diff --git a/app/javascript/readingList/readingList.jsx b/app/javascript/readingList/readingList.jsx
index 7f8acffe3..3615afe44 100644
--- a/app/javascript/readingList/readingList.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/readingList/readingList.jsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   performInitialSearch,
   search,
   selectTag,
+  checkForPersistedTag,
   clearSelectedTags,
 } from '../searchableItemList/searchableItemList';
 import { addSnackbarItem } from '../Snackbar';
@@ -69,12 +70,20 @@ export class ReadingList extends Component {
     this.clearSelectedTags = clearSelectedTags.bind(this);
   }
 
-  componentDidMount() {
+  async componentDidMount() {
     const { statusView } = this.state;
 
-    this.performInitialSearch({
+    await this.performInitialSearch({
       searchOptions: { status: `${statusView}` },
     });
+
+    const persistedTag = checkForPersistedTag();
+    if (persistedTag) {
+      this.selectTag({
+        target: { value: persistedTag },
+        preventDefault(){},
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   toggleStatusView = (event) => {
diff --git a/app/javascript/searchableItemList/searchableItemList.js b/app/javascript/searchableItemList/searchableItemList.js
index b768bace0..917faaf7b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/searchableItemList/searchableItemList.js
+++ b/app/javascript/searchableItemList/searchableItemList.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ export function onSearchBoxType(event) {
 export function selectTag(event) {
   event.preventDefault();
   const { value, dataset } = event.target;
-  const selectedTag = value ?? dataset.tag;
+  const selectedTagOrAll = value ?? dataset.tag;
+  const selectedTag = selectedTagOrAll?.match(/all tags/i) ? null : selectedTagOrAll;
   const component = this;
   const { query, statusView } = component.state;
 
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ export function selectTag(event) {
     statusView,
     appendItems: false,
   });
+
+  // persist the selected tag in query params
+  window.history.pushState(null, null, `/readinglist${selectedTag ? `?selectedTag=${selectedTag}` : ''}`);
 }
 
 export function clearSelectedTags(event) {
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ export function clearSelectedTags(event) {
 }
 
 // Perform the initial search
-export function performInitialSearch({ searchOptions = {} }) {
+export async function performInitialSearch({ searchOptions = {} }) {
   const component = this;
   const { hitsPerPage } = component.state;
   const dataHash = { page: 0, per_page: hitsPerPage };
@@ -135,3 +139,12 @@ export function loadNextPage() {
     appendItems: true,
   });
 }
+
+export function checkForPersistedTag() {
+  // credit: https://stackoverflow.com/a/9870540
+  const params = (new URL(window.location)).searchParams
+  const selectedTag =  params.get('selectedTag');
+
+  return selectedTag || '';
+}
+
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/seededFlows/readingListFlows/readingList.spec.js b/cypress/e2e/seededFlows/readingListFlows/readingList.spec.js
index 7f0fbf3db..849a9f879 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/seededFlows/readingListFlows/readingList.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/seededFlows/readingListFlows/readingList.spec.js
@@ -145,6 +145,31 @@ describe('Reading List Archive', () => {
       cy.get('@main').findByText('Test Article 1');
       cy.get('@main').findByText('Test Article 2').should('not.exist');
       cy.get('@main').findByText('Test Article 3');
+
+      cy.url().should('eq', Cypress.config().baseUrl + 'readinglist?selectedTag=productivity');
+    });
+
+    it('should persist filtering by tag via query params', () => {
+      cy.intercept(
+        Cypress.config().baseUrl +
+          'search/reactions?search_fields=&page=0&per_page=80&tag_names%5B%5D=productivity&tag_boolean_mode=all&status%5B%5D=valid&status%5B%5D=confirmed',
+        { fixture: 'search/readingListFilterByTagProductivity.json' },
+      ).as('filteredReadingList');
+
+      cy.visit('/readinglist?selectedTag=productivity');
+      cy.wait('@filteredReadingList');
+
+      cy.findByRole('main')
+        .as('main')
+        .findByLabelText('Filter by tag')
+        .as('tagFilter');
+
+      cy.get('@main').findByText('Test Article 1');
+      cy.get('@main').findByText('Test Article 2').should('not.exist');
+      cy.get('@main').findByText('Test Article 3');
+
+      cy.get('@tagFilter').select('all tags');
+      cy.url().should('eq', Cypress.config().baseUrl + 'readinglist');
     });
   });
 
@@ -197,6 +222,31 @@ describe('Reading List Archive', () => {
       cy.get('@main').findByText('Test Article 1');
       cy.get('@main').findByText('Test Article 2').should('not.exist');
       cy.get('@main').findByText('Test Article 3');
+
+      cy.url().should('eq', Cypress.config().baseUrl + 'readinglist?selectedTag=productivity');
+    });
+
+    it('should persist filtering by tag via query params', () => {
+      cy.intercept(
+        Cypress.config().baseUrl +
+          'search/reactions?search_fields=&page=0&per_page=80&tag_names%5B%5D=productivity&tag_boolean_mode=all&status%5B%5D=valid&status%5B%5D=confirmed',
+        { fixture: 'search/readingListFilterByTagProductivity.json' },
+      ).as('filteredReadingList');
+
+      cy.visit('/readinglist?selectedTag=productivity');
+      cy.wait('@filteredReadingList');
+
+      cy.findByRole('main')
+        .as('main')
+        .findByRole('navigation', { name: /^Filter by tag$/i })
+        .as('tagFilter');
+
+      cy.get('@main').findByText('Test Article 1');
+      cy.get('@main').findByText('Test Article 2').should('not.exist');
+      cy.get('@main').findByText('Test Article 3');
+
+      cy.get('@tagFilter').findByText('All tags').click();
+      cy.url().should('eq', Cypress.config().baseUrl + 'readinglist');
     });
   });
 });