diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/controller/LibraryStatisticsController.java b/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/controller/LibraryStatisticsController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ddffda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/controller/LibraryStatisticsController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package com.storycove.controller;
+
+import com.storycove.dto.LibraryOverviewStatsDto;
+import com.storycove.service.LibraryService;
+import com.storycove.service.LibraryStatisticsService;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
+
+@RestController
+@RequestMapping("/api/libraries/{libraryId}/statistics")
+public class LibraryStatisticsController {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LibraryStatisticsController.class);
+
+    @Autowired
+    private LibraryStatisticsService statisticsService;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private LibraryService libraryService;
+
+    /**
+     * Get overview statistics for a library
+     */
+    @GetMapping("/overview")
+    public ResponseEntity<?> getOverviewStatistics(@PathVariable String libraryId) {
+        try {
+            // Verify library exists
+            if (libraryService.getLibraryById(libraryId) == null) {
+                return ResponseEntity.notFound().build();
+            }
+
+            LibraryOverviewStatsDto stats = statisticsService.getOverviewStatistics(libraryId);
+            return ResponseEntity.ok(stats);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Failed to get overview statistics for library: {}", libraryId, e);
+            return ResponseEntity.internalServerError()
+                    .body(new ErrorResponse("Failed to retrieve statistics: " + e.getMessage()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Error response DTO
+    private static class ErrorResponse {
+        private String error;
+
+        public ErrorResponse(String error) {
+            this.error = error;
+        }
+
+        public String getError() {
+            return error;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/dto/LibraryOverviewStatsDto.java b/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/dto/LibraryOverviewStatsDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..655303b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/dto/LibraryOverviewStatsDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+package com.storycove.dto;
+
+public class LibraryOverviewStatsDto {
+
+    // Collection Overview
+    private long totalStories;
+    private long totalAuthors;
+    private long totalSeries;
+    private long totalTags;
+    private long totalCollections;
+    private long uniqueSourceDomains;
+
+    // Content Metrics
+    private long totalWordCount;
+    private double averageWordsPerStory;
+    private StoryWordCountDto longestStory;
+    private StoryWordCountDto shortestStory;
+
+    // Reading Time (based on 250 words/minute)
+    private long totalReadingTimeMinutes;
+    private double averageReadingTimeMinutes;
+
+    // Constructor
+    public LibraryOverviewStatsDto() {
+    }
+
+    // Getters and Setters
+    public long getTotalStories() {
+        return totalStories;
+    }
+
+    public void setTotalStories(long totalStories) {
+        this.totalStories = totalStories;
+    }
+
+    public long getTotalAuthors() {
+        return totalAuthors;
+    }
+
+    public void setTotalAuthors(long totalAuthors) {
+        this.totalAuthors = totalAuthors;
+    }
+
+    public long getTotalSeries() {
+        return totalSeries;
+    }
+
+    public void setTotalSeries(long totalSeries) {
+        this.totalSeries = totalSeries;
+    }
+
+    public long getTotalTags() {
+        return totalTags;
+    }
+
+    public void setTotalTags(long totalTags) {
+        this.totalTags = totalTags;
+    }
+
+    public long getTotalCollections() {
+        return totalCollections;
+    }
+
+    public void setTotalCollections(long totalCollections) {
+        this.totalCollections = totalCollections;
+    }
+
+    public long getUniqueSourceDomains() {
+        return uniqueSourceDomains;
+    }
+
+    public void setUniqueSourceDomains(long uniqueSourceDomains) {
+        this.uniqueSourceDomains = uniqueSourceDomains;
+    }
+
+    public long getTotalWordCount() {
+        return totalWordCount;
+    }
+
+    public void setTotalWordCount(long totalWordCount) {
+        this.totalWordCount = totalWordCount;
+    }
+
+    public double getAverageWordsPerStory() {
+        return averageWordsPerStory;
+    }
+
+    public void setAverageWordsPerStory(double averageWordsPerStory) {
+        this.averageWordsPerStory = averageWordsPerStory;
+    }
+
+    public StoryWordCountDto getLongestStory() {
+        return longestStory;
+    }
+
+    public void setLongestStory(StoryWordCountDto longestStory) {
+        this.longestStory = longestStory;
+    }
+
+    public StoryWordCountDto getShortestStory() {
+        return shortestStory;
+    }
+
+    public void setShortestStory(StoryWordCountDto shortestStory) {
+        this.shortestStory = shortestStory;
+    }
+
+    public long getTotalReadingTimeMinutes() {
+        return totalReadingTimeMinutes;
+    }
+
+    public void setTotalReadingTimeMinutes(long totalReadingTimeMinutes) {
+        this.totalReadingTimeMinutes = totalReadingTimeMinutes;
+    }
+
+    public double getAverageReadingTimeMinutes() {
+        return averageReadingTimeMinutes;
+    }
+
+    public void setAverageReadingTimeMinutes(double averageReadingTimeMinutes) {
+        this.averageReadingTimeMinutes = averageReadingTimeMinutes;
+    }
+
+    // Nested DTO for story word count info
+    public static class StoryWordCountDto {
+        private String id;
+        private String title;
+        private String authorName;
+        private int wordCount;
+        private long readingTimeMinutes;
+
+        public StoryWordCountDto() {
+        }
+
+        public StoryWordCountDto(String id, String title, String authorName, int wordCount, long readingTimeMinutes) {
+            this.id = id;
+            this.title = title;
+            this.authorName = authorName;
+            this.wordCount = wordCount;
+            this.readingTimeMinutes = readingTimeMinutes;
+        }
+
+        public String getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public void setId(String id) {
+            this.id = id;
+        }
+
+        public String getTitle() {
+            return title;
+        }
+
+        public void setTitle(String title) {
+            this.title = title;
+        }
+
+        public String getAuthorName() {
+            return authorName;
+        }
+
+        public void setAuthorName(String authorName) {
+            this.authorName = authorName;
+        }
+
+        public int getWordCount() {
+            return wordCount;
+        }
+
+        public void setWordCount(int wordCount) {
+            this.wordCount = wordCount;
+        }
+
+        public long getReadingTimeMinutes() {
+            return readingTimeMinutes;
+        }
+
+        public void setReadingTimeMinutes(long readingTimeMinutes) {
+            this.readingTimeMinutes = readingTimeMinutes;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/service/LibraryStatisticsService.java b/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/service/LibraryStatisticsService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d2a29c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/service/LibraryStatisticsService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+package com.storycove.service;
+
+import com.storycove.config.SolrProperties;
+import com.storycove.dto.LibraryOverviewStatsDto;
+import com.storycove.dto.LibraryOverviewStatsDto.StoryWordCountDto;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrClient;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrQuery;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServerException;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.FacetField;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.QueryResponse;
+import org.apache.solr.common.SolrDocument;
+import org.apache.solr.common.params.StatsParams;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+@Service
+@ConditionalOnProperty(
+    value = "storycove.search.engine",
+    havingValue = "solr",
+    matchIfMissing = false
+)
+public class LibraryStatisticsService {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LibraryStatisticsService.class);
+    private static final int WORDS_PER_MINUTE = 250;
+
+    @Autowired(required = false)
+    private SolrClient solrClient;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private SolrProperties properties;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private LibraryService libraryService;
+
+    /**
+     * Get overview statistics for a library
+     */
+    public LibraryOverviewStatsDto getOverviewStatistics(String libraryId) throws IOException, SolrServerException {
+        LibraryOverviewStatsDto stats = new LibraryOverviewStatsDto();
+
+        // Collection Overview
+        stats.setTotalStories(getTotalStories(libraryId));
+        stats.setTotalAuthors(getTotalAuthors(libraryId));
+        stats.setTotalSeries(getTotalSeries(libraryId));
+        stats.setTotalTags(getTotalTags(libraryId));
+        stats.setTotalCollections(getTotalCollections(libraryId));
+        stats.setUniqueSourceDomains(getUniqueSourceDomains(libraryId));
+
+        // Content Metrics - use Solr Stats Component
+        WordCountStats wordStats = getWordCountStatistics(libraryId);
+        stats.setTotalWordCount(wordStats.sum);
+        stats.setAverageWordsPerStory(wordStats.mean);
+        stats.setLongestStory(getLongestStory(libraryId));
+        stats.setShortestStory(getShortestStory(libraryId));
+
+        // Reading Time
+        stats.setTotalReadingTimeMinutes(wordStats.sum / WORDS_PER_MINUTE);
+        stats.setAverageReadingTimeMinutes(wordStats.mean / WORDS_PER_MINUTE);
+
+        return stats;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get total number of stories in library
+     */
+    private long getTotalStories(String libraryId) throws IOException, SolrServerException {
+        SolrQuery query = new SolrQuery("*:*");
+        query.addFilterQuery("libraryId:" + libraryId);
+        query.setRows(0); // We only want the count
+
+        QueryResponse response = solrClient.query(properties.getCores().getStories(), query);
+        return response.getResults().getNumFound();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get total number of authors in library
+     */
+    private long getTotalAuthors(String libraryId) throws IOException, SolrServerException {
+        SolrQuery query = new SolrQuery("*:*");
+        query.addFilterQuery("libraryId:" + libraryId);
+        query.setRows(0);
+
+        QueryResponse response = solrClient.query(properties.getCores().getAuthors(), query);
+        return response.getResults().getNumFound();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get total number of series using faceting on seriesId
+     */
+    private long getTotalSeries(String libraryId) throws IOException, SolrServerException {
+        SolrQuery query = new SolrQuery("*:*");
+        query.addFilterQuery("libraryId:" + libraryId);
+        query.addFilterQuery("seriesId:[* TO *]"); // Only stories that have a series
+        query.setRows(0);
+        query.setFacet(true);
+        query.addFacetField("seriesId");
+        query.setFacetLimit(-1); // Get all unique series
+
+        QueryResponse response = solrClient.query(properties.getCores().getStories(), query);
+        FacetField seriesFacet = response.getFacetField("seriesId");
+
+        return (seriesFacet != null && seriesFacet.getValues() != null)
+                ? seriesFacet.getValueCount()
+                : 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get total number of unique tags using faceting
+     */
+    private long getTotalTags(String libraryId) throws IOException, SolrServerException {
+        SolrQuery query = new SolrQuery("*:*");
+        query.addFilterQuery("libraryId:" + libraryId);
+        query.setRows(0);
+        query.setFacet(true);
+        query.addFacetField("tagNames");
+        query.setFacetLimit(-1); // Get all unique tags
+
+        QueryResponse response = solrClient.query(properties.getCores().getStories(), query);
+        FacetField tagsFacet = response.getFacetField("tagNames");
+
+        return (tagsFacet != null && tagsFacet.getValues() != null)
+                ? tagsFacet.getValueCount()
+                : 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get total number of collections
+     */
+    private long getTotalCollections(String libraryId) throws IOException, SolrServerException {
+        SolrQuery query = new SolrQuery("*:*");
+        query.addFilterQuery("libraryId:" + libraryId);
+        query.setRows(0);
+
+        QueryResponse response = solrClient.query(properties.getCores().getCollections(), query);
+        return response.getResults().getNumFound();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get number of unique source domains using faceting
+     */
+    private long getUniqueSourceDomains(String libraryId) throws IOException, SolrServerException {
+        SolrQuery query = new SolrQuery("*:*");
+        query.addFilterQuery("libraryId:" + libraryId);
+        query.addFilterQuery("sourceDomain:[* TO *]"); // Only stories with a source domain
+        query.setRows(0);
+        query.setFacet(true);
+        query.addFacetField("sourceDomain");
+        query.setFacetLimit(-1);
+
+        QueryResponse response = solrClient.query(properties.getCores().getStories(), query);
+        FacetField domainFacet = response.getFacetField("sourceDomain");
+
+        return (domainFacet != null && domainFacet.getValues() != null)
+                ? domainFacet.getValueCount()
+                : 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get word count statistics using Solr Stats Component
+     */
+    private WordCountStats getWordCountStatistics(String libraryId) throws IOException, SolrServerException {
+        SolrQuery query = new SolrQuery("*:*");
+        query.addFilterQuery("libraryId:" + libraryId);
+        query.setRows(0);
+        query.setParam(StatsParams.STATS, true);
+        query.setParam(StatsParams.STATS_FIELD, "wordCount");
+
+        QueryResponse response = solrClient.query(properties.getCores().getStories(), query);
+
+        WordCountStats stats = new WordCountStats();
+
+        // Extract stats from response
+        var fieldStatsInfo = response.getFieldStatsInfo();
+        if (fieldStatsInfo != null && fieldStatsInfo.get("wordCount") != null) {
+            var fieldStat = fieldStatsInfo.get("wordCount");
+
+            Object sumObj = fieldStat.getSum();
+            Object meanObj = fieldStat.getMean();
+
+            stats.sum = (sumObj != null) ? ((Number) sumObj).longValue() : 0L;
+            stats.mean = (meanObj != null) ? ((Number) meanObj).doubleValue() : 0.0;
+        }
+
+        return stats;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the longest story in the library
+     */
+    private StoryWordCountDto getLongestStory(String libraryId) throws IOException, SolrServerException {
+        SolrQuery query = new SolrQuery("*:*");
+        query.addFilterQuery("libraryId:" + libraryId);
+        query.addFilterQuery("wordCount:[1 TO *]"); // Exclude stories with 0 words
+        query.setSort("wordCount", SolrQuery.ORDER.desc);
+        query.setRows(1);
+        query.setFields("id", "title", "authorName", "wordCount");
+
+        QueryResponse response = solrClient.query(properties.getCores().getStories(), query);
+
+        if (response.getResults().isEmpty()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        SolrDocument doc = response.getResults().get(0);
+        return createStoryWordCountDto(doc);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the shortest story in the library (excluding 0 word count)
+     */
+    private StoryWordCountDto getShortestStory(String libraryId) throws IOException, SolrServerException {
+        SolrQuery query = new SolrQuery("*:*");
