diff --git a/ruff-strict-pep8.toml b/ruff-strict-pep8.toml
index 5bcd7c87c8..e7817d248b 100644
--- a/ruff-strict-pep8.toml
+++ b/ruff-strict-pep8.toml
@@ -13,16 +13,50 @@ exclude = [
     "src/tinycss/*",
 ]
 
+preview = true
+
 [format]
 quote-style = 'single'
 
 [lint]
-ignore = ['E402', 'E722', 'E741']
-select = ['E', 'F', 'I', 'W', 'INT']
+explicit-preview-rules = true
+ignore = [
+    'E402', 'E722', 'E741',
+    'UP012', 'UP030', 'UP031', 'UP032', 'C413', 'C420', 'PIE790', 'ISC003',
+    'RUF001', 'RUF002', 'RUF003', 'RUF005', 'RUF012', 'RUF013', 'RUF015', 'RUF100',
+    'F841',  # because in preview, unused tuple unpacking variable that not use dummy syntax (prefix '_' underscore)
+             # raise error 'unused-variable', sigh (https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/issues/8884)
+]
+select = [
+    'E', 'F', 'I', 'W', 'INT',
+    'UP', 'YTT', 'TID', 'Q', 'C4', 'COM818', 'PIE', 'RET501', 'ISC',
+    'RUF',  # nota: RUF can flag many unsolicited errors
+    # preview rules
+    'RUF051', 'RUF056',
+    'RUF039', 'RUF055',  # always use raw-string for regex
+    'E302', 'E303', 'E304', 'E305', 'W391',  # blank-line standard
+    'E111', 'E112', 'E113', 'E117',  # code indentation
+    'E114', 'E115', 'E116', 'E261', 'E262', 'E265',  # comment formating
+    'E201', 'E202', 'E211', 'E251', 'E275', # + partial: 'E203', 'E222', 'E241', 'E271', 'E272' # various whitespace
+]
+unfixable = ['ISC001']
+
 
 [lint.per-file-ignores]
-"src/calibre/ebooks/unihandecode/*codepoints.py" = ['E501', 'W191']
-"src/qt/*.py" = ['I']
+"recipes/*" = ['UP']
+"manual/plugin_examples/*" = ['UP']
+"src/calibre/customize/__init__.py" = ['RET501']
+"src/calibre/devices/interface.py" = ['RET501']
+"src/calibre/devices/kobo/driver.py" = ['E116']
+"src/calibre/ebooks/unihandecode/*codepoints.py" = ['E501']
+"src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/*" = ['UP']
+"src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/base.py" = ['RET501']
+"src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/reflow.py" = ['E114']
+"src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/*" = ['UP']
+"src/calibre/utils/copy_files.py" = ['UP037']
+"src/calibre/utils/smartypants.py" = ['RUF039', 'RUF055']
+"src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py" = ['RET501']
+"src/qt/*.py" = ['I', 'E302']
 "src/qt/*.pyi" = ['I']
 
 [lint.isort]
@@ -36,3 +70,12 @@ section-order = ['__python__', "future", "standard-library", "third-party", "fir
 
 [lint.isort.sections]
 '__python__' = ['__python__']
+
+[lint.flake8-comprehensions]
+allow-dict-calls-with-keyword-arguments = true
+
+[lint.flake8-quotes]
+avoid-escape = true
+docstring-quotes = 'single'
+inline-quotes = 'single'
+multiline-quotes = 'single'