OpenLibrary Request -> Books only Collections and Sagas

[DarkStar1977 119]

Hi team.

Even collections are so useful to group different media into one single topic, for example:

Books have their own approach when speaking about grouping them.

You can have "book collections" like "Chose your own adventure", where authors, thematics and others are completely different from one book to another:

And you can have "Sagas" like "Hunger Games"where all books are from the same author:

Or Sagas where the books are from the same topic but different authors like in "Star Trek the next Generation":

Or you have the same topic, different authors and different "Saga" inside the topic, like Star Wars books Sagas:

Heir to the Empire Saga:

X-Wing Rogue Squadron Saga:

We need the ability to be able to group books and comics by "Book Collection" and "Sagas", and those must not be related to "General Collections"

In Fact, would be amazing if a part of this grouping, in General Collections we can add a SECTION for "Sagas" and another for "BOOK COLLECTIONS", so for example Star Wars Books Sagas and Star Wars Books Collection can be presented eaach one in a Row inside General Collections

Thanks in advance.

Edited April 1, 2025 by DarkStar1977

[Luke 42077]

HI, couldn't normal collections handle this, and just have an option on each collection about whether or not to show it in the global collections list?

[DarkStar1977 119]

6 hours ago, Luke said:

HI, couldn't normal collections handle this, and just have an option on each collection about whether or not to show it in the global collections list?

No, in fact what we need is to be able to have collections inside collections.

I'll give you an example:

PARENT (TOP) COLLECTION: Star Wars (This can be the miscellaneous collection that include movies,comics, videogames, soundtracks, books, etc) <- Ideally this one is the one that must appear into "Collections" as is today.

     - Book Children Collection: Star Wars New Republic Era <- Ideally this one must be a "books only" collection just visible in books section.

            - Book Saga Collection: The Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn <- If we differentiate in books only section collections and sagas (two tabs), this must appear in "Sagas Tab"

                          Book 1:Heir to the Empire

                          Book 2:Dark Force Rising

                          Book 3:The Last Command

              - Book Saga Collection: The Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin J. Anderson<- If we differentiate in books only section collections and sagas (two tabs), this must appear in "Sagas Tab"

                          Book1: Jedi Search

                          Book 2: Dark Apprentice

                         Books 3: Champions of the Force

(Whole timeline. https://screenrant.com/star-wars-legends-books-chronological-order/)

Hope now it's more clear, I've used the example of Star Wars but there's a lot of other examples for books.

Thanks

Edited May 30, 2025 by DarkStar1977