diff --git a/cps/templates/search_form.html b/cps/templates/search_form.html
index e713fb93..98ab392c 100644
--- a/cps/templates/search_form.html
+++ b/cps/templates/search_form.html
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@
           </div>
         </div>
     </div>
+    <div class="form-group">
+      <label for="read_status">{{_('Read Status')}}</label>
+      <select name="read_status" id="read_status" class="form-control">
+        <option value="" selected></option>
+        <option value="True" >{{_('Yes')}}</option>
+        <option value="False" >{{_('No')}}</option>
+      </select>
+    </div>    
     <label for="include_tag">{{_('Tags')}}</label>
     <div class="form-group" id="tag">
       <div class="btn-toolbar btn-toolbar-lg" data-toggle="buttons">
diff --git a/cps/web.py b/cps/web.py
index 10eb11f3..21bc41a0 100644
--- a/cps/web.py
+++ b/cps/web.py
@@ -618,7 +618,8 @@ def render_read_books(page, are_read, as_xml=False, order=None):
             db_filter = and_(ub.ReadBook.user_id == int(current_user.id),
                              ub.ReadBook.read_status == ub.ReadBook.STATUS_FINISHED)
         else:
-            db_filter = coalesce(ub.ReadBook.read_status, 0) != ub.ReadBook.STATUS_FINISHED
+            db_filter = and_(ub.ReadBook.user_id == int(current_user.id),
+                             coalesce(ub.ReadBook.read_status, 0) != ub.ReadBook.STATUS_FINISHED)
         entries, random, pagination = calibre_db.fill_indexpage(page, 0,
                                                                 db.Books,
                                                                 db_filter,
@@ -1030,6 +1031,7 @@ def render_adv_search_results(term, offset=None, order=None, limit=None):
     rating_low = term.get("ratinghigh")
     rating_high = term.get("ratinglow")
     description = term.get("comment")
+    read_status = term.get("read_status")
     if author_name:
         author_name = author_name.strip().lower().replace(',', '|')
     if book_title:
@@ -1047,7 +1049,7 @@ def render_adv_search_results(term, offset=None, order=None, limit=None):
     if include_tag_inputs or exclude_tag_inputs or include_series_inputs or exclude_series_inputs or \
             include_languages_inputs or exclude_languages_inputs or author_name or book_title or \
             publisher or pub_start or pub_end or rating_low or rating_high or description or cc_present or \
-            include_extension_inputs or exclude_extension_inputs:
+            include_extension_inputs or exclude_extension_inputs or read_status:
         searchterm.extend((author_name.replace('|', ','), book_title, publisher))
         if pub_start:
             try:
@@ -1076,6 +1078,8 @@ def render_adv_search_results(term, offset=None, order=None, limit=None):
             searchterm.extend([_(u"Rating <= %(rating)s", rating=rating_high)])
         if rating_low:
             searchterm.extend([_(u"Rating >= %(rating)s", rating=rating_low)])
+        if read_status:
+            searchterm.extend([_(u"Read Status = %(status)s", status=read_status)])
         searchterm.extend(ext for ext in include_extension_inputs)
         searchterm.extend(ext for ext in exclude_extension_inputs)
         # handle custom columns
@@ -1092,6 +1096,23 @@ def render_adv_search_results(term, offset=None, order=None, limit=None):
             q = q.filter(db.Books.pubdate >= pub_start)
         if pub_end:
             q = q.filter(db.Books.pubdate <= pub_end)
+        if read_status:
+            if config.config_read_column:
+                if read_status=="True":
+                    q = q.join(db.cc_classes[config.config_read_column], isouter=True) \
+                        .filter(db.cc_classes[config.config_read_column].value == True)
+                else:
+                    q = q.join(db.cc_classes[config.config_read_column], isouter=True) \
+                        .filter(coalesce(db.cc_classes[config.config_read_column].value, False) != True)
+            else:
+                if read_status == "True":
+                    q = q.join(ub.ReadBook, db.Books.id==ub.ReadBook.book_id, isouter=True)\
+                        .filter(ub.ReadBook.user_id == int(current_user.id),
+                                ub.ReadBook.read_status == ub.ReadBook.STATUS_FINISHED)
+                else:
+                    q = q.join(ub.ReadBook, db.Books.id == ub.ReadBook.book_id, isouter=True) \
+                        .filter(ub.ReadBook.user_id == int(current_user.id),
+                                coalesce(ub.ReadBook.read_status, 0) != ub.ReadBook.STATUS_FINISHED)
         if publisher:
             q = q.filter(db.Books.publishers.any(func.lower(db.Publishers.name).ilike("%" + publisher + "%")))
         for tag in include_tag_inputs: