diff --git a/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButton.tsx b/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButton.tsx
index 490e9330..b329c9f1 100644
--- a/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButton.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButton.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import color from 'color';
 interface Props {
   label: string;
   status: boolean;
-  onPress: () => void;
+  onPress?: () => void;
   style?: StyleProp<ViewStyle>;
   labelStyle?: StyleProp<TextStyle>;
   theme: MD3ThemeType;
diff --git a/src/components/index.ts b/src/components/index.ts
index 3354fb5d..063eff7c 100644
--- a/src/components/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/index.ts
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ export { default as SwitchItem } from './SwitchItem/SwitchItem';
 export { default as List } from './List/List';
 export { default as ColorPreferenceItem } from './ColorPreferenceItem/ColorPreferenceItem';
 export { default as LoadingMoreIndicator } from './LoadingMoreIndicator/LoadingMoreIndicator';
+export { Checkbox } from './Checkbox/Checkbox';
+export { RadioButton } from './RadioButton/RadioButton';
diff --git a/src/database/queries/NovelQueries.js b/src/database/queries/NovelQueries.js
index c097c17c..8a225279 100644
--- a/src/database/queries/NovelQueries.js
+++ b/src/database/queries/NovelQueries.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { txnErrorCallback } from '../utils/helpers';
 import { noop } from 'lodash';
 
 const insertNovelQuery =
-  'INSERT INTO novels (novelUrl, sourceUrl, sourceId, source, novelName, novelCover, novelSummary, author, artist, status, genre) VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)';
+  'INSERT INTO novels (novelUrl, sourceUrl, sourceId, source, novelName, novelCover, novelSummary, author, artist, status, genre, categoryIds) VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)';
 
 export const insertNovel = async novel => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
@@ -31,11 +31,10 @@ export const insertNovel = async novel => {
           novel.artist,
           novel.status,
           novel.genre,
+          JSON.stringify(novel.categoryIds),
         ],
         (txObj, { insertId }) => resolve(insertId),
-        (txObj, error) => {
-          // console.log('Error ', error)
-        },
+        txnErrorCallback,
       ),
     ),
   );
diff --git a/src/database/queries/NovelQueriesV2.ts b/src/database/queries/NovelQueriesV2.ts
index db0ec60e..e7e7e702 100644
--- a/src/database/queries/NovelQueriesV2.ts
+++ b/src/database/queries/NovelQueriesV2.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export const insertNovelInLibrary = async (
   sourceId: number,
   novelUrl: string,
   inLibrary: boolean,
+  defaultCategoryId: number,
 ) => {
   if (inLibrary) {
     showToast(getString('browseScreen.removeFromLibrary'));
@@ -131,10 +132,11 @@ export const insertNovelInLibrary = async (
           artist, 
           status, 
           genre, 
-          followed 
+          followed,
+          categoryIds
         ) 
       VALUES
-        (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 1)`,
+        (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 1, ?)`,
         [
           novel.novelUrl,
           novel.sourceUrl,
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ export const insertNovelInLibrary = async (
           novel.artist,
           novel.status,
           novel.genre,
+          JSON.stringify([defaultCategoryId]),
         ],
         (txObj, { insertId }) => {
           novel.chapters?.map(chapter => {
diff --git a/src/hooks/index.ts b/src/hooks/index.ts
index 373b1f5b..3c2ce206 100644
--- a/src/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/index.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ export { default as useChapter } from './useChapter';
 export { default as useNextAndPrevChapter } from './useNextAndPrevChapter';
 export { default as useNovelTrackerInfo } from './useNovelTrackerInfo';
 export { default as useBoolean } from './useBoolean';
+export { useTheme } from './useTheme';
+export { default as useCategories } from './useCategories';
+export { useCategorySettings, useLibrarySettings } from './useSettings';
diff --git a/src/hooks/useCategories.ts b/src/hooks/useCategories.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b23e3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useCategories.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { getCategoriesFromDb } from '@database/queries/CategoryQueries';
+import { Category } from '@database/types';
+
+const useCategories = () => {
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);
+  const [categories, setCategories] = useState<Category[]>([]);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string>();
+
+  const getCategories = async () => {
+    try {
+      const res = await getCategoriesFromDb();
+      setCategories(res);
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err instanceof Error) {
+        setError(err.message);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      setIsLoading(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    getCategories();
+  }, []);
+
+  return {
+    isLoading,
+    categories,
+    error,
+  };
+};
+
+export default useCategories;
diff --git a/src/hooks/useSettings.ts b/src/hooks/useSettings.ts
index ba1db463..61b7d840 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useSettings.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useSettings.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { useMMKVObject } from 'react-native-mmkv';
-
-import { LibrarySettings } from '../utils/constants/settings';
+import { CategorySettings, LibrarySettings } from '../utils/constants/settings';
 
 export const useLibrarySettings = () => {
   const [librarySettings, setSettings] =
@@ -14,3 +13,16 @@ export const useLibrarySettings = () => {
     setLibrarySettings,
   };
 };
+
+export const useCategorySettings = () => {
+  const [categorySettings, setSettings] =
+    useMMKVObject<CategorySettings>('CategorySettings');
+
+  const setCategorySettings = (value: Partial<CategorySettings>) =>
+    setSettings({ ...categorySettings, ...value });
+
+  return {
+    ...categorySettings,
+    setCategorySettings,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/navigators/MoreStack.js b/src/navigators/MoreStack.js
index f3317575..e933a6b0 100644
--- a/src/navigators/MoreStack.js
+++ b/src/navigators/MoreStack.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import DownloadQueue from '../screens/more/DownloadQueueScreen';
 import Downloads from '../screens/more/DownloadsScreen';
 import AppearanceSettings from '../screens/settings/SettingsAppearanceScreen';
 import CategoriesScreen from '@screens/Categories/CategoriesScreen';
+import LibrarySettings from '@screens/settings/SettingsLibraryScreen/SettingsLibraryScreen';
 
 const Stack = createStackNavigator();
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ const SettingsStack = () => (
     <Stack.Screen name="BackupSettings" component={BackupSettings} />
     <Stack.Screen name="AppearanceSettings" component={AppearanceSettings} />
     <Stack.Screen name="AdvancedSettings" component={AdvancedSettings} />
+    <Stack.Screen name="LibrarySettings" component={LibrarySettings} />
   </Stack.Navigator>
 );
 
diff --git a/src/redux/novel/novel.actions.js b/src/redux/novel/novel.actions.js
index fd4106da..157d4362 100644
--- a/src/redux/novel/novel.actions.js
+++ b/src/redux/novel/novel.actions.js
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ export const setNovel = novel => async dispatch => {
 };
 
 export const getNovelAction =
-  (followed, sourceId, novelUrl, novelId, sort, filter) => async dispatch => {
+  (followed, sourceId, novelUrl, novelId, sort, filter, defaultCategoryId) =>
+  async dispatch => {
     try {
       dispatch({ type: LOADING_NOVEL });
 
@@ -104,7 +105,10 @@ export const getNovelAction =
           /**
            * Insert novel in db.
            */
-          const fetchedNovelId = await insertNovel(fetchedNovel);
+          const fetchedNovelId = await insertNovel({
+            ...fetchedNovel,
+            categoryIds: [defaultCategoryId],
+          });
           await insertChapters(fetchedNovelId, fetchedNovel.chapters);
 
           /**
diff --git a/src/screens/BrowseSourceScreen/BrowseSourceScreen.tsx b/src/screens/BrowseSourceScreen/BrowseSourceScreen.tsx
index 4cfa5234..8b2c7a85 100644
--- a/src/screens/BrowseSourceScreen/BrowseSourceScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/BrowseSourceScreen/BrowseSourceScreen.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import NovelList from '@components/NovelList';
 import NovelCover from '@components/NovelCover';
 import FilterBottomSheet from './components/BottomSheet';
 
-import { useSearch } from '../../hooks';
+import { useCategorySettings, useSearch } from '../../hooks';
 import { useTheme } from '@hooks/useTheme';
 import { useBrowseSource, useSearchSource } from './useBrowseSource';
 
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const BrowseSourceScreen: React.FC<BrowseSourceScreenProps> = ({ route }) => {
     clearFilters,
   } = useBrowseSource(sourceId, showLatestNovels);
 
+  const { defaultCategoryId = 1 } = useCategorySettings();
   const {
     isSearching,
     searchResults,
@@ -155,7 +156,12 @@ const BrowseSourceScreen: React.FC<BrowseSourceScreenProps> = ({ route }) => {
                       ];
                     }
                   });
-                  insertNovelInLibrary(sourceId, item.novelUrl, inLibrary);
+                  insertNovelInLibrary(
+                    sourceId,
+                    item.novelUrl,
+                    inLibrary,
+                    defaultCategoryId,
+                  );
                 }}
               />
             );
diff --git a/src/screens/novel/NovelScreen.js b/src/screens/novel/NovelScreen.js
index 291f9174..cc7a8432 100644
--- a/src/screens/novel/NovelScreen.js
+++ b/src/screens/novel/NovelScreen.js
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ import FadeView from '../../components/Common/CrossFadeView';
 import DownloadCustomChapterModal from './components/DownloadCustomChapterModal';
 import { useSafeAreaInsets } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 import useBoolean from '@hooks/useBoolean';
+import { useCategorySettings } from '@hooks/useSettings';
 
 const Novel = ({ route, navigation }) => {
   const item = route.params;
@@ -104,9 +105,19 @@ const Novel = ({ route, navigation }) => {
     novel.novelId,
   );
 