+        query.addFilterQuery("libraryId:" + libraryId);
+        query.addFilterQuery("wordCount:[1 TO *]"); // Exclude stories with 0 words
+        query.setSort("wordCount", SolrQuery.ORDER.asc);
+        query.setRows(1);
+        query.setFields("id", "title", "authorName", "wordCount");
+
+        QueryResponse response = solrClient.query(properties.getCores().getStories(), query);
+
+        if (response.getResults().isEmpty()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        SolrDocument doc = response.getResults().get(0);
+        return createStoryWordCountDto(doc);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper method to create StoryWordCountDto from Solr document
+     */
+    private StoryWordCountDto createStoryWordCountDto(SolrDocument doc) {
+        String id = (String) doc.getFieldValue("id");
+        String title = (String) doc.getFieldValue("title");
+        String authorName = (String) doc.getFieldValue("authorName");
+        Object wordCountObj = doc.getFieldValue("wordCount");
+        int wordCount = (wordCountObj != null) ? ((Number) wordCountObj).intValue() : 0;
+        long readingTime = wordCount / WORDS_PER_MINUTE;
+
+        return new StoryWordCountDto(id, title, authorName, wordCount, readingTime);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper class to hold word count statistics
+     */
+    private static class WordCountStats {
+        long sum = 0;
+        double mean = 0.0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/service/SolrService.java b/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/service/SolrService.java
index 25cec5d..444319e 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/service/SolrService.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/service/SolrService.java
@@ -385,9 +385,69 @@ public class SolrService {
             logger.warn("Could not add libraryId field to document (field may not exist in schema): {}", e.getMessage());
         }
 
+        // Add derived fields for statistics (Phase 1)
+        addDerivedStatisticsFields(doc, story);
+
         return doc;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Add derived fields to support statistics queries
+     */
+    private void addDerivedStatisticsFields(SolrInputDocument doc, Story story) {
+        try {
+            // Boolean flags for filtering
+            doc.addField("hasDescription", story.getDescription() != null && !story.getDescription().trim().isEmpty());
+            doc.addField("hasCoverImage", story.getCoverPath() != null && !story.getCoverPath().trim().isEmpty());
+            doc.addField("hasRating", story.getRating() != null && story.getRating() > 0);
+
+            // Extract source domain from URL
+            if (story.getSourceUrl() != null && !story.getSourceUrl().trim().isEmpty()) {
+                String domain = extractDomain(story.getSourceUrl());
+                if (domain != null) {
+                    doc.addField("sourceDomain", domain);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Tag count for statistics
+            int tagCount = (story.getTags() != null) ? story.getTags().size() : 0;
+            doc.addField("tagCount", tagCount);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // Don't fail indexing if derived fields can't be added
+            logger.debug("Could not add some derived statistics fields: {}", e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extract domain from URL for source statistics
+     */
+    private String extractDomain(String url) {
+        try {
+            if (url == null || url.trim().isEmpty()) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            // Handle URLs without protocol
+            if (!url.startsWith("http://") && !url.startsWith("https://")) {
+                url = "https://" + url;
+            }
+
+            java.net.URL parsedUrl = new java.net.URL(url);
+            String host = parsedUrl.getHost();
+
+            // Remove www. prefix if present
+            if (host.startsWith("www.")) {
+                host = host.substring(4);
+            }
+
+            return host;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.debug("Failed to extract domain from URL: {}", url);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     private SolrInputDocument createAuthorDocument(Author author) {
         SolrInputDocument doc = new SolrInputDocument();
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/api.ts b/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
index bbd57ec..581ec01 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -1053,15 +1053,23 @@ export const clearLibraryCache = (): void => {
   currentLibraryId = null;
 };
 
+// Library statistics endpoints
+export const statisticsApi = {
+  getOverviewStatistics: async (libraryId: string): Promise<import('../types/api').LibraryOverviewStats> => {
+    const response = await api.get(`/libraries/${libraryId}/statistics/overview`);
+    return response.data;
+  },
+};
+
 // Image utility - now library-aware
 export const getImageUrl = (path: string): string => {
   if (!path) return '';
-  
+
   // For compatibility during transition, handle both patterns
   if (path.startsWith('http')) {
     return path; // External URL
   }
-  
+
   // Use library-aware API endpoint
   const libraryId = getCurrentLibraryId();
   return `/api/files/images/${libraryId}/${path}`;