000), "1.5M", "millions keep one decimal")
+
+-- Truncating, not rounding: a badge must never claim more books than are there,
+-- and rounding 999999 up would carry it to a five-character "1000K".
+assertEqual(formatCount(1999), "1.9K", "the scaled value truncates")
+assertEqual(formatCount(1099), "1K", "truncation can drop the decimal entirely")
+
+for _, value in ipairs({ 0, 7, 999, 1000, 1500, 9999, 10000, 999999, 1000000, 1500000 }) do
+    assertEqual(#formatCount(value) <= 4, true, "the badge for " .. value .. " fits the column")
+end
+
+-- Anything that is not a usable count leaves the tile unbadged rather than
+-- rendering a placeholder into the grid.
+for _, value in ipairs({ "many", -1 }) do
+    assertEqual(formatCount(value), nil, "unusable count " .. tostring(value) .. " has no badge")
+end
+assertEqual(formatCount(nil), nil, "a missing count has no badge")
+assertEqual(formatCount({}), nil, "a malformed count has no badge")
+
+-- A count arriving as a numeric string still counts, since the payload is JSON.
+assertEqual(formatCount("1500"), "1.5K", "a numeric string is accepted")
+
+print("bookorbit_dashboard_browse_entries_test.lua: ok")
diff --git a/koreader-plugin/spec/bookorbit_download_folder_test.lua b/koreader-plugin/spec/bookorbit_download_folder_test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..674a788fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/koreader-plugin/spec/bookorbit_download_folder_test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+-- Single and bulk downloads write to one destination, KOReader's own
+-- download_dir, so both dialogs have to offer the same chooser and see each
+-- other's choice. The bulk popup previously only reported the folder in its
+-- confirmation text, which left the setting reachable from the single-book
+-- dialog alone.
+
+local shown = {}
+local next_ticks = {}
+
+package.loaded["ui/bidi"] = {
+    dirpath = function(value) return value end,
+    filepath = function(value) return value end,
+}
+package.loaded["datastorage"] = {
+    getSettingsDir = function() return "/tmp/bookorbit-spec" end,
+    getDataDir = function() return "/tmp/bookorbit-spec" end,
+}
+package.loaded["dump"] = function(value) return tostring(value) end
+package.loaded["document/documentregistry"] = { hasProvider = function() return true end }
+package.loaded["ui/widget/buttondialog"] = {
+    new = function(_, opts)
+        opts = opts or {}
+        function opts:setTitle(title) self.title = title end
+        return opts
+    end,
+}
+package.loaded["ui/widget/infomessage"] = { new = function(_, opts) return opts or {} end }
+package.loaded["ui/widget/confirmbox"] = package.loaded["ui/widget/infomessage"]
+package.loaded["ui/widget/inputdialog"] = package.loaded["ui/widget/infomessage"]
+package.loaded["ui/widget/notification"] = package.loaded["ui/widget/infomessage"]
+package.loaded["ui/uimanager"] = {
+    show = function(_, widget) table.insert(shown, widget) end,
+    close = function() end,
+    nextTick = function(_, callback) table.insert(next_ticks, callback) end,
+    scheduleIn = function(_, _, callback) table.insert(next_ticks, callback) end,
+    preventStandby = function() end,
+    allowStandby = function() end,
+    forceRePaint = function() end,
+}
+package.loaded["libs/libkoreader-lfs"] = {
+    attributes = function() return nil end,
+    dir = function() return function() return nil end end,
+}
+package.loaded["logger"] = { dbg = function() end, warn = function() end }
+package.loaded["util"] = {
+    fixUtf8 = function(value) return value end,
+    getSafeFilename = function(value) return value end,
+    makePath = function() end,
+    trim = function(value) return value end,
+}
+package.loaded["ffi/util"] = {
+    template = function(value, ...)
