diff --git a/dankserver/audiobookshelf/quadlet/audiobookshelf.container b/dankserver/audiobookshelf/quadlet/audiobookshelf.container
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a0ddce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dankserver/audiobookshelf/quadlet/audiobookshelf.container
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Quadlet unit: Audiobookshelf audiobook server (rootless, boot-persistent).
+#
+# Install path on dankserver: ~/.config/containers/systemd/audiobookshelf.container
+# Unit name: audiobookshelf.service (podman 5.x drops the container- prefix)
+#
+# Everything this server writes is its own state — the SQLite library, accounts,
+# playback progress, cached covers — and it lives under
+# /home/dank/Containers/audiobookshelf on the NVMe, so no metadata byte ever
+# lands on the spindle. The audio itself is bound READ-ONLY off the array: the
+# only sanctioned write path into /mnt/entropy is the overlay view
+# (scripts/media-view.sh), Audiobookshelf has no need of it, and a read-only bind
+# makes a stray sidecar write structurally impossible rather than discouraged.
+#
+# The digest is the linux/amd64 manifest of the tag, which is what podman
+# verifies and what RepoDigests records on this single-arch host. Pinning the
+# manifest-list digest instead would let a re-pull resolve to a different image.
+# The upstream version tags stop at 2.19.0 (built 2025-02-02) while `latest` is
+# newer by a year and a half, so `latest@digest` is the only pin that names the
+# build actually running — same reasoning as the jellyfin and romm units.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Audiobookshelf audiobook server container
+After=network.target
+
+[Container]
+ContainerName=audiobookshelf
+Image=ghcr.io/advplyr/audiobookshelf:latest@sha256:37c2057e150694970442579815c646fe6bdc01c95b9d1547c4c9068be8844ef3
+Network=pasta
+Environment=ABS_CONFIG_DIR=/config
+Environment=ABS_METADATA_DIR=/metadata
+Environment=ABS_PGID=1000
+Environment=ABS_PORT=8000
+Environment=ABS_PUID=1000
+Environment=TZ=America/Vancouver
+PublishPort=8000:8000
+Volume=/home/dank/Containers/audiobookshelf/config:/config
+Volume=/home/dank/Containers/audiobookshelf/metadata:/metadata
+Volume=/mnt/entropy/Audiobooks:/audiobooks:ro
+# The image is Alpine: it ships wget and no curl, so the health check must name
+# the binary that exists or the container is unhealthy while serving perfectly.
+HealthCmd=wget -q -O /dev/null http://127.0.0.1:8000/healthcheck
+HealthInterval=30s
+HealthTimeout=10s
+HealthRetries=3
+
+[Service]
+# Refuse to start until the array is a real mount — with the bind source missing,
+# podman invents an empty directory and Audiobookshelf records an empty library as
+# truth. See the header of scripts/wait-for-mount.sh for the blind-boot incident.
+ExecStartPre=/home/dank/serverAppConfigs/scripts/wait-for-mount.sh /mnt/entropy
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+# The first boot scans the whole audiobook tree. Weighted LOW (default 100) so a
+# scan loses to playback when the array is contended. Proportional share, not a
+# cap: inert while the disk is idle.
