diff --git a/api/book-import.php b/api/book-import.php
index da1acad..1b5a286 100644
--- a/api/book-import.php
+++ b/api/book-import.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class BookImportHandler extends ApiHandler
       "author" => $author,
       "description" => $description,
       "read_status" => "want to read",
-      "slug" => "/books/" . $isbn,
+      "slug" => "/reading/books/" . $isbn,
     ];
 
     $this->makeRequest("POST", "books", ["json" => $bookPayload]);
diff --git a/config/filters/media.js b/config/filters/media.js
index a8ee3ae..489d057 100644
--- a/config/filters/media.js
+++ b/config/filters/media.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default {
       .sort((a, b) => b.value - a.value)
       .map(
         (year, index) =>
-          `<a href="/books/years/${year.value}">${year.value}</a>${
+          `<a href="/reading/years/${year.value}">${year.value}</a>${
             index < years.length - 1 ? " • " : ""
           }`
       )
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3f75eae..fab5c1e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "coryd.dev",
-  "version": "5.1.6",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "coryd.dev",
-      "version": "5.1.6",
+      "version": "6.0.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "html-minifier-terser": "7.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 580dae9..f7d450a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "coryd.dev",
-  "version": "5.1.6",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "description": "The source for my personal site. Built using 11ty (and other tools).",
   "type": "module",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/server/utils/init.php b/server/utils/init.php
index 4894fa5..b00f9c9 100644
--- a/server/utils/init.php
+++ b/server/utils/init.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   require_once "icons.php";
   require_once "media.php";
   require_once "paginator.php";
+  require_once "routing.php";
   require_once "strings.php";
   require_once "tags.php";
 ?>
diff --git a/server/utils/routing.php b/server/utils/routing.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..433fd42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/utils/routing.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+  function redirectTo404(): void {
+    header("Location: /404/", true, 302);
+    exit();
+  }
+
+?>
diff --git a/src/assets/styles/index.css b/src/assets/styles/index.css
index bfe0ae3..a283ea8 100644
--- a/src/assets/styles/index.css
+++ b/src/assets/styles/index.css
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 @import url("./base/index.css") layer(base);
 
 /* page styles */
-@import url("./pages/books.css") layer(page);
 @import url("./pages/contact.css") layer(page);
 @import url("./pages/links.css") layer(page);
 @import url("./pages/media.css") layer(page);
 @import url("./pages/music.css") layer(page);
+@import url("./pages/reading.css") layer(page);
 @import url("./pages/watching.css") layer(page);
 @import url("./pages/webrings.css") layer(page);
 
diff --git a/src/assets/styles/pages/books.css b/src/assets/styles/pages/reading.css
similarity index 100%
rename from src/assets/styles/pages/books.css
rename to src/assets/styles/pages/reading.css
diff --git a/src/includes/fetchers/artist.php.liquid b/src/includes/fetchers/artist.php.liquid
index 8b96440..0a2c8f6 100644
--- a/src/includes/fetchers/artist.php.liquid
+++ b/src/includes/fetchers/artist.php.liquid
@@ -9,18 +9,12 @@
   $requestUri = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
   $url = trim(parse_url($requestUri, PHP_URL_PATH), "/");
 
-  if (strpos($url, "music/artists/") !== 0) {
-    echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . "/../../404/index.html");
-    exit();
-  }
+  if (strpos($url, "music/artists/") !== 0) redirectTo404();
 
   $fetcher = new ArtistFetcher();
   $artist = $fetcher->fetch($url);
 
-  if (!$artist) {
-    echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . "/../../404/index.html");
-    exit();
-  }
+  if (!$artist) redirectTo404();
 
   $artist["description"] = parseMarkdown($artist["description"]);
   $pageTitle = htmlspecialchars("Artists • " . $artist["name"], ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8");
diff --git a/src/includes/fetchers/book.php.liquid b/src/includes/fetchers/book.php.liquid
index e72c94e..c524f4a 100644
--- a/src/includes/fetchers/book.php.liquid
+++ b/src/includes/fetchers/book.php.liquid
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
-  require __DIR__ . "/../vendor/autoload.php";
-  require __DIR__ . "/../server/utils/init.php";
+  require __DIR__ . "/../../vendor/autoload.php";
+  require __DIR__ . "/../../server/utils/init.php";
 
   use App\Classes\BookFetcher;
   use voku\helper\HtmlMin;
@@ -9,37 +9,12 @@
   $requestUri = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
   $url = trim(parse_url($requestUri, PHP_URL_PATH), "/");
 