+        local values = { ... }
+        return (tostring(value):gsub("%%(%d+)", function(index)
+            return tostring(values[tonumber(index)])
+        end))
+    end,
+}
+package.loaded["gettext"] = function(text) return text end
+package.loaded["bookorbit_state_manager"] = {}
+package.loaded["bookorbit_download_transfer"] = {}
+package.loaded["bookorbit_bulk_checkpoint"] = { MAX_FAILURES = 8 }
+package.loaded["bookorbit_capabilities"] = { has = function() return false end }
+
+-- The chooser is KOReader's own directory browser; the test drives its confirm
+-- callback directly rather than rendering it.
+local chooser = { opened = 0, start_dir = nil, confirm = nil }
+package.loaded["ui/downloadmgr"] = {
+    new = function(_, opts)
+        return {
+            chooseDir = function(_, start_dir)
+                chooser.opened = chooser.opened + 1
+                chooser.start_dir = start_dir
+                chooser.confirm = opts.onConfirm
+            end,
+        }
+    end,
+}
+
+package.path = "koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/?.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local BulkDownload = require("bookorbit_catalog_bulk_download")
+local CatalogDownload = require("bookorbit_catalog_download")
+
+local function assertEqual(actual, expected, label)
+    if actual ~= expected then
+        error(string.format("%s: expected %s, got %s", label, tostring(expected), tostring(actual)))
+    end
+end
+
+local stored = { download_dir = "/mnt/onboard/Books" }
+local saved = {}
+G_reader_settings = {
+    readSetting = function(_, key) return stored[key] end,
+    saveSetting = function(_, key, value)
+        stored[key] = value
+        table.insert(saved, { key = key, value = value })
+    end,
+    flush = function() end,
+}
+
+local Catalog = {}
+BulkDownload.install(Catalog)
+CatalogDownload.install(Catalog)
+Catalog.settings = {}
+Catalog:initBulkDownloadState()
+
+local function findButton(dialog, prefix)
+    for _, row in ipairs(dialog.buttons or {}) do
+        for _, button in ipairs(row) do
+            if button.text and button.text:sub(1, #prefix) == prefix then return button end
+        end
+    end
+    return nil
+end
+
+-- The bulk settings popup offers the folder alongside the other two knobs.
+Catalog:showBulkDownloadSettings()
+local settings_dialog = shown[#shown]
+assertEqual(settings_dialog.title, "Bulk download settings", "the settings popup opened")
+
+local folder_button = findButton(settings_dialog, "Folder:")
+assertEqual(folder_button ~= nil, true, "the folder is offered as a button")
+assertEqual(folder_button.text, "Folder: /mnt/onboard/Books", "the button reports the current folder")
+assertEqual(findButton(settings_dialog, "Format:") ~= nil, true, "the format knob is still offered")
+assertEqual(findButton(settings_dialog, "Existing files:") ~= nil, true, "the existing-files knob is still offered")
+
+-- Choosing a folder writes the one setting the download path is built from.
+folder_button.callback()
+assertEqual(chooser.opened, 1, "the chooser opened")
+assertEqual(chooser.start_dir, "/mnt/onboard/Books", "the chooser starts at the current folder")
+
+chooser.confirm("/mnt/onboard/Books/BookOrbit")
+assertEqual(#saved, 1, "one setting was written")
+assertEqual(saved[1].key, "download_dir", "the shared download_dir is what changed")
+assertEqual(saved[1].value, "/mnt/onboard/Books/BookOrbit", "the chosen path was stored")
+
+-- The popup reopens on the next tick so the new folder is visible without the
+-- user having to find their way back into the menu.
+assertEqual(#next_ticks, 1, "the caller was scheduled to reopen")
+next_ticks[1]()
+assertEqual(findButton(shown[#shown], "Folder:").text, "Folder: /mnt/onboard/Books/BookOrbit",
+    "the reopened popup shows the new folder")
+
+-- The same choice is what a bulk run then downloads into, and what its
+-- confirmation reports.
+assertEqual(Catalog:getCurrentDownloadDir(), "/mnt/onboard/Books/BookOrbit", "bulk downloads follow the choice")
+local title = Catalog:bulkConfirmationTitle({ total = 3, label = "Current page" })
+assertEqual(title:find("Folder: /mnt/onboard/Books/BookOrbit", 1, true) ~= nil, true,
+    "the confirmation reports the chosen folder")
+
+-- An over-long path keeps the end, which is the part that says where the files
+-- actually land; truncating the other way would leave every folder looking the
+-- same.
+local CatalogUtil = require("bookorbit_catalog_util")
+local deep = "/mnt/onboard/Books/Fiction/Science Fiction/Series/Long Name"
+local short = CatalogUtil.shortPath(deep, 24)
+assertEqual(#short, 24, "the label is bounded")
+assertEqual(short:sub(1, 3), "...", "the truncation is marked")
+assertEqual(deep:sub(-10), short:sub(-10), "the tail of the path survives")
+assertEqual(CatalogUtil.shortPath("/short", 24), "/short", "a short path is left alone")
+
+print("bookorbit_download_folder_test.lua: ok")
diff --git a/koreader-plugin/spec/bookorbit_not_on_device_test.lua b/koreader-plugin/spec/bookorbit_not_on_device_test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c78659c48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/koreader-plugin/spec/bookorbit_not_on_device_test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+-- "Not on device" is the one book source with no server-side filter behind it:
+-- which books are linked is local KOReader state the server never sees. The
+-- list is therefore walked client-side, and what matters is that the walk stays
+-- bounded on a large library, stops as soon as the server runs out of pages,
+-- and reports a failed page instead of silently returning a short list.
+
+package.loaded["document/documentregistry"] = {
+    hasProvider = function()
+        return true
+    end,
+}
+
+package.loaded["util"] = {
+    fixUtf8 = function(value)
+        return value
+    end,
+}
+
+package.loaded["ffi/util"] = {
+    template = function(value)
+        return value
+    end,
+}
+
+package.loaded["gettext"] = function(text)
+    return text
+end
+
+package.path = "koreader-plugin/bookorbit.koplugin/?.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local CatalogUtil = require("bookorbit_catalog_util")
+
+local function assertEqual(actual, expected, label)
+    if actual ~= expected then
+        error(string.format("%s: expected %s, got %s", label, tostring(expected), tostring(actual)))
+    end
+end
+
+local function books(from, to)
+    local items = {}
+    for id = from, to do
+        table.insert(items, { id = id })
+    end
+    return items
+end
+
+local function pager(pages)
+    local requested = {}
+    return function(page)
+        table.insert(requested, page)
+        local body = pages[page]
+        if not body then return nil, 500 end
+        return body
+    end, requested
+end
+
+local function keepAll() return false end
+
+-- The books already here are dropped, and the rest keep the server's order.
+local fetch, requested = pager({
+    { items = { { id = 1 }, { id = 2 }, { id = 3 }, { id = 4 } }, hasNext = false },
+})
+local on_device = { [2] = true, [4] = true }
+local ids = CatalogUtil.scanNotOnDeviceIds(fetch, function(book)
+    return on_device[book.id] == true
+end)
+assertEqual(#ids, 2, "linked books are dropped")
+assertEqual(ids[1], 1, "first kept id")
+assertEqual(ids[2], 3, "order follows the server")
+assertEqual(#requested, 1, "a single page was enough")
+
+-- A book with no id cannot be asked for again, so it never reaches the list.
+local unidentified = CatalogUtil.scanNotOnDeviceIds(function()
+    return { items = { { id = 1 }, {}, { id = 3 } }, hasNext = false }
+end, keepAll)
+assertEqual(#unidentified, 2, "an entry without an id is skipped")
+
+-- hasNext false ends the walk even though the page budget is not spent.
+local short_fetch, short_requested = pager({
+    { items = books(1, 10), hasNext = true },
+    { items = books(11, 15), hasNext = false },
+    { items = books(16, 20), hasNext = true },
+})
+local short = CatalogUtil.scanNotOnDeviceIds(short_fetch, keepAll)
+assertEqual(#short, 15, "the walk stops when the server says there is no next page")
+assertEqual(#short_requested, 2, "no page is requested past the end")
+
+-- A library larger than the walk never turns into an unbounded scan: the page
+-- budget caps the requests whatever the server keeps offering.
+local endless_pages = {}
+for page = 1, CatalogUtil.NOT_ON_DEVICE_SCAN_PAGES + 3 do
+    endless_pages[page] = { items = books((page - 1) * 10 + 1, page * 10), hasNext = true }
+end
+local endless_fetch, endless_requested = pager(endless_pages)
+local bounded = CatalogUtil.scanNotOnDeviceIds(endless_fetch, keepAll)
+assertEqual(#endless_requested, CatalogUtil.NOT_ON_DEVICE_SCAN_PAGES, "the page budget bounds the walk")
+assertEqual(#bounded, CatalogUtil.NOT_ON_DEVICE_SCAN_PAGES * 10, "every scanned book is kept")
+
+-- The server caps its ids filter, so the walk stops collecting at that cap
+-- rather than building a list the follow-up request would reject.
+local cap_pages = {}
+for page = 1, CatalogUtil.NOT_ON_DEVICE_SCAN_PAGES do
+    local from = (page - 1) * CatalogUtil.NOT_ON_DEVICE_SCAN_SIZE + 1
+    cap_pages[page] = {
+        items = books(from, from + CatalogUtil.NOT_ON_DEVICE_SCAN_SIZE - 1),
+        hasNext = true,
+    }
+end
+local cap_fetch, cap_requested = pager(cap_pages)
+local capped = CatalogUtil.scanNotOnDeviceIds(cap_fetch, keepAll)
+assertEqual(#capped, CatalogUtil.NOT_ON_DEVICE_MAX_IDS, "collection stops at the ids cap")
+assertEqual(
+    #cap_requested <= CatalogUtil.NOT_ON_DEVICE_SCAN_PAGES,
+    true,
+    "the cap is reached without exceeding the page budget"
+)
+
+-- A failed page is an error, not a short list: returning what was gathered so
+-- far would read as "these are the books you are missing".
+local failed, err = CatalogUtil.scanNotOnDeviceIds(function(page)
+    if page == 1 then return { items = books(1, 10), hasNext = true } end
+    return nil, 503
+end, keepAll)
+assertEqual(failed, nil, "a failed page returns no list")
+assertEqual(err, 503, "the fetch error is passed through")
+
+-- Cancelling mid-walk has to stay distinguishable so the caller can stay quiet
+-- rather than offering a retry the user did not ask for.
+local _, cancelled = CatalogUtil.scanNotOnDeviceIds(function()
+    return nil, "cancelled"
+end, keepAll)
+assertEqual(cancelled, "cancelled", "cancellation is reported as itself")
+
+-- Everything already here is the empty case the caller messages separately.
+local none = CatalogUtil.scanNotOnDeviceIds(function()
+    return { items = books(1, 5), hasNext = false }
+end, function() return true end)
+assertEqual(#none, 0, "a fully downloaded library yields nothing")
+
+print("bookorbit_not_on_device_test.lua: ok")
diff --git a/packages/types/src/koreader.ts b/packages/types/src/koreader.ts
index 7daef2b0c..469b67fab 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/koreader.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/koreader.ts
@@ -300,11 +300,25 @@ export interface KoreaderCatalogDashboardSection {
   books: KoreaderCatalogBookListItem[];
 }
 
+// Totals behind the dashboard's Browse tiles. Optional so a plugin reading an
+// older server simply renders the tiles without badges. There is deliberately
+// no not-on-device total: which books are on a device is local KOReader state
+// the server never sees.
