diff --git a/client/components/app/BookShelfToolbar.vue b/client/components/app/BookShelfToolbar.vue
index 5a869f7f60..94e095c7c2 100644
--- a/client/components/app/BookShelfToolbar.vue
+++ b/client/components/app/BookShelfToolbar.vue
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@
 
         <ui-context-menu-dropdown v-if="contextMenuItems.length" :items="contextMenuItems" :menu-width="110" class="ml-2" @action="contextMenuAction" />
       </template>
-      <!-- home page -->
-      <template v-else-if="isHome">
-        <div class="flex-grow" />
-        <ui-context-menu-dropdown v-if="contextMenuItems.length" :items="contextMenuItems" :menu-width="110" class="ml-2" @action="contextMenuAction" />
-      </template>
       <!-- search page -->
       <template v-else-if="page === 'search'">
         <div class="flex-grow" />
@@ -99,10 +94,15 @@
       <!-- authors page -->
       <template v-else-if="page === 'authors'">
         <div class="flex-grow" />
-        <ui-btn v-if="userCanUpdate && authors && authors.length && !isBatchSelecting" :loading="processingAuthors" color="primary" small @click="matchAllAuthors">{{ $strings.ButtonMatchAllAuthors }}</ui-btn>
+        <ui-btn v-if="userCanUpdate && authors?.length && !isBatchSelecting" :loading="processingAuthors" color="primary" small @click="matchAllAuthors">{{ $strings.ButtonMatchAllAuthors }}</ui-btn>
 
         <!-- author sort select -->
-        <controls-sort-select v-if="authors && authors.length" v-model="settings.authorSortBy" :descending.sync="settings.authorSortDesc" :items="authorSortItems" class="w-36 sm:w-44 md:w-48 h-7.5 ml-1 sm:ml-4" @change="updateAuthorSort" />
+        <controls-sort-select v-if="authors?.length" v-model="settings.authorSortBy" :descending.sync="settings.authorSortDesc" :items="authorSortItems" class="w-36 sm:w-44 md:w-48 h-7.5 ml-1 sm:ml-4" @change="updateAuthorSort" />
+      </template>
+      <!-- home page -->
+      <template v-else-if="isHome">
+        <div class="flex-grow" />
+        <ui-context-menu-dropdown v-if="contextMenuItems.length" :items="contextMenuItems" :menu-width="110" class="ml-2" @action="contextMenuAction" />
       </template>
     </div>
   </div>
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ export default {
         {
           text: this.$strings.LabelTotalDuration,
           value: 'totalDuration'
+        },
+        {
+          text: this.$strings.LabelRandomly,
+          value: 'random'
         }
       ]
     },
diff --git a/client/components/controls/LibrarySortSelect.vue b/client/components/controls/LibrarySortSelect.vue
index f0cc095560..afda848079 100644
--- a/client/components/controls/LibrarySortSelect.vue
+++ b/client/components/controls/LibrarySortSelect.vue
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ export default {
         {
           text: this.$strings.LabelFileModified,
           value: 'mtimeMs'
+        },
+        {
+          text: this.$strings.LabelRandomly,
+          value: 'random'
         }
       ]
     },
@@ -128,6 +132,10 @@ export default {
         {
           text: this.$strings.LabelFileModified,
           value: 'mtimeMs'
+        },
+        {
+          text: this.$strings.LabelRandomly,
+          value: 'random'
         }
       ]
     },
@@ -215,4 +223,4 @@ export default {
     }
   }
 }
-</script>
\ No newline at end of file
+</script>
diff --git a/client/strings/en-us.json b/client/strings/en-us.json
index 7fecd71ce2..111f9ef95f 100644
--- a/client/strings/en-us.json
+++ b/client/strings/en-us.json
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@
   "LabelRSSFeedPreventIndexing": "Prevent Indexing",
   "LabelRSSFeedSlug": "RSS Feed Slug",
   "LabelRSSFeedURL": "RSS Feed URL",
+  "LabelRandomly": "Randomly",
   "LabelReAddSeriesToContinueListening": "Re-add series to Continue Listening",
   "LabelRead": "Read",
   "LabelReadAgain": "Read Again",
diff --git a/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters.js b/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters.js
index 0af86730a8..0be5f154e1 100644
--- a/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters.js
+++ b/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ const Sequelize = require('sequelize')
 const Database = require('../../Database')
 const Logger = require('../../Logger')
 const authorFilters = require('./authorFilters')
-const { asciiOnlyToLowerCase } = require('../index')
 
 const ShareManager = require('../../managers/ShareManager')
 
