diff --git a/client/components/app/LazyBookshelf.vue b/client/components/app/LazyBookshelf.vue
index 4c72d0d78..0fc72d5eb 100644
--- a/client/components/app/LazyBookshelf.vue
+++ b/client/components/app/LazyBookshelf.vue
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ export default {
     return {
       routeFullPath: null,
       initialized: false,
+      paginationMode: 'offset',
+      nextCursor: null,
+      isCountDeferred: false,
+      pageCursors: {},
       bookshelfHeight: 0,
       bookshelfWidth: 0,
       shelvesPerPage: 0,
@@ -327,6 +331,36 @@ export default {
         this.lastItemIndexSelected = -1
       }
     },
+    resetPaginationState() {
+      this.paginationMode = 'offset'
+      this.nextCursor = null
+      this.isCountDeferred = false
+      this.pageCursors = { 0: null }
+    },
+    getFetchQueryString(page = 0) {
+      const cursor = this.paginationMode === 'keyset' && page > 0 ? this.pageCursors[page] : null
+      const searchParams = new URLSearchParams()
+
+      if (this.currentSFQueryString) {
+        const currentSearchParams = new URLSearchParams(this.currentSFQueryString)
+        for (const [key, value] of currentSearchParams.entries()) {
+          searchParams.set(key, value)
+        }
+      }
+
+      searchParams.set('limit', this.booksPerFetch)
+      searchParams.set('pageMode', 'endless')
+      searchParams.set('minified', 1)
+      searchParams.set('include', 'rssfeed,numEpisodesIncomplete,share')
+
+      if (cursor) {
+        searchParams.set('cursor', cursor)
+      } else {
+        searchParams.set('page', page)
+      }
+
+      return `?${searchParams.toString()}`
+    },
     async fetchEntites(page = 0) {
       const startIndex = page * this.booksPerFetch
 
@@ -334,11 +368,11 @@ export default {
 
       if (!this.initialized) {
         this.currentSFQueryString = this.buildSearchParams()
+        this.resetPaginationState()
       }
 
       let entityPath = this.entityName === 'series-books' ? 'items' : this.entityName
-      const sfQueryString = this.currentSFQueryString ? this.currentSFQueryString + '&' : ''
-      const fullQueryString = `?${sfQueryString}limit=${this.booksPerFetch}&page=${page}&minified=1&include=rssfeed,numEpisodesIncomplete,share`
+      const fullQueryString = this.getFetchQueryString(page)
 
       const payload = await this.$axios.$get(`/api/libraries/${this.currentLibraryId}/${entityPath}${fullQueryString}`).catch((error) => {
         console.error('failed to fetch items', error)
@@ -352,6 +386,18 @@ export default {
         return
       }
       if (payload) {
+        this.paginationMode = payload.paginationMode || this.paginationMode
+        this.nextCursor = payload.nextCursor || null
+        this.isCountDeferred = !!payload.isCountDeferred
+
+        if (this.paginationMode === 'keyset') {
+          if (this.nextCursor) {
+            this.pageCursors[page + 1] = this.nextCursor
+          } else {
+            delete this.pageCursors[page + 1]
+          }
+        }
+
         if (!this.initialized) {
           this.initialized = true
           this.totalEntities = payload.total
@@ -371,7 +417,17 @@ export default {
       }
     },
     loadPage(page) {
-      if (!this.pagesLoaded[page]) this.pagesLoaded[page] = this.fetchEntites(page)
+      if (this.pagesLoaded[page]) return this.pagesLoaded[page]
+
+      if (this.paginationMode === 'keyset' && page > 0) {
+        this.pagesLoaded[page] = this.loadPage(page - 1).then(() => {
+          if (!this.pageCursors[page]) return Promise.resolve()
+          return this.fetchEntites(page)
+        })
+      } else {
+        this.pagesLoaded[page] = this.fetchEntites(page)
+      }
+
       return this.pagesLoaded[page]
     },
     showHideBookPlaceholder(index, show) {
@@ -413,7 +469,15 @@ export default {
       clearTimeout(this.postScrollTimeout)
       const firstPage = Math.floor(firstEntityIndex / this.booksPerFetch)
       const lastPage = Math.floor(lastEntityIndex / this.booksPerFetch)
-      Promise.all([this.loadPage(firstPage), this.loadPage(lastPage)])
+
+      // Mount whatever is cached immediately — cached cards show at once,
+      // uncached slots render as skeleton until data arrives
+      this.mountEntities(firstEntityIndex, lastEntityIndex)
+
+      // Then fetch missing pages and remount to fill in any skeleton placeholders
+      const visiblePageLoads = this.paginationMode === 'keyset' ? this.loadPage(firstPage).then(() => this.loadPage(lastPage)) : Promise.all([this.loadPage(firstPage), this.loadPage(lastPage)])
+
+      visiblePageLoads
         .then(() => this.mountEntities(firstEntityIndex, lastEntityIndex))
         .catch((error) => console.error('Failed to load page', error))
 