+export interface KoreaderCatalogBrowseCounts {
+  inProgress: number;
+  libraries: number;
+  authors: number;
+  series: number;
+  collections: number;
+  smartScopes: number;
+}
+
 export interface KoreaderCatalogDashboardResponse {
   generatedAt: string;
   username: string;
   displayName: string;
   totalBooks: number;
+  browseCounts?: KoreaderCatalogBrowseCounts;
   sections: KoreaderCatalogEntry[];
   continueReading: KoreaderCatalogBookListItem[];
   // Legacy Discover row. Populated only for requests that name no section, so a
diff --git a/server/src/modules/browse-counts/browse-counts.module.ts b/server/src/modules/browse-counts/browse-counts.module.ts
index 69a6aa8d9..9311b06cc 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/browse-counts/browse-counts.module.ts
+++ b/server/src/modules/browse-counts/browse-counts.module.ts
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ import { BrowseCountsService } from './browse-counts.service';
   imports: [AuthorsModule, SeriesModule, AnnotationModule],
   controllers: [BrowseCountsController],
   providers: [BrowseCountsService],
+  exports: [BrowseCountsService],
 })
 export class BrowseCountsModule {}
diff --git a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-catalog.service.test.ts b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-catalog.service.test.ts
index c66842b7d..43a5ca4ac 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-catalog.service.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-catalog.service.test.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ function makeService(
     getDistinctAuthorsPage: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ items: [{ name: 'Frank Herbert', bookCount: 2 }], hasNext: false }),
     getDistinctSeriesPage: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ items: [{ id: 42, name: 'Dune', bookCount: 6 }], hasNext: false }),
     getBooksPage: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ entries: [], total: 0 }),
+    countBooks: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(99),
+    countUserCollections: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(1),
+    countUserSmartScopes: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(1),
+    getAccessibleLibraryIds: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([1]),
     getBookManifestPage: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ rows: [], hasNext: false }),
     getRandomBooks: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
   };
@@ -215,6 +219,10 @@ function makeService(
     getLibraryVersion: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('lib-v1'),
   };
 
+  const browseCountsService = {
+    getCounts: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ authors: 812, series: 96, annotations: 40 }),
+  };
+
   const service = new KoreaderCatalogService(
     opdsBookService as never,
     bookService as never,
@@ -222,6 +230,7 @@ function makeService(
     userBookStatusService as never,
     dashboardService as never,
     dashboardWidgetService as never,
+    browseCountsService as never,
     recommendationService as never,
     { isCrossPlatformPathSanitizationEnabled: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(true) } as never,
     {
@@ -240,6 +249,7 @@ function makeService(
     userBookStatusService,
     dashboardService,
     dashboardWidgetService,
+    browseCountsService,
     recommendationService,
     pluginService,
   };
@@ -329,7 +339,7 @@ describe('KoreaderCatalogService', () => {
     const dashboard = await service.getDashboard(user);
 
     expect(opdsBookService.getBooksPage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, 'recently_read', 1, 5, { readStatus: 'reading' }, false, user.contentFilters);
-    expect(opdsBookService.getBooksPage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, 'title_asc', 1, 1, {}, false, user.contentFilters);
+    expect(opdsBookService.countBooks).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, {}, false, user.contentFilters);
     expect(opdsBookService.getRandomBooks).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, 12, false, user.contentFilters);
     expect(dashboard.sections.map((section) => section.id)).toContain('all-books');
     expect(dashboard.username).toBe('testuser');
@@ -346,6 +356,59 @@ describe('KoreaderCatalogService', () => {
     expect(dashboardWidgetService.getHighlightOfTheDay).toHaveBeenCalledWith(user);
   });
 
+  it('carries browse counts for every dashboard tile the server can count', async () => {
+    const { service, opdsBookService, browseCountsService } = makeService();
+    const user = makeUser({ id: 7 });
+    opdsBookService.countBooks.mockResolvedValue(12);
+    opdsBookService.getAccessibleLibraryIds.mockResolvedValue([1, 2]);
+    opdsBookService.countUserCollections.mockResolvedValue(1);
+    opdsBookService.countUserSmartScopes.mockResolvedValue(3);
+
+    const dashboard = await service.getDashboard(user);
+
+    expect(dashboard.browseCounts).toEqual({
+      inProgress: 12,
+      libraries: 2,
+      authors: 812,
+      series: 96,
+      collections: 1,
+      smartScopes: 3,
+    });
+    // Authors and series come from the cached sidebar totals rather than being
+    // recomputed per dashboard load.
