diff --git a/src/components/home/HomeContent.tsx b/src/components/home/HomeContent.tsx
index 0bd0c50..83565ca 100644
--- a/src/components/home/HomeContent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/home/HomeContent.tsx
@@ -6,12 +6,24 @@ interface HomeContentProps {
 }
 
 export function HomeContent({ data }: HomeContentProps) {
+  // Merge onDeck (next unread per series) and ongoingBooks (currently reading),
+  // deduplicate by id, onDeck first
+  const continueReading = (() => {
+    const items = [...(data.onDeck ?? []), ...(data.ongoingBooks ?? [])];
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    return items.filter((item) => {
+      if (seen.has(item.id)) return false;
+      seen.add(item.id);
+      return true;
+    });
+  })();
+
   return (
     <div className="space-y-10 pb-2">
-      {data.ongoingBooks && data.ongoingBooks.length > 0 && (
+      {continueReading.length > 0 && (
         <MediaRow
           titleKey="home.sections.continue_reading"
-          items={data.ongoingBooks}
+          items={continueReading}
           iconName="BookOpen"
           featuredHeader
         />
@@ -33,14 +45,6 @@ export function HomeContent({ data }: HomeContentProps) {
         />
       )}
 
-      {data.onDeck && data.onDeck.length > 0 && (
-        <MediaRow
-          titleKey="home.sections.up_next"
-          items={data.onDeck}
-          iconName="Clock"
-        />
-      )}
-
       {data.latestSeries && data.latestSeries.length > 0 && (
         <MediaRow
           titleKey="home.sections.latest_series"
diff --git a/src/lib/providers/stripstream/stripstream.provider.ts b/src/lib/providers/stripstream/stripstream.provider.ts
index be93241..b22abf1 100644
--- a/src/lib/providers/stripstream/stripstream.provider.ts
+++ b/src/lib/providers/stripstream/stripstream.provider.ts
@@ -199,13 +199,14 @@ export class StripstreamProvider implements IMediaProvider {
   async getHomeData(): Promise<HomeData> {
     const homeOpts = { revalidate: CACHE_TTL_MED, tags: [HOME_CACHE_TAG] };
     const [ongoingBooksResult, ongoingSeriesResult, booksPage, libraries] = await Promise.allSettled([
-      this.client.fetch<StripstreamBookItem[]>("books/ongoing", { limit: "10" }, homeOpts),
+      this.client.fetch<StripstreamBookItem[]>("books/ongoing", { limit: "20" }, homeOpts),
       this.client.fetch<StripstreamSeriesItem[]>("series/ongoing", { limit: "10" }, homeOpts),
       this.client.fetch<StripstreamBooksPage>("books", { limit: "10" }, homeOpts),
       this.client.fetch<StripstreamLibraryResponse[]>("libraries", undefined, { revalidate: CACHE_TTL_LONG, tags: [HOME_CACHE_TAG] }),
     ]);
 
-    const onDeck = ongoingBooksResult.status === "fulfilled"
+    // /books/ongoing returns both currently reading and next unread per series
+    const ongoingBooks = ongoingBooksResult.status === "fulfilled"
       ? ongoingBooksResult.value.map(StripstreamAdapter.toNormalizedBook)
       : [];
 
@@ -213,10 +214,6 @@ export class StripstreamProvider implements IMediaProvider {
       ? ongoingSeriesResult.value.map(StripstreamAdapter.toNormalizedSeries)
       : [];
 
-    const ongoingBooks = booksPage.status === "fulfilled"
-      ? booksPage.value.items.filter((b) => b.reading_status === "reading").map(StripstreamAdapter.toNormalizedBook)
-      : [];
-
     const recentlyRead = booksPage.status === "fulfilled"
       ? booksPage.value.items.map(StripstreamAdapter.toNormalizedBook)
       : [];
@@ -241,9 +238,9 @@ export class StripstreamProvider implements IMediaProvider {
 
     return {
       ongoing: ongoingSeries,
-      ongoingBooks,
+      ongoingBooks: [],
       recentlyRead,
-      onDeck,
+      onDeck: ongoingBooks,
       latestSeries,
     };
   }