@@ -274,6 +273,8 @@ module.exports = {
       return [[Sequelize.literal(`CAST(\`series.bookSeries.sequence\` AS FLOAT) ${nullDir}`)]]
     } else if (sortBy === 'progress') {
       return [[Sequelize.literal('mediaProgresses.updatedAt'), dir]]
+    } else if (sortBy === 'random') {
+      return [Database.sequelize.random()]
     }
     return []
   },
diff --git a/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsPodcastFilters.js b/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsPodcastFilters.js
index 545ca8a6e5..814ea093e1 100644
--- a/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsPodcastFilters.js
+++ b/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsPodcastFilters.js
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ module.exports = {
       }
     } else if (sortBy === 'media.numTracks') {
       return [['numEpisodes', dir]]
+    } else if (sortBy === 'random') {
+      return [Database.sequelize.random()]
     }
     return []
   },
diff --git a/server/utils/queries/seriesFilters.js b/server/utils/queries/seriesFilters.js
index 69e4df0632..1c384085b4 100644
--- a/server/utils/queries/seriesFilters.js
+++ b/server/utils/queries/seriesFilters.js
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ module.exports = {
 
   /**
    * Get series filtered and sorted
-   * 
-   * @param {import('../../objects/Library')} library 
-   * @param {import('../../objects/user/User')} user 
-   * @param {string} filterBy 
-   * @param {string} sortBy 
-   * @param {boolean} sortDesc 
-   * @param {string[]} include 
-   * @param {number} limit 
-   * @param {number} offset 
+   *
+   * @param {import('../../objects/Library')} library
+   * @param {import('../../objects/user/User')} user
+   * @param {string} filterBy
+   * @param {string} sortBy
+   * @param {boolean} sortDesc
+   * @param {string[]} include
+   * @param {number} limit
+   * @param {number} offset
    * @returns {Promise<{ series:object[], count:number }>}
    */
   async getFilteredSeries(library, user, filterBy, sortBy, sortDesc, include, limit, offset) {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module.exports = {
     let filterGroup = null
     if (filterBy) {
       const searchGroups = ['genres', 'tags', 'authors', 'progress', 'narrators', 'publishers', 'languages']
-      const group = searchGroups.find(_group => filterBy.startsWith(_group + '.'))
+      const group = searchGroups.find((_group) => filterBy.startsWith(_group + '.'))
       filterGroup = group || filterBy
       filterValue = group ? this.decode(filterBy.replace(`${group}.`, '')) : null
     }
@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ module.exports = {
     // Handle library setting to hide single book series
     // TODO: Merge with existing query
     if (library.settings.hideSingleBookSeries) {
-      seriesWhere.push(Sequelize.where(Sequelize.literal(`(SELECT count(*) FROM books b, bookSeries bs WHERE bs.seriesId = series.id AND bs.bookId = b.id)`), {
-        [Sequelize.Op.gt]: 1
-      }))
+      seriesWhere.push(
+        Sequelize.where(Sequelize.literal(`(SELECT count(*) FROM books b, bookSeries bs WHERE bs.seriesId = series.id AND bs.bookId = b.id)`), {
+          [Sequelize.Op.gt]: 1
+        })
+      )
     }
 
     // Handle filters
@@ -101,9 +103,11 @@ module.exports = {
     }
 
     if (attrQuery) {
-      seriesWhere.push(Sequelize.where(Sequelize.literal(`(${attrQuery})`), {
-        [Sequelize.Op.gt]: 0
-      }))
+      seriesWhere.push(
+        Sequelize.where(Sequelize.literal(`(${attrQuery})`), {
+          [Sequelize.Op.gt]: 0
+        })
+      )
     }
 
     const order = []
@@ -133,6 +137,8 @@ module.exports = {
     } else if (sortBy === 'lastBookUpdated') {
       seriesAttributes.include.push([Sequelize.literal('(SELECT MAX(b.updatedAt) FROM books b, bookSeries bs WHERE bs.seriesId = series.id AND b.id = bs.bookId)'), 'mostRecentBookUpdated'])
       order.push(['mostRecentBookUpdated', dir])
+    } else if (sortBy === 'random') {
+      order.push(Database.sequelize.random())
     }
 
     const { rows: series, count } = await Database.seriesModel.findAndCountAll({
@@ -184,7 +190,7 @@ module.exports = {
           sensitivity: 'base'
         })
       })
-      oldSeries.books = s.bookSeries.map(bs => {
+      oldSeries.books = s.bookSeries.map((bs) => {
         const libraryItem = bs.book.libraryItem.toJSON()
         delete bs.book.libraryItem
         libraryItem.media = bs.book