+    expect(browseCountsService.getCounts).toHaveBeenCalledWith(user);
+    expect(opdsBookService.countBooks).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, { readStatus: 'reading' }, false, user.contentFilters);
+  });
+
+  it('counts entities the requesting user can reach, not every row in the table', async () => {
+    const { service, opdsBookService } = makeService();
+    const user = makeUser({ id: 7 });
+    opdsBookService.countBooks.mockResolvedValue(0);
+    opdsBookService.getAccessibleLibraryIds.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    opdsBookService.countUserCollections.mockResolvedValue(0);
+    opdsBookService.countUserSmartScopes.mockResolvedValue(0);
+
+    const dashboard = await service.getDashboard(user);
+
+    expect(opdsBookService.getAccessibleLibraryIds).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, false);
+    expect(opdsBookService.countUserCollections).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7);
+    expect(opdsBookService.countUserSmartScopes).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7);
+    // The badge never reads a per-entity book count, so the list methods that
+    // aggregate them must stay out of the dashboard path entirely.
+    expect(opdsBookService.getAccessibleLibraries).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(opdsBookService.getUserCollections).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // Zero has to survive to the wire: the plugin renders it, and an absent
+    // field is how it detects a server that cannot count at all.
+    expect(dashboard.browseCounts).toEqual({
+      inProgress: 0,
+      libraries: 0,
+      authors: 812,
+      series: 96,
+      collections: 0,
+      smartScopes: 0,
+    });
+  });
+
   function makeEntry(id: number, title: string) {
     return {
       id,
@@ -517,7 +580,7 @@ describe('KoreaderCatalogService', () => {
 
   it('maps section entries to scoped book links and content-filtered counts', async () => {
     const { service, opdsBookService } = makeService();
-    opdsBookService.getBooksPage.mockResolvedValue({ entries: [], total: 3 });
+    opdsBookService.countBooks.mockResolvedValue(3);
     const user = makeUser({ id: 7 });
 
     const libraries = await service.getSectionEntries(user, 'libraries');
@@ -533,7 +596,7 @@ describe('KoreaderCatalogService', () => {
         booksHref: '/api/v1/koreader/plugin/catalog/books?sort=title&libraryId=1',
       }),
     );
-    expect(opdsBookService.getBooksPage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, 'title_asc', 1, 1, { libraryId: 1 }, false, user.contentFilters);
+    expect(opdsBookService.countBooks).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, { libraryId: 1 }, false, user.contentFilters);
     expect(authors.items[0]!.booksHref).toContain('author=Frank+Herbert');
     expect(series.items[0]).toEqual(
       expect.objectContaining({
@@ -828,27 +891,18 @@ describe('KoreaderCatalogService', () => {
 
   it('includes a series read-through summary on series-scoped pages', async () => {
     const { service, opdsBookService } = makeService();
-    opdsBookService.getBooksPage
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ entries: [], total: 6 })
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ entries: [], total: 6 })
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ entries: [], total: 2 });
+    opdsBookService.getBooksPage.mockResolvedValueOnce({ entries: [], total: 6 });
+    opdsBookService.countBooks.mockResolvedValueOnce(6).mockResolvedValueOnce(2);
     const user = makeUser({ id: 7 });
 
     const result = await service.getBooksPage(user, Object.assign(new KoreaderCatalogBooksQueryDto(), { seriesId: 42, sort: 'series' }));
 
     expect(result.seriesSummary).toEqual({ total: 6, finished: 2 });
     expect(opdsBookService.getBooksPage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 7, 'series_asc', 1, 20, { seriesId: 42 }, false, user.contentFilters);
-    expect(opdsBookService.getBooksPage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 7, 'title_asc', 1, 1, { seriesId: 42 }, false, user.contentFilters);
-    expect(opdsBookService.getBooksPage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
-      3,
-      7,
-      'title_asc',
-      1,
-      1,
-      { seriesId: 42, readStatus: 'finished' },
-      false,
-      user.contentFilters,
-    );
+    // The two summary totals are counted, not paged: neither fetches a row.