+  const { defaultCategoryId = 1 } = useCategorySettings();
+
   useEffect(() => {
     dispatch(
-      getNovelAction(followed, sourceId, novelUrl, novelId, sort, filter),
+      getNovelAction(
+        followed,
+        sourceId,
+        novelUrl,
+        novelId,
+        sort,
+        filter,
+        defaultCategoryId,
+      ),
     );
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [getNovelAction]);
diff --git a/src/screens/settings/SettingsLibraryScreen/DefaultCategoryDialog.tsx b/src/screens/settings/SettingsLibraryScreen/DefaultCategoryDialog.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..971ccfaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/screens/settings/SettingsLibraryScreen/DefaultCategoryDialog.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { FlatList, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
+import { Button, Dialog } from 'react-native-paper';
+
+import { RadioButton } from '@components';
+
+import { getString } from '@strings/translations';
+import { useTheme } from '@hooks';
+
+import { Category } from '@database/types';
+import { getDialogBackground } from '@theme/colors';
+
+interface DefaultCategoryDialogProps {
+  visible: boolean;
+  hideDialog: () => void;
+  categories: Category[];
+  defaultCategoryId: number;
+  setDefaultCategory: (categoryId: number) => void;
+}
+
+const DefaultCategoryDialog: React.FC<DefaultCategoryDialogProps> = ({
+  categories,
+  defaultCategoryId,
+  hideDialog,
+  visible,
+  setDefaultCategory,
+}) => {
+  const theme = useTheme();
+
+  return (
+    <Dialog
+      visible={visible}
+      onDismiss={hideDialog}
+      style={{ backgroundColor: getDialogBackground(theme) }}
+    >
+      <Dialog.Title style={{ color: theme.textColorPrimary }}>
+        {getString('categories.defaultCategory')}
+      </Dialog.Title>
+      <FlatList
+        style={styles.scrollArea}
+        initialNumToRender={10}
+        data={categories}
+        renderItem={({ item }) => (
+          <RadioButton
+            status={item.id === defaultCategoryId}
+            label={item.name}
+            onPress={() => setDefaultCategory(item.id)}
+            theme={theme}
+          />
+        )}
+      />
+      <Dialog.Actions>
+        <Button
+          theme={{ colors: { primary: theme.primary } }}
+          onPress={hideDialog}
+        >
+          {getString('common.cancel')}
+        </Button>
+      </Dialog.Actions>
+    </Dialog>
+  );
+};
+
+export default DefaultCategoryDialog;
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  scrollArea: {
+    maxHeight: 480,
+  },
+});
diff --git a/src/screens/settings/SettingsLibraryScreen/SettingsLibraryScreen.tsx b/src/screens/settings/SettingsLibraryScreen/SettingsLibraryScreen.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a37bce12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/screens/settings/SettingsLibraryScreen/SettingsLibraryScreen.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { Appbar, List } from '@components';
+import { getString } from '@strings/translations';
+import {
+  useBoolean,
+  useCategories,
+  useCategorySettings,
+  useTheme,
+} from '@hooks';
+import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native';
+import { Portal } from 'react-native-paper';
+import DefaultCategoryDialog from './DefaultCategoryDialog';
+
+const SettingsLibraryScreen = () => {
+  const theme = useTheme();
+  const { goBack, navigate } = useNavigation();
+  const { defaultCategoryId, setCategorySettings } = useCategorySettings();
+  const { categories } = useCategories();
+
+  const defaultCategoryDialog = useBoolean();
+
+  const setDefaultCategoryId = (categoryId: number) =>
+    setCategorySettings({ defaultCategoryId: categoryId });
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Appbar
+        title={getString('library')}
+        handleGoBack={goBack}
+        theme={theme}
+      />
+      <List.Section>
+        <List.Item
+          title={getString('categories.header')}
+          description={`${categories.length} ${getString(
+            'common.categories',
+          ).toLowerCase()}`}
+          onPress={() =>
+            navigate('MoreStack' as never, { screen: 'Categories' } as never)
+          }
+          theme={theme}
+        />
+        <List.Item
+          title={getString('categories.defaultCategory')}
+          description={
+            categories.find(category => category.id === defaultCategoryId)?.name
+          }