+IOWeight=10
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-plan.py b/scripts/deploy-plan.py
index 6053151..6408ee4 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-plan.py
+++ b/scripts/deploy-plan.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ SERVICE_ORDER = (
     "calibre-server",
     "plex",
     "tautulli",
+    "audiobookshelf",
     "prowlarr",
     "qbittorrent",
     "radarr",
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ DANKSERVER_SERVICES = {
     "calibre-server",
     "plex",
     "tautulli",
+    "audiobookshelf",
     "prowlarr",
     "qbittorrent",
     "radarr",
@@ -420,6 +422,7 @@ def services_for_path(path: str, target: str) -> set[str]:
                 "copyparty": {"copyparty"},
                 "plex": {"plex"},
                 "tautulli": {"tautulli"},
+                "audiobookshelf": {"audiobookshelf"},
             }
             _add(services, *quadlet_services.get(parts[1], set()))
         if len(parts) >= 2 and parts[1] == "host":
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-remote.sh b/scripts/deploy-remote.sh
index a4f00a1..2c1bbfc 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-remote.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-remote.sh
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ service_is_allowed() {
         dankclaw:frank-tts-engine|dankclaw:frank-tts|\
         dankserver:romm-mariadb|dankserver:romm-redis|dankserver:romm|\
         dankserver:copyparty|dankserver:jellyfin|dankserver:calibre-web|dankserver:calibre-server|dankserver:plex|dankserver:tautulli|\
+        dankserver:audiobookshelf|\
         dankserver:prowlarr|dankserver:qbittorrent|dankserver:radarr|\
         dankserver:sonarr|dankserver:lidarr|dankserver:readarr|\
         dankserver:frank-archon|dankserver:node-exporter|dankserver:cadvisor|dankserver:gpu-exporter|\
@@ -1300,6 +1301,25 @@ deploy_calibre_web() {
     systemctl --user restart calibre-web.service
 }
 
+# Audiobookshelf keeps its whole state (SQLite library, accounts, progress,
+# cached covers) on the NVMe under /home/dank/Containers/audiobookshelf; the
+# audio is a read-only bind off the array, so the only thing the deployer has to
+# create is the two state roots. mkdir names the owner — letting podman invent
+# the directories leaves the SQLite file unwritable by the container user on a
+# rootless first boot. No `systemctl --user enable`: a generated Quadlet unit
+# cannot be enabled, and WantedBy=default.target is what carries it across a
+# reboot.
+deploy_audiobookshelf() {
+    cp "dankserver/audiobookshelf/quadlet/audiobookshelf.container" "$quadlet_unit_dir/"
+    systemctl --user daemon-reload
+    mkdir -p /home/dank/Containers/audiobookshelf/config \
+             /home/dank/Containers/audiobookshelf/metadata
+    systemctl --user restart audiobookshelf.service
+    # /healthcheck answers once the HTTP server is bound; the library scan that
+    # follows runs in the background and must not gate the deploy.
+    wait_for_health audiobookshelf http://127.0.0.1:8000/healthcheck 90
+}
+
 # The content server's single admin account and the desktop's basic-auth
 # credential (same pair) are bootstrapped exactly once: the env file is the
 # plaintext store (mode 600), the userdb's pw column is plaintext too, so
@@ -2176,6 +2196,7 @@ deploy_service() {
         copyparty) deploy_copyparty ;;
         plex) deploy_plex ;;
         tautulli) deploy_tautulli ;;
+        audiobookshelf) deploy_audiobookshelf ;;
         alloy) deploy_alloy ;;
         prometheus|grafana|loki|node-exporter|cadvisor|alertmanager|blackbox-exporter) deploy_observability "$service" ;;
         gpu-exporter) deploy_gpu_exporter ;;
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index 1ed4775..6cb2064 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ valid_service() {
         dankclaw:frank-dragoon|dankclaw:frank-zealot|\
         dankserver:romm-mariadb|dankserver:romm-redis|dankserver:romm|\
         dankserver:copyparty|dankserver:jellyfin|dankserver:calibre-web|dankserver:calibre-server|dankserver:plex|dankserver:tautulli|\
+        dankserver:audiobookshelf|\
         dankserver:qbittorrent|dankserver:radarr|dankserver:sonarr|\
         dankserver:lidarr|dankserver:readarr|dankserver:node-exporter|dankserver:cadvisor|dankserver:gpu-exporter|\
         dankserver:prowlarr|dankserver:frank-archon|\
diff --git a/scripts/test-changed.sh b/scripts/test-changed.sh
index 3d95496..35fdfe1 100755
--- a/scripts/test-changed.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-changed.sh
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ for path in "${CHANGED[@]}"; do