+    expect(opdsBookService.countBooks).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 7, { seriesId: 42 }, false, user.contentFilters);
+    expect(opdsBookService.countBooks).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 7, { seriesId: 42, readStatus: 'finished' }, false, user.contentFilters);
+    expect(opdsBookService.getBooksPage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
   it('omits the series summary for non-series listings', async () => {
diff --git a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-catalog.service.ts b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-catalog.service.ts
index 59983f5d2..1b1363044 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-catalog.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-catalog.service.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { DEFAULT_KOREADER_DEVICE_PATTERN, resolveUploadPath } from '@bookorbit/t
 import type {
   KoreaderCatalogBookDetail,
   KoreaderCatalogBookListItem,
+  KoreaderCatalogBrowseCounts,
   KoreaderCatalogDashboardResponse,
   KoreaderCatalogDashboardSection,
   KoreaderCatalogDashboardSectionResponse,
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ import { contentDispositionHeader } from '../../common/utils/content-disposition
 import { storageConfig } from '../../config/config';
 import { BookReadService } from '../book/book-read.service';
 import { BookService } from '../book/book.service';
+import { BrowseCountsService } from '../browse-counts/browse-counts.service';
 import type { BookDetailDto } from '../book/dto/book-detail.dto';
 import { DashboardService } from '../dashboard/dashboard.service';
 import { DashboardWidgetService } from '../dashboard/dashboard-widget.service';
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ export class KoreaderCatalogService {
     private readonly userBookStatusService: UserBookStatusService,
     private readonly dashboardService: DashboardService,
     private readonly dashboardWidgetService: DashboardWidgetService,
+    private readonly browseCountsService: BrowseCountsService,
     private readonly recommendationService: RecommendationService,
     private readonly appSettingsService: AppSettingsService,
     private readonly koreaderService: KoreaderService,
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ export class KoreaderCatalogService {
       readStatus: 'reading' as const,
     });
 
-    const [continueReading, discover, dashboardSection, readingGoal, readingStreak, highlightOfTheDay, totalBooks] = await Promise.all([
+    const [continueReading, discover, dashboardSection, readingGoal, readingStreak, highlightOfTheDay, totalBooks, browseCounts] = await Promise.all([
       this.getBooksPage(user, continueReadingQuery),
       section ? Promise.resolve<KoreaderCatalogBookListItem[]>([]) : this.buildDiscover(user),
       section ? this.buildDashboardSection(user, section) : Promise.resolve(undefined),
@@ -167,6 +170,7 @@ export class KoreaderCatalogService {
       this.dashboardWidgetService.getReadingStreak(user),
       this.dashboardWidgetService.getHighlightOfTheDay(user),
       this.countBooks(user, {}),
+      this.buildBrowseCounts(user),
     ]);
 
     return {
@@ -174,6 +178,7 @@ export class KoreaderCatalogService {
       username: user.username,
       displayName: user.name || user.username,
       totalBooks,
+      browseCounts,
       sections: ROOT_SECTIONS.map((rootSection) => ({ ...rootSection })),
       continueReading: continueReading.items,
       discover,
@@ -623,6 +628,29 @@ export class KoreaderCatalogService {
     return suffix ? `${CATALOG_BASE}/sections/${section}?${suffix}` : `${CATALOG_BASE}/sections/${section}`;
   }
 
+  // Badges for the dashboard Browse tiles. Every total here is a count query:
+  // authors and series reuse the cached ones the web sidebar already asks for,
+  // and the rest deliberately avoid the list methods behind the section
+  // endpoints, which aggregate per-entity book counts a badge never reads.
