diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/ReaderContent.tsx b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/ReaderContent.tsx
index 4bcd5a81..7dbb55e8 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/ReaderContent.tsx
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/ReaderContent.tsx
@@ -97,8 +97,11 @@ const ReaderContent: React.FC<{ ids?: string; settings: SystemSettings }> = ({ i
   useEffect(() => {
     if (bookKeys && bookKeys.length > 0) {
       const settings = useSettingsStore.getState().settings;
-      settings.lastOpenBooks = bookKeys.map((key) => key.split('-')[0]!);
-      saveSettings(envConfig, settings);
+      const lastOpenBooks = bookKeys.map((key) => key.split('-')[0]!);
+      if (settings.lastOpenBooks?.toString() !== lastOpenBooks.toString()) {
+        settings.lastOpenBooks = lastOpenBooks;
+        saveSettings(envConfig, settings);
+      }
     }
 
     let unlistenOnCloseWindow: Promise<UnlistenFn>;
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/styles/fonts.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/styles/fonts.ts
index 5ad8954f..20d1e9a1 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/styles/fonts.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/styles/fonts.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,31 @@ const cjkGoogleFonts = [
   { family: 'Noto Serif JP', weights: '' },
 ];
 
+// Resource hints for faster font loading
+const getResourceHints = (includeCJK = false) => {
+  const basicHints = `
+  <!-- Preconnect to Google Fonts for faster DNS resolution and connection -->
+  <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
+  <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
+  <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
+  <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com">
+`;
+
+  const cjkHints = `
+  <!-- Preconnect to CJK font CDNs -->
+  <link rel="preconnect" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net">
+  <link rel="preconnect" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com">
+  <link rel="preconnect" href="https://ik.imagekit.io">
+  <link rel="preconnect" href="https://db.onlinewebfonts.com">
+  <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net">
+  <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com">
+  <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://ik.imagekit.io">
+  <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://db.onlinewebfonts.com">
+`;
+
+  return includeCJK ? basicHints + cjkHints : basicHints;
+};
+
 const getAdditionalBasicFontLinks = () => `
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?${basicGoogleFonts
     .map(
@@ -93,21 +118,52 @@ const getAdditionalCJKFontFaces = () => `
 }
 `;
 
-export const mountAdditionalFonts = (document: Document, isCJK = false) => {
+export const mountAdditionalFonts = async (document: Document, isCJK = false) => {
   const mountCJKFonts = isCJK || isCJKEnv();
-  let links = getAdditionalBasicFontLinks();
-  if (mountCJKFonts) {
-    const style = document.createElement('style');
-    style.textContent = getAdditionalCJKFontFaces();
-    document.head.appendChild(style);
 
+  const hints = getResourceHints(mountCJKFonts);
+  const hintsParser = new DOMParser();
+  const hintsDocument = hintsParser.parseFromString(hints, 'text/html');
+
+  // Mount resource hints at the beginning of head for priority
+  Array.from(hintsDocument.head.children).forEach((child) => {
+    if (child.tagName === 'LINK') {
+      const link = document.createElement('link');
+      link.rel = child.getAttribute('rel') || '';
+      link.href = child.getAttribute('href') || '';
+      const crossorigin = child.getAttribute('crossorigin');
+      if (crossorigin) {
+        link.crossOrigin = crossorigin;
+      }
+
+      // Insert at the beginning of head for maximum priority
+      if (document.head.firstChild) {
+        document.head.insertBefore(link, document.head.firstChild);
+      } else {
+        document.head.appendChild(link);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Mount font stylesheets and @font-face rules
+  let links = getAdditionalBasicFontLinks();
+  let fontFaces = '';
+
+  if (mountCJKFonts) {
+    fontFaces = getAdditionalCJKFontFaces();
     links = `${links}\n${getAdditionalCJKFontLinks()}`;
   }
 
-  const parser = new DOMParser();
-  const parsedDocument = parser.parseFromString(links, 'text/html');
+  if (fontFaces) {
+    const style = document.createElement('style');
+    style.textContent = fontFaces;
+    document.head.appendChild(style);
+  }
 
-  Array.from(parsedDocument.head.children).forEach((child) => {
+  const parser = new DOMParser();
+  const linksDocument = parser.parseFromString(links, 'text/html');
+
+  Array.from(linksDocument.head.children).forEach((child) => {
     if (child.tagName === 'LINK') {
       const link = document.createElement('link');
       link.rel = child.getAttribute('rel') || '';
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/sw.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/sw.ts
index dad9f501..3077e951 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/sw.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/sw.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { PrecacheEntry, SerwistGlobalConfig } from 'serwist';
-import { NetworkFirst, ExpirationPlugin, Serwist } from 'serwist';
+import { NetworkFirst, CacheFirst, ExpirationPlugin, Serwist } from 'serwist';
 
 declare global {
   interface WorkerGlobalScope extends SerwistGlobalConfig {
@@ -54,6 +54,36 @@ const serwist = new Serwist({
         ],
       }),
     },
+    // Fonts: CacheFirst strategy for maximum performance
+    {
+      matcher: ({ url, request }) => {
+        // Match font files by extension
+        const isFontFile = /\.(woff2?|ttf|otf|eot|svg)(\?.*)?$/i.test(url.pathname);
+        // Match font requests by destination
+        const isFontRequest = request.destination === 'font';
+        // Match Google Fonts CSS and font CDNs
+        const isFontCDN =
+          url.hostname === 'fonts.googleapis.com' ||
+          url.hostname === 'fonts.gstatic.com' ||
+          url.hostname === 'cdn.jsdelivr.net' ||
+          url.hostname === 'cdnjs.cloudflare.com' ||
+          url.hostname === 'ik.imagekit.io' ||
+          url.hostname === 'db.onlinewebfonts.com';
+
+        return isFontFile || isFontRequest || isFontCDN;
+      },
+      handler: new CacheFirst({
+        cacheName: 'fonts-cache',
+        plugins: [
+          new ExpirationPlugin({
+            maxEntries: 200, // More entries for various font files
+            maxAgeSeconds: 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 2, // 2 years - fonts rarely change
+            purgeOnQuotaError: true, // Automatically purge if storage quota exceeded
+          }),
+        ],
+      }),
+    },
+    // Other external resources
     {
       matcher: ({ url }) => {
         if (url.pathname.startsWith('/api/')) {