@@ -426,6 +490,7 @@ export default {
       }
       this.destroyEntityComponents()
       this.pagesLoaded = {}
+      this.resetPaginationState()
       this.entities = []
       this.totalShelves = 0
       this.totalEntities = 0
diff --git a/client/cypress/tests/components/app/LazyBookshelf.cy.js b/client/cypress/tests/components/app/LazyBookshelf.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01c71101e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/cypress/tests/components/app/LazyBookshelf.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import LazyBookshelf from '@/components/app/LazyBookshelf.vue'
+
+describe('LazyBookshelf', () => {
+  it('uses the server cursor for keyset follow-up chunks', () => {
+    const requestUrls = []
+    const getStub = cy.stub().callsFake((url) => {
+      requestUrls.push(url)
+
+      if (requestUrls.length === 1) {
+        return Promise.resolve({
+          results: [{ id: 'item-1', mediaType: 'book', media: { metadata: { title: 'Alpha' } } }],
+          total: 4,
+          nextCursor: 'cursor-1',
+          paginationMode: 'keyset',
+          isCountDeferred: true
+        })
+      }
+
+      return Promise.resolve({
+        results: [{ id: 'item-2', mediaType: 'book', media: { metadata: { title: 'Beta' } } }],
+        total: 4,
+        nextCursor: 'cursor-2',
+        paginationMode: 'keyset',
+        isCountDeferred: true
+      })
+    })
+
+    const store = {
+      getters: {
+        'user/getIsAdminOrUp': true,
+        'libraries/getCurrentLibraryMediaType': 'book',
+        'libraries/getCurrentLibraryName': 'Library',
+        'user/getUserSetting': (key) => {
+          const settings = {
+            orderBy: 'media.metadata.title',
+            orderDesc: false,
+            filterBy: 'all',
+            collapseSeries: false,
+            collapseBookSeries: false,
+            seriesSortBy: 'name',
+            seriesSortDesc: false,
+            seriesFilterBy: 'all',
+            authorSortBy: 'name',
+            authorSortDesc: false
+          }
+          return settings[key]
+        },
+        'libraries/getBookCoverAspectRatio': 1.6,
+        'getServerSetting': () => false,
+        getBookshelfView: 'grid',
+        'user/getSizeMultiplier': 1,
+        'tasks/getRunningLibraryScanTask': () => null
+      },
+      state: {
+        libraries: {
+          currentLibraryId: 'lib-1'
+        },
+        globals: {
+          selectedMediaItems: []
+        },
+        streamLibraryItem: null,
+        lastBookshelfScrollData: {}
+      },
+      dispatch: cy.stub().resolves(),
+      commit: cy.stub()
+    }
+
+    cy.mount(LazyBookshelf, {
+      mocks: {
+        $axios: { $get: getStub },
+        $store: store,
+        $eventBus: { $on: () => {}, $off: () => {}, $emit: () => {} },
+        $root: { socket: { on: () => {}, off: () => {} } },
+        $route: { query: {} },
+        $router: { push: cy.stub() },
+        $toast: { error: cy.stub() },
+        $getString: (key) => key,
+        $encode: encodeURIComponent,
+        $decode: decodeURIComponent
+      },
+      methods: {
+        async setCardSize() {
+          this.cardWidth = 120
+          this.cardHeight = 180
+          this.coverHeight = 160
+        },
+        mountEntityCard() {},
+        initListeners() {}
+      },
+      data() {
+        return {
+          booksPerFetch: 1,
+          entitiesPerShelf: 1,
+          shelvesPerPage: 1
+        }
+      }
+    }).then(async ({ wrapper }) => {
+      await wrapper.vm.fetchEntites(0)
+      await wrapper.vm.fetchEntites(1)
+
+      expect(requestUrls).to.have.length(2)
+      expect(requestUrls[0]).to.include('page=0')
+      expect(requestUrls[0]).to.not.include('cursor=')
+      expect(requestUrls[1]).to.include('cursor=cursor-1')
+      expect(requestUrls[1]).to.not.include('page=1')
+    })
+  })
+})