+  private async buildBrowseCounts(user: RequestUser): Promise<KoreaderCatalogBrowseCounts> {
+    const [inProgress, sidebarCounts, libraryIds, collections, smartScopes] = await Promise.all([
+      this.countBooks(user, { readStatus: 'reading' }),
+      this.browseCountsService.getCounts(user),
+      this.opdsBookService.getAccessibleLibraryIds(user.id, user.isSuperuser),
+      this.opdsBookService.countUserCollections(user.id),
+      this.opdsBookService.countUserSmartScopes(user.id),
+    ]);
+
+    return {
+      inProgress,
+      libraries: libraryIds.length,
+      authors: sidebarCounts.authors,
+      series: sidebarCounts.series,
+      collections,
+      smartScopes,
+    };
+  }
+
   private async countBooks(
     user: RequestUser,
     filters: {
@@ -633,8 +661,7 @@ export class KoreaderCatalogService {
       readStatus?: 'unread' | 'reading' | 'finished';
     },
   ): Promise<number> {
-    const result = await this.opdsBookService.getBooksPage(user.id, 'title_asc', 1, 1, filters, user.isSuperuser, user.contentFilters);
-    return result.total;
+    return this.opdsBookService.countBooks(user.id, filters, user.isSuperuser, user.contentFilters);
   }
 
   private async computeSeriesSummary(user: RequestUser, filters: { series?: string; seriesId?: number }): Promise<KoreaderCatalogSeriesSummary> {
diff --git a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.module.ts b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.module.ts
index 5e646bf17..160506630 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.module.ts
+++ b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.module.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { AppSettingsModule } from '../app-settings/app-settings.module';
 import { AnnotationModule } from '../annotation/annotation.module';
 import { BookmarkModule } from '../bookmark/bookmark.module';
 import { BookModule } from '../book/book.module';
+import { BrowseCountsModule } from '../browse-counts/browse-counts.module';
 import { DashboardModule } from '../dashboard/dashboard.module';
 import { OpdsModule } from '../opds/opds.module';
 import { PositionConverterModule } from '../position-converter/position-converter.module';
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ import { KoreaderStatsService } from './koreader-stats.service';
     AnnotationModule,
     BookModule,
     BookmarkModule,
+    BrowseCountsModule,
     DashboardModule,
     OpdsModule,
     PositionConverterModule,
diff --git a/server/src/modules/opds/opds-book.service.ts b/server/src/modules/opds/opds-book.service.ts
index 098934175..524e15be2 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/opds/opds-book.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/modules/opds/opds-book.service.ts
@@ -590,6 +590,31 @@ export class OpdsBookService {
       .orderBy(collections.name);
   }
 
+  // Badge counts only need the totals, so these skip the per-entity book counts
+  // their list siblings compute. Counting collections through getUserCollections
+  // would aggregate over collection_books just to read the row count back.
+  async countUserCollections(userId: number): Promise<number> {
+    const [row] = await this.db.select({ total: count() }).from(collections).where(eq(collections.userId, userId));
+    return Number(row?.total ?? 0);
+  }
+
+  async countUserSmartScopes(userId: number): Promise<number> {
+    const [row] = await this.db
+      .select({ total: count() })
+      .from(smartScopes)
+      .where(or(eq(smartScopes.userId, userId), eq(smartScopes.isPublic, true)));
+    return Number(row?.total ?? 0);
+  }
+
+  // The scope is shared with getBooksPage so a count can never disagree with the
+  // list it labels, but nothing is fetched or hydrated to produce it.
+  async countBooks(userId: number, filters?: OpdsBookFilters, isSuperuser = false, contentFilters?: ContentFilterRules): Promise<number> {
+    const scope = await this.buildCatalogScope(userId, filters, isSuperuser, contentFilters);
+    if (!scope) return 0;
+    const [row] = await this.db.select({ total: count() }).from(books).leftJoin(bookMetadata, eq(bookMetadata.bookId, books.id)).where(scope.where);
+    return Number(row?.total ?? 0);
+  }
+
   async getUserSmartScopes(userId: number) {
     return this.db
       .select({