kthoom supports loading in Reading Lists of books. Think of a reading list as a playlist for your comic book reader. It's a way to load in a bunch of comic book files at once.

Since I could not find any existing format for this, I created my own: JSON Reading List files (.JRL).

The format is simple:

{
  "baseURI": "https://example.com",
  "items": [
    {"type": "book", "uri": "/foo/bar.cbz", "name": "Optional name"},
    {"type": "book", "uri": "http://example.com/foo/baz.cbr"}
  ]
}

• The "baseURI" field is optional. If present, it is used to resolve item URI references.
• The "uri" field must be an absolute URI or a URI reference that points to a comic book file (.cbz, .cbr). If it is a URI reference:
  • if baseURI is present, that is used
  • else if the Reading List file was fetched via a URI, the Reading List file's URI base is used
  • otherwise, behavior is undefined.
• The "type" field must have the value "book".
• The "name" field is optional and can be a short name for the comic book.

The JSON schema for the JRL file format is here.

I created a simple web app to let you search for books and create reading lists: jrlgen.