-  if (preg_match('/^books\/years\/(\d{4})$/', $url, $matches)) {
-    $year = $matches[1];
-    $filePath = __DIR__ . "/years/{$year}.html";
-
-    if (file_exists($filePath)) {
-      echo file_get_contents($filePath);
-      exit();
-    } else {
-      echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . "/../404/index.html");
-      exit();
-    }
-  }
-
-  if ($url === "books/years" || $url === "books") {
-    $indexPath = $url === "books" ? "index.html" : __DIR__ . "/../404/index.html";
-    readfile($indexPath);
-    exit();
-  }
-
-  if (!preg_match('/^books\/[\w-]+$/', $url)) {
-    echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . "/../404/index.html");
-    exit();
-  }
+  if (!preg_match('/^reading\/books\/([\dXx-]+)$/', $url)) redirectTo404();
 
   $fetcher = new BookFetcher();
   $book = $fetcher->fetch($url);
 
-  if (!$book) {
-    echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . "/../404/index.html");
-    exit();
-  }
+  if (!$book) redirectTo404();
 
   $book["description"] = parseMarkdown($book["description"]);
   $pageTitle = htmlspecialchars("Books • {$book["title"]} by {$book["author"]}", ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8");
diff --git a/src/includes/fetchers/genre.php.liquid b/src/includes/fetchers/genre.php.liquid
index 8816c65..24d3506 100644
--- a/src/includes/fetchers/genre.php.liquid
+++ b/src/includes/fetchers/genre.php.liquid
@@ -9,18 +9,12 @@
   $requestUri = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
   $url = trim(parse_url($requestUri, PHP_URL_PATH), "/");
 
-  if (!preg_match('/^music\/genres\/[\w-]+$/', $url)) {
-    echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . "/../../404/index.html");
-    exit();
-  }
+  if (!preg_match('/^music\/genres\/[\w-]+$/', $url)) redirectTo404();
 
   $fetcher = new GenreFetcher();
   $genre = $fetcher->fetch($url);
 
-  if (!$genre) {
-    echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . "/../../404/index.html");
-    exit();
-  }
+  if (!$genre) redirectTo404();
 
   $pageTitle = htmlspecialchars("Genres • " . $genre["name"], ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8");
   $pageDescription = truncateText(
diff --git a/src/includes/fetchers/movie.php.liquid b/src/includes/fetchers/movie.php.liquid
index 53a3812..d30f3e0 100644
--- a/src/includes/fetchers/movie.php.liquid
+++ b/src/includes/fetchers/movie.php.liquid
@@ -9,18 +9,12 @@
   $requestUri = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
   $url = trim(parse_url($requestUri, PHP_URL_PATH), "/");
 
-  if (!preg_match('/^watching\/movies\/[\w-]+$/', $url)) {
-    echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . "/../../404/index.html");
-    exit();
-  }
+  if (!preg_match('/^watching\/movies\/[\w-]+$/', $url)) redirectTo404();
 
   $fetcher = new MovieFetcher();
   $movie = $fetcher->fetch($url);
 
-  if (!$movie) {
-    echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . "/../../404/index.html");
-    exit();
-  }
+  if (!$movie) redirectTo404();
 
   $movie["description"] = parseMarkdown($movie["description"]);
   $pageTitle = htmlspecialchars("Movies • " . $movie["title"], ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8");
diff --git a/src/includes/fetchers/show.php.liquid b/src/includes/fetchers/show.php.liquid
index 2e38f1b..3d78915 100644
--- a/src/includes/fetchers/show.php.liquid
+++ b/src/includes/fetchers/show.php.liquid
@@ -9,18 +9,12 @@
   $requestUri = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
   $url = trim(parse_url($requestUri, PHP_URL_PATH), "/");
 
-  if (!preg_match('/^watching\/shows\/[\w-]+$/', $url)) {
-    echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . "/../../404/index.html");
-    exit();
-  }
+  if (!preg_match('/^watching\/shows\/[\w-]+$/', $url)) redirectTo404();
 
   $fetcher = new ShowFetcher();
   $show = $fetcher->fetch($url);
 
-  if (!$show) {
-    echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . "/../../404/index.html");
-    exit();
-  }
+  if (!$show) redirectTo404();
 
   $pageTitle = htmlspecialchars("Show • " . $show["title"], ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8");
   $pageDescription = truncateText(
diff --git a/src/includes/fetchers/tags.php.liquid b/src/includes/fetchers/tags.php.liquid
index 2919d02..5895d8b 100644
--- a/src/includes/fetchers/tags.php.liquid
+++ b/src/includes/fetchers/tags.php.liquid
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
     exit();
   }
 
-  if (!preg_match('/^tags\/(.+?)(?:\/(\d+))?$/', $url, $matches)) {
-    echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . "/../404/index.html");
-    exit();
-  }
+  if (!preg_match('/^tags\/(.+?)(?:\/(\d+))?$/', $url, $matches)) redirectTo404();
 
   if (isset($matches[2]) && (int)$matches[2] === 1) {
     header("Location: /tags/{$matches[1]}", true, 301);
@@ -26,10 +23,7 @@
 
   $tag = strtolower(urldecode($matches[1]));
 
-  if (!preg_match('/^[\p{L}\p{N} _\.\-\&]+$/u', $tag)) {
-    echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . "/../404/index.html");
-    exit();
-  }
+  if (!preg_match('/^[\p{L}\p{N} _\.\-\&]+$/u', $tag)) redirectTo404();
 
   $page = isset($matches[2]) ? max(1, (int)$matches[2]) : 1;
   $pageSize = 20;
@@ -37,7 +31,7 @@
   $tagged = $fetcher->fetch($tag, $page, $pageSize);
 
   if (!$tagged || count($tagged) === 0) {
-    echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../404/index.html');
+    header("Location: /404/", true, 302);
     exit();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/includes/metadata/index.liquid b/src/includes/metadata/index.liquid
index 16adf15..5768c6b 100644
--- a/src/includes/metadata/index.liquid
+++ b/src/includes/metadata/index.liquid
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   {%- when 'books' -%}
     {%- assign overviewBook = books.all | filterBooksByStatus: 'started' | reverse | first %}
     {%- assign ogImage = ogImageBaseUrl | append: overviewBook.image -%}
-  {%- when 'books-year' -%}
+  {%- when 'reading-year' -%}
     {%- assign pageTitle = 'Books' | append: ' • ' | append: year.value | append: ' • ' | append: globals.site_name -%}
     {%- capture pageDescription -%}
       Here's what I read in {{ year.value }}.
diff --git a/src/meta/htaccess.liquid b/src/meta/htaccess.liquid
index 3ede2c5..6313550 100644
--- a/src/meta/htaccess.liquid
+++ b/src/meta/htaccess.liquid
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ ErrorDocument 500 /500/index.html
 RewriteRule ^music/artists/([^/]+)/?$ music/artists/index.php [L]
 
 ## books
-RewriteRule ^books/([^/]+)/?$ books/index.php [L]
-RewriteRule ^books/years/(\d{4})/?$ books/years/index.html [L]
-RewriteRule ^books/?$ books/books.html [L]
+RewriteRule ^reading/?$ reading/index.html [L]
+RewriteRule ^reading/years/(\d{4})/?$ reading/years/$1.html [L]
+RewriteRule ^reading/books/([\dXx-]+)/?$ reading/books/index.php [L]
 
