diff --git a/imgsrc/context_menu.svg b/imgsrc/context_menu.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77a560a477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/imgsrc/context_menu.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?><svg fill="none" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M4 6H20M4 12H20M4 18H20" stroke="#4A5568" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2"/></svg>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/images/context_menu.png b/resources/images/context_menu.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73d2029ba1
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diff --git a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
index 78c1b1cf34..59229a04aa 100644
--- a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
+++ b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
@@ -1070,6 +1070,13 @@ class ActionManageCategories(InterfaceActionBase):
     description = _('Manage tag browser categories')
 
 
+class ActionBooklistContextMenu(InterfaceActionBase):
+    name = 'Booklist context menu'
+    author = 'Charles Haley'
+    actual_plugin = 'calibre.gui2.actions.booklist_context_menu:BooklistContextMenuAction'
+    description = _('Open the context menu for the column')
+
+
 class ActionVirtualLibrary(InterfaceActionBase):
     name = 'Virtual Library'
     actual_plugin = 'calibre.gui2.actions.virtual_library:VirtualLibraryAction'
@@ -1111,7 +1118,7 @@ plugins += [ActionAdd, ActionFetchAnnotations, ActionGenerateCatalog,
         ActionPluginUpdater, ActionPickRandom, ActionEditToC, ActionSortBy,
         ActionMarkBooks, ActionEmbed, ActionTemplateTester, ActionTagMapper, ActionAuthorMapper,
         ActionVirtualLibrary, ActionBrowseAnnotations, ActionTemplateFunctions, ActionAutoscrollBooks,
-        ActionFullTextSearch, ActionManageCategories]
+        ActionFullTextSearch, ActionManageCategories, ActionBooklistContextMenu]
 
 # }}}
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/booklist_context_menu.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/booklist_context_menu.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..014137d275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/booklist_context_menu.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# License: GPLv3 Copyright: 2022, Charles Haley
+#
+from qt.core import QPoint
+
+from calibre.gui2.actions import InterfaceAction
+
+
+class BooklistContextMenuAction(InterfaceAction):
+
+    name = 'Booklist context menu'
+    action_spec = (_('Book list context menu'), 'context_menu.png',
+                   _('Show the book list context menu'), '')
+    action_type = 'current'
+    action_add_menu = False
+    dont_add_to = frozenset(['context-menu-device', 'menubar-device'])
+
+    def genesis(self):
+        self.qaction.triggered.connect(self.show_context_menu)
+
+    def show_context_menu(self):
+        self.gui.library_view.show_column_header_context_menu_from_action()
+
+    def location_selected(self, loc):
+        self.qaction.setEnabled(loc == 'library')
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/library/views.py b/src/calibre/gui2/library/views.py
index b3fd22929f..8703d18297 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/library/views.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/library/views.py
@@ -541,6 +541,16 @@ class BooksView(QTableView):  # {{{
         gprefs['row_numbers_in_book_list'] = show
         self.set_row_header_visibility()
 
+    def show_column_header_context_menu_from_action(self):
+        if self.is_library_view:
+            if self.hasFocus():
+                p = QPoint(self.column_header.sectionViewportPosition(self.currentIndex().column()), 10)
+                self.show_column_header_context_menu(p, view=self)
+            elif self.pin_view.hasFocus():
+                p = QPoint(self.pin_view.horizontalHeader().sectionViewportPosition(self.pin_view.currentIndex().column()), 10)
+                self.show_column_header_context_menu(p, view=self.pin_view)
+            # else some other widget has the focus, such as the tag browser or quickview
+
     def show_column_header_context_menu(self, pos, view=None):
         view = view or self
         idx = view.column_header.logicalIndexAt(pos)