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Library Explorer: Allow better sorting of Literature by Author (name)

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Lead: @cdrini Priority: 3 Theme: Library Explorer Type: Proposal
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### Describe the problem that you'd like solved

edlinfan writes:
> This is a wonderful tool and goes a long way to scratch the "library itch" I've felt since the start of the pandemic. Projects like this make me very happy that I donated to IA this year, and I'd encourage anyone else who likes them to do the same.
One question: are there any plans to sort fiction by author, similar to what is done in real libraries? A lot of fiction is already available in this tool, filed under DDN 8xx, but the groupings are pretty broad.

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