diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index c8bd883..17c3a96 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ checksum = "c41e0c4fef86961ac6d6f8a82609f55f31b05e4fce149ac5710e439df7619ba4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mangalord"
-version = "0.100.0"
+version = "0.101.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "argon2",
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 0432e04..05bfcf7 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mangalord"
-version = "0.100.0"
+version = "0.101.0"
 edition = "2021"
 default-run = "mangalord"
 
diff --git a/frontend/e2e/reader-swipe.spec.ts b/frontend/e2e/reader-swipe.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efb0586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/e2e/reader-swipe.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { test, expect, type Page } from './fixtures';
+
+// Single-page reader: a horizontal swipe turns the page; a mostly-vertical
+// drag does not (so panning a tall page never turns it). Swipe is wired into
+// the mobile tap-zone overlay, which only exists in single mode.
+
+const MANGA_ID = 'm1';
+const CHAPTER_ID = 'c1';
+
+async function mockReader(page: Page) {
+    await page.route('**/api/v1/**', async (route) => {
+        const { pathname } = new URL(route.request().url());
+        const json = (status: number, body: unknown) =>
+            route.fulfill({ status, contentType: 'application/json', body: JSON.stringify(body) });
+
+        if (pathname.includes('/files/')) {
+            return route.fulfill({ status: 200, contentType: 'image/svg+xml', body: '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="800" height="1000"/>' });
+        }
+        if (pathname.endsWith('/auth/config')) return json(200, { self_register_enabled: true, private_mode: false });
+        if (pathname.endsWith('/auth/me')) return json(401, { error: { code: 'unauthenticated', message: 'no' } });
+        if (pathname.endsWith('/auth/me/preferences')) return json(401, { error: { code: 'unauthenticated', message: 'no' } });
+        if (pathname.endsWith(`/mangas/${MANGA_ID}/chapters/${CHAPTER_ID}/pages`)) {
+            return json(200, { pages: [
+                { id: 'p1', chapter_id: CHAPTER_ID, page_number: 1, storage_key: 'k/1', content_type: 'image/svg+xml' },
+                { id: 'p2', chapter_id: CHAPTER_ID, page_number: 2, storage_key: 'k/2', content_type: 'image/svg+xml' }
+            ] });
+        }
+        if (pathname.endsWith(`/mangas/${MANGA_ID}/chapters/${CHAPTER_ID}`)) return json(200, { id: CHAPTER_ID, manga_id: MANGA_ID, number: 1, title: null, page_count: 2, created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z', size_bytes: 0 });
+        if (pathname.includes(`/mangas/${MANGA_ID}/chapters`)) return json(200, { items: [{ id: CHAPTER_ID, manga_id: MANGA_ID, number: 1, title: null, page_count: 2, created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z', size_bytes: 0 }], page: { limit: 200, offset: 0, total: 1 } });
+        if (pathname.endsWith(`/mangas/${MANGA_ID}`)) return json(200, { id: MANGA_ID, title: 'Berserk', status: 'ongoing', alt_titles: [], description: null, cover_image_path: null, created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z', updated_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z', authors: [], genres: [], tags: [], content_warnings: [], chapter_storage_bytes: 0 });
+        if (pathname.includes('/me/read-progress')) return json(401, { error: { code: 'unauthenticated', message: 'no' } });
+        return json(503, { error: { code: 'e2e_unmocked', message: pathname } });
+    });
+}
+
+// Dispatch a touch pointer swipe on the tap-zone overlay.
+async function swipe(page: Page, dx: number, dy: number) {
+    await page.evaluate(
+        ({ dx, dy }) => {
+            const el = document.querySelector('[data-testid="reader-tap-center"]');
+            if (!el) throw new Error('tap zone not found');
+            const sx = 300;
+            const sy = 500;
+            const ev = (type: string, x: number, y: number) =>
+                new PointerEvent(type, { clientX: x, clientY: y, pointerType: 'touch', bubbles: true, cancelable: true });
+            el.dispatchEvent(ev('pointerdown', sx, sy));
+            el.dispatchEvent(ev('pointermove', sx + dx / 2, sy + dy / 2));
+            el.dispatchEvent(ev('pointerup', sx + dx, sy + dy));
+        },
+        { dx, dy }
+    );
+}
+
+test('horizontal swipe turns the page; vertical drag does not', async ({ page }) => {
+    await mockReader(page);
+    await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 }); // mobile → tap zones render
+    await page.goto(`/manga/${MANGA_ID}/chapter/${CHAPTER_ID}`);
+
+    const img = page.getByTestId('reader-page');
+    await expect(img).toHaveAttribute('src', /k\/1/);
+
+    // A near-vertical drag must NOT turn the page.
+    await swipe(page, 6, -220);
+    await expect(img).toHaveAttribute('src', /k\/1/);
+
+    // A leftward horizontal swipe advances to the next page.
+    await swipe(page, -200, 8);
+    await expect(img).toHaveAttribute('src', /k\/2/);
+
+    // A rightward horizontal swipe goes back.
+    await swipe(page, 200, 8);
+    await expect(img).toHaveAttribute('src', /k\/1/);
+});
diff --git a/frontend/package-lock.json b/frontend/package-lock.json
index c78181e..4e0da67 100644
--- a/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mangalord-frontend",
-  "version": "0.100.0",
+  "version": "0.101.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mangalord-frontend",
-      "version": "0.100.0",
+      "version": "0.101.0",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@lucide/svelte": "^1.16.0",
         "@playwright/test": "^1.48.0",
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 60f903f..ef6b757 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mangalord-frontend",
-  "version": "0.100.0",
+  "version": "0.101.0",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/TapZone.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/TapZone.svelte
index e188354..310a00b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/TapZone.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/TapZone.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
     import { onMount } from 'svelte';
+    import { swipeDirection } from '$lib/swipe';
 