 ## movies
 RewriteRule ^watching/movies/([^/]+)/?$ watching/movies/index.php [L]
diff --git a/src/pages/dynamic/book.php.liquid b/src/pages/dynamic/book.php.liquid
index 9b36598..01bb133 100644
--- a/src/pages/dynamic/book.php.liquid
+++ b/src/pages/dynamic/book.php.liquid
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
-permalink: /books/index.php
+permalink: /reading/books/index.php
 type: dynamic
 schema: book
 ---
-<a class="back-link" href="/books" title="Go back to the books index page">{% tablericon "arrow-left" %} Back to books</a>
+<a class="back-link" href="/reading" title="Go back to the reading index page">{% tablericon "arrow-left" %} Back to reading</a>
 <article class="book-focus">
   <div class="book-display">
     <img
diff --git a/src/pages/media/books/index.html b/src/pages/media/books/index.html
index 842bf79..66fb865 100644
--- a/src/pages/media/books/index.html
+++ b/src/pages/media/books/index.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Books
 description: Here's what I'm reading at the moment.
-permalink: "/books/index.html"
+permalink: "/reading/index.html"
 schema: books
 updated: "now"
 ---
diff --git a/src/pages/media/books/year.html b/src/pages/media/books/year.html
index 2f8b738..2895e4b 100644
--- a/src/pages/media/books/year.html
+++ b/src/pages/media/books/year.html
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ pagination:
   data: books.years
   size: 1
   alias: year
-permalink: "/books/years/{{ year.value }}/index.html"
-schema: books-year
+permalink: "/reading/years/{{ year.value }}/index.html"
+schema: reading-year
 ---
 {%- assign bookData = year.data | filterBooksByStatus: 'finished' -%}
 {%- assign bookDataFavorites = bookData | findFavoriteBooks -%}
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ schema: books-year
 {%- assign currentYear = 'now' | date: "%Y" -%}
 {%- assign yearString = year.value | append: '' -%}
 {%- assign currentYearString = currentYear | append: '' -%}
-<a href="/books" class="back-link">{% tablericon "arrow-left" %} Back to books</a>
+<a href="/reading" class="back-link">{% tablericon "arrow-left" %} Back to reading</a>
 <h2 class="page-title">{{ year.value }} • Books</h2>
 {% if yearString == currentYearString %}
 <p>I've finished <mark>{{ bookData.size }} book{% unless bookData.size == 1 %}s{% endunless %}</mark> this year.{%- if favoriteBooks %} Among my favorites are {{ favoriteBooks }}.{%- endif -%}</p>
diff --git a/src/pages/static/search.html b/src/pages/static/search.html
index d930be0..d6b3eee 100644
--- a/src/pages/static/search.html
+++ b/src/pages/static/search.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Search through posts and other content on my site.
 ---
 
 <h2 class="page-title">Search</h2>
-<p>You can find <a href="/posts">posts</a>, <a href="/links">links</a>, <a href="/music/#artists">artists</a>, genres, <a href="/watching#movies">movies</a>, <a href="/watching#tv">shows</a> and <a href="/books">books</a> via the field below (though it only surfaces movies and shows I've watched and books I've written something about). <a href="/tags">You can also browse my tags list</a>.</p>
+<p>You can find <a href="/posts">posts</a>, <a href="/links">links</a>, <a href="/music/#artists">artists</a>, genres, <a href="/watching#movies">movies</a>, <a href="/watching#tv">shows</a> and <a href="/reading">books</a> via the field below (though it only surfaces movies and shows I've watched and books I've written something about). <a href="/tags">You can also browse my tags list</a>.</p>
 {% render "blocks/top-tags.liquid"
   label:"Top tags"
   tags:topTags.tags
diff --git a/src/pages/static/stats.html b/src/pages/static/stats.html
index ee4a985..4d7d528 100644
--- a/src/pages/static/stats.html
+++ b/src/pages/static/stats.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Some basic stats about my activity on this site.
 updated: "now"
 ---
 <h2 class="page-title">Stats</h2>
-<p>I share the <a href="/music" class="music">music I listen to</a>, <a href="/music/concerts" class="concerts">concerts I attend</a>, <a href="/watching" class="tv">shows and movies I watch</a>, <a href="/books" class="books">books I read</a>, <a href="/posts" class="article">posts I write</a>, and <a href="/links" class="link">links I enjoy</a> on this site. I have some basic counts of each below.</p>
+<p>I share the <a href="/music" class="music">music I listen to</a>, <a href="/music/concerts" class="concerts">concerts I attend</a>, <a href="/watching" class="tv">shows and movies I watch</a>, <a href="/reading" class="books">books I read</a>, <a href="/posts" class="article">posts I write</a>, and <a href="/links" class="link">links I enjoy</a> on this site. I have some basic counts of each below.</p>
 <hr />
 <p class="music">I've listened to <mark>{{ stats.listen_count }} {{ stats.listen_count | pluralize: "track" }}</mark> by <mark>{{ stats.artist_count }} {{ stats.artist_count | pluralize: "artist" }}</mark> across <mark>{{ stats.genre_count }} {{ stats.genre_count | pluralize: "genre" }}</mark>.</p>
 <p class="concerts">I've been to <mark>{{ stats.concert_count }} {{ stats.concert_count | pluralize: "concert" }}</mark> at <mark>{{ stats.venue_count }} {{ stats.venue_count | pluralize: "venue" }}</mark>.</p>