+          onPress={defaultCategoryDialog.setTrue}
+          theme={theme}
+        />
+      </List.Section>
+      <Portal>
+        <DefaultCategoryDialog
+          categories={categories}
+          defaultCategoryId={defaultCategoryId || 1}
+          visible={defaultCategoryDialog.value}
+          hideDialog={defaultCategoryDialog.setFalse}
+          setDefaultCategory={setDefaultCategoryId}
+        />
+      </Portal>
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+export default SettingsLibraryScreen;
diff --git a/src/screens/settings/SettingsScreen.js b/src/screens/settings/SettingsScreen.js
index 5517c957..0ebab00f 100644
--- a/src/screens/settings/SettingsScreen.js
+++ b/src/screens/settings/SettingsScreen.js
@@ -24,6 +24,26 @@ const SettingsScreen = ({ navigation }) => {
           }
           theme={theme}
         />
+        <List.Item
+          title="Appearance"
+          icon="palette-outline"
+          onPress={() =>
+            navigation.navigate('SettingsStack', {
+              screen: 'AppearanceSettings',
+            })
+          }
+          theme={theme}
+        />
+        <List.Item
+          title={getString('library')}
+          icon="book-variant-multiple"
+          onPress={() =>
+            navigation.navigate('SettingsStack', {
+              screen: 'LibrarySettings',
+            })
+          }
+          theme={theme}
+        />
         <List.Item
           title={getString('moreScreen.settingsScreen.readerSettings.title')}
           icon="book-open-outline"
@@ -54,16 +74,6 @@ const SettingsScreen = ({ navigation }) => {
           }
           theme={theme}
         />
-        <List.Item
-          title="Appearance"
-          icon="palette-outline"
-          onPress={() =>
-            navigation.navigate('SettingsStack', {
-              screen: 'AppearanceSettings',
-            })
-          }
-          theme={theme}
-        />
         <List.Item
           title="Advanced"
           icon="code-tags"
diff --git a/src/utils/constants/settings.ts b/src/utils/constants/settings.ts
index e0a072b5..244bd68b 100644
--- a/src/utils/constants/settings.ts
+++ b/src/utils/constants/settings.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ export interface LibrarySettings {
   incognitoMode?: boolean;
   downloadedOnlyMode?: boolean;
 }
+
+export interface CategorySettings {
+  defaultCategoryId?: number;
+  includedCategoriesInUpdate?: number[];
+  excludedCategoriesInUpdate?: number[];
+}
diff --git a/strings/languages/en/strings.json b/strings/languages/en/strings.json
index d2ac7eab..7090b785 100644
--- a/strings/languages/en/strings.json
+++ b/strings/languages/en/strings.json
@@ -156,14 +156,15 @@
     "addCategories": "Add category",
     "editCategories": "Rename category",
     "setCategories": "Set categories",
-    "header": "Edit Categories",
+    "header": "Edit categories",
     "emptyMsg": "You have no categories. Tap the plus button to create one for organizing your library",
     "setModalEmptyMsg": "You have no categories. Tap the Edit button to create one for organizing your library",
     "deleteModal": {
       "header": "Delete category",
       "desc": "Do you wish to delete category"
     },
-    "duplicateError": "A category with this name already exists!"
+    "duplicateError": "A category with this name already exists!",
+    "defaultCategory": "Default category"
   },
   "settings": {
     "icognitoMode": "Incognito mode",
diff --git a/strings/types/index.ts b/strings/types/index.ts
index f14f998b..019b0340 100644
--- a/strings/types/index.ts
+++ b/strings/types/index.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ export interface StringMap {
   'categories.deleteModal.header': 'string';
   'categories.deleteModal.desc': 'string';
   'categories.duplicateError': 'string';
+  'categories.defaultCategory': 'string';
   'settings.icognitoMode': 'string';
   'settings.downloadedOnly': 'string';
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index b4decd35..e252bb14 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@
       "@components/*": ["src/components/*"],
       "@database/*": ["src/database/*"],
       "@hooks/*": ["src/hooks/*"],
+      "@hooks": ["src/hooks/index"],
       "@screens/*": ["src/screens/*"],
       "@strings/*": ["strings/*"],
       "@redux/*": ["src/redux/*"],
-      "@theme/*": ["src/theme/*"]
+      "@theme/*": ["src/theme/*"],
+      "@utils/*": ["src/utils/*"]
     }
   },
   "exclude": [