         # Cutover-era dankserver quadlet units (romm trio, jellyfin, calibre-web,
         # copyparty, plex, tautulli): the seam checks boot-persistence +
         # v1-generator contract; deploy-flow seams guard the deployer routing.
-        dankserver/romm/*|dankserver/jellyfin/*|dankserver/calibre-web/*|dankserver/copyparty/*|dankserver/plex/*|dankserver/tautulli/*)
+        dankserver/romm/*|dankserver/jellyfin/*|dankserver/calibre-web/*|dankserver/copyparty/*|dankserver/plex/*|dankserver/tautulli/*|dankserver/audiobookshelf/*)
             add_test tests/dankserver_quadlet.bats
             add_test tests/deployment_flow.bats
             add_test tests/deployment_scoping.bats
diff --git a/tests/dankserver_quadlet.bats b/tests/dankserver_quadlet.bats
index 532c48a..b316055 100755
--- a/tests/dankserver_quadlet.bats
+++ b/tests/dankserver_quadlet.bats
@@ -127,3 +127,51 @@ load helpers
         grep -q "dankserver/host/systemd/$f" "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/deploy-remote.sh" || return 1
     done
 }
+
+@test "audiobookshelf unit exists, is boot-persistent and self-healing" {
+    unit="$REPO_ROOT/dankserver/audiobookshelf/quadlet/audiobookshelf.container"
+    [ -f "$unit" ] || return 1
+    grep -q '^WantedBy=default.target$' "$unit" || return 1
+    grep -q '^Restart=always$' "$unit" || return 1
+    grep -q '^RestartSec=' "$unit" || return 1
+}
+
+@test "audiobookshelf keeps every byte it writes on the SSD" {
+    # The point of the unit: its library database, accounts, progress and cached
+    # covers are all server state, and server state belongs on the NVMe. A bind
+    # of /mnt/entropy that is not :ro would silently put writes on the spindle.
+    unit="$REPO_ROOT/dankserver/audiobookshelf/quadlet/audiobookshelf.container"
+    grep -q '^Volume=/home/dank/Containers/audiobookshelf/config:/config$' "$unit" || return 1
+    grep -q '^Volume=/home/dank/Containers/audiobookshelf/metadata:/metadata$' "$unit" || return 1
+    grep -q '^Volume=/mnt/entropy/Audiobooks:/audiobooks:ro$' "$unit" || return 1
+    # The overlay view is reserved for the two media servers that write sidecars
+    # (tests/media_overlay.bats pins that set); a reader must not join it.
+    ! grep -q 'media-meta/view' "$unit" || return 1
+}
+
+@test "audiobookshelf refuses to start against an unmounted array" {
+    # Without the gate podman invents an empty bind source and the first scan
+    # records an empty library as truth.
+    unit="$REPO_ROOT/dankserver/audiobookshelf/quadlet/audiobookshelf.container"
+    grep -q '^ExecStartPre=.*/wait-for-mount.sh /mnt/entropy$' "$unit" || return 1
+}
+
+@test "audiobookshelf health check names a binary its image actually ships" {
+    # The image is Alpine: wget yes, curl no. A curl HealthCmd reads the
+    # container as unhealthy while it is serving perfectly.
+    unit="$REPO_ROOT/dankserver/audiobookshelf/quadlet/audiobookshelf.container"
+    grep -q '^HealthCmd=wget ' "$unit" || return 1
+    ! grep -q '^HealthCmd=curl' "$unit" || return 1
+    grep -q '^PublishPort=8000:8000$' "$unit" || return 1
+}
+
+@test "the audiobookshelf deployer creates both state roots before it starts" {
+    body="$(sed -n '/^deploy_audiobookshelf()/,/^\}/p' "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/deploy-remote.sh")"
+    mkdir_line="$(printf '%s\n' "$body" | grep -n 'mkdir -p' | head -1 | cut -d: -f1)"
+    start_line="$(printf '%s\n' "$body" | grep -n 'systemctl --user restart' | head -1 | cut -d: -f1)"
+    [ -n "$mkdir_line" ] && [ -n "$start_line" ] || return 1
+    [ "$mkdir_line" -lt "$start_line" ] || return 1
+    printf '%s\n' "$body" | grep -q 'audiobookshelf/config' || return 1
+    printf '%s\n' "$body" | grep -q 'audiobookshelf/metadata' || return 1
+    printf '%s\n' "$body" | grep -q 'wait_for_health audiobookshelf' || return 1
+}