     let {
         onPrev,
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@
 
     let pressTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
     let pressStart: { x: number; y: number } | null = null;
+    // Swipe origin — tracked for every touch pointerdown (independent of the
+    // long-press timer) so a horizontal drag can turn the page.
+    let swipeStart: { x: number; y: number } | null = null;
     // Self-expiring suppression: cleared either by an actual click
     // reaching `withSuppress` or by the SUPPRESS_EXPIRY_MS fallback
     // timer below. The latter matters when the user lifts off the
@@ -54,8 +58,11 @@
     }
 
     function onPointerDown(e: PointerEvent) {
-        if (!onLongPress) return;
         if (e.pointerType !== 'touch') return;
+        // Record the swipe origin for every touch, whether or not long-press
+        // is wired up.
+        swipeStart = { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY };
+        if (!onLongPress) return;
         clearPress();
         pressStart = { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY };
         const startX = e.clientX;
@@ -79,17 +86,35 @@
         if (Math.hypot(dx, dy) > MOVE_TOLERANCE) clearPress();
     }
 
-    function onPointerUp() {
+    function onPointerUp(e: PointerEvent) {
+        if (swipeStart && e.pointerType === 'touch') {
+            const dir = swipeDirection(e.clientX - swipeStart.x, e.clientY - swipeStart.y);
+            if (dir) {
+                // A swipe consumed the gesture — suppress the click the
+                // browser may synthesize on the zone so it doesn't also fire
+                // that zone's tap action (reusing the long-press suppressor).
+                suppressNextClick = true;
+                if (suppressExpiryTimer != null) clearTimeout(suppressExpiryTimer);
+                suppressExpiryTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+                    suppressNextClick = false;
+                    suppressExpiryTimer = null;
+                }, SUPPRESS_EXPIRY_MS);
+                (dir === 'next' ? onNext : onPrev)();
+            }
+        }
+        swipeStart = null;
         clearPress();
     }
 
     function onPointerCancel() {
+        swipeStart = null;
         clearPress();
     }
 
     function onScroll() {
         // Scrolling while pressed almost always means the user is
         // panning, not deliberately holding. Cancel.
+        swipeStart = null;
         clearPress();
     }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/swipe.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/swipe.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed9bf42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/swipe.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { swipeDirection } from './swipe';
+
+describe('swipeDirection', () => {
+    it('classifies a leftward horizontal swipe as next', () => {
+        expect(swipeDirection(-100, 8)).toBe('next');
+    });
+
+    it('classifies a rightward horizontal swipe as prev', () => {
+        expect(swipeDirection(120, -10)).toBe('prev');
+    });
+
+    it('ignores a swipe shorter than the threshold', () => {
+        expect(swipeDirection(-20, 2)).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('ignores a mostly-vertical drag so panning does not turn the page', () => {
+        expect(swipeDirection(-50, 90)).toBeNull();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/swipe.ts b/frontend/src/lib/swipe.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06ba94e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/swipe.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Pure gesture helper for the reader's single-page swipe navigation. Kept
+// UI-free so the "is this a page-turn swipe, and which way" decision is
+// unit-testable without dispatching pointer events.
+
+export const SWIPE_THRESHOLD_PX = 45;
+
+/**
+ * Classifies a pointer displacement as a page-turn swipe. Returns `'next'`
+ * for a leftward swipe, `'prev'` for a rightward one, or `null` when the
+ * gesture is too short or too vertical to be a deliberate horizontal swipe
+ * (so vertical panning never turns the page).
+ */
+export function swipeDirection(
+    dx: number,
+    dy: number,
+    threshold: number = SWIPE_THRESHOLD_PX
+): 'next' | 'prev' | null {
+    if (Math.abs(dx) < threshold) return null;
+    // Must be predominantly horizontal — a diagonal or vertical drag is not
+    // a page turn.
+    if (Math.abs(dx) <= Math.abs(dy)) return null;
+    return dx < 0 ? 'next' : 'prev';
+}