diff --git a/server/controllers/LibraryController.js b/server/controllers/LibraryController.js
index 3585dc51..f51b4974 100644
--- a/server/controllers/LibraryController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/LibraryController.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const RssFeedManager = require('../managers/RssFeedManager')
 const libraryFilters = require('../utils/queries/libraryFilters')
 const libraryItemsPodcastFilters = require('../utils/queries/libraryItemsPodcastFilters')
 const authorFilters = require('../utils/queries/authorFilters')
+const zipHelpers = require('../utils/zipHelpers')
 
 /**
  * @typedef RequestUserObject
@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@ class LibraryController {
       Logger.error(`[LibraryController] Non-admin user "${req.user.username}" attempted to delete library`)
       return res.sendStatus(403)
     }
-    
+
     // Remove library watcher
     Watcher.removeLibrary(req.library)
 
@@ -1419,6 +1420,51 @@ class LibraryController {
     })
   }
 
+  /**
+   * GET: /api/library/:id/download
+   * Downloads multiple library items
+   *
+   * @param {LibraryItemControllerRequest} req
+   * @param {Response} res
+   */
+  async downloadMultiple(req, res) {
+    if (!req.user.canDownload) {
+      Logger.warn(`User "${req.user.username}" attempted to download without permission`)
+      return res.sendStatus(403)
+    }
+
+    if(req.query.ids === undefined) {
+      res.status(400).send('Library not found')
+    }
+
+    const itemIds = req.query.ids.split(',')
+
+    const libraryItems = await Database.libraryItemModel.findAll({
+      attributes: ['id', 'libraryId', 'path'],
+      where: {
+        id: itemIds,
+        libraryId: req.params.id,
+        mediaType: 'book'
+      }
+    })
+
+    Logger.info(`[LibraryItemController] User "${req.user.username}" requested download for items "${itemIds}"`)
+
+    const filename = `LibraryItems-${Date.now()}.zip`
+    const libraryItemPaths = libraryItems.map((li) => li.path)
+
+    console.log(libraryItemPaths)
+
+    try {
+      await zipHelpers.zipDirectoriesPipe(libraryItemPaths, filename, res)
+      Logger.info(`[LibraryItemController] Downloaded item "${filename}" at "${libraryItemPaths}"`)
+    } catch (error) {
+      Logger.error(`[LibraryItemController] Download failed for item "${filename}" at "${libraryItemPaths}"`, error)
+      //LibraryItemController.handleDownloadError(error, res)
+    }
+  }
+
+
   /**
    *
    * @param {RequestWithUser} req
diff --git a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
index 6779d0af..78a5291d 100644
--- a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
+++ b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ class ApiRouter {
     this.router.post('/libraries/order', LibraryController.reorder.bind(this))
     this.router.post('/libraries/:id/remove-metadata', LibraryController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryController.removeAllMetadataFiles.bind(this))
     this.router.get('/libraries/:id/podcast-titles', LibraryController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryController.getPodcastTitles.bind(this))
+    this.router.get('/libraries/:id/download', LibraryController.middleware.bind(this), LibraryController.downloadMultiple.bind(this))
 
     //
     // Item Routes
diff --git a/server/utils/zipHelpers.js b/server/utils/zipHelpers.js
index 44b65296..1145f3a0 100644
--- a/server/utils/zipHelpers.js
+++ b/server/utils/zipHelpers.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const Logger = require('../Logger')
 const archiver = require('../libs/archiver')
+const { lstatSync } = require('node:fs')
 
 module.exports.zipDirectoryPipe = (path, filename, res) => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -50,3 +51,75 @@ module.exports.zipDirectoryPipe = (path, filename, res) => {
     archive.finalize()
   })
 }
+
+/**
+ * Creates a zip archive containing multiple directories and streams it to the response.
+ *
+ * @param {string[]} paths - Array of directory paths to include in the zip archive.
+ * @param {string} filename - Name of the zip file to be sent as attachment.
+ * @param {object} res - Response object to pipe the archive data to.
+ * @returns {Promise<void>} - Promise that resolves when the zip operation completes.
+ */
+module.exports.zipDirectoriesPipe = (paths, filename, res) => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    // create a file to stream archive data to
+    res.attachment(filename)
+
+    const archive = archiver('zip', {
+      zlib: { level: 0 } // Sets the compression level.
+    })
+
+    // listen for all archive data to be written
+    // 'close' event is fired only when a file descriptor is involved
+    res.on('close', () => {
+      Logger.info(archive.pointer() + ' total bytes')
+      Logger.debug('archiver has been finalized and the output file descriptor has closed.')
+      resolve()
+    })
+
+    // This event is fired when the data source is drained no matter what was the data source.
+    // It is not part of this library but rather from the NodeJS Stream API.
+    // @see: https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_event_end
+    res.on('end', () => {
+      Logger.debug('Data has been drained')
+    })
+
+    // good practice to catch warnings (ie stat failures and other non-blocking errors)
+    archive.on('warning', function (err) {
+      if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+        // log warning
+        Logger.warn(`[DownloadManager] Archiver warning: ${err.message}`)
+      } else {
+        // throw error
+        Logger.error(`[DownloadManager] Archiver error: ${err.message}`)
+        // throw err
+        reject(err)
+      }
+    })
+    archive.on('error', function (err) {
+      Logger.error(`[DownloadManager] Archiver error: ${err.message}`)
+      reject(err)
+    })
+
+    // pipe archive data to the file
+    archive.pipe(res)
+
+    // Add each path as a directory in the zip
+    paths.forEach(path => {
+
+      const paths = path.split('/')
+
+      // Check if path is file or directory
+      if (lstatSync(path).isDirectory()) {
+        const dirName = path.split('/').pop()
+
+        // Add the directory to the archive with its name as the root folder
+        archive.directory(path, dirName);
+      } else {
+        archive.file(path, { name: paths[paths.length - 1] });
+      }
+    });
+
+    archive.finalize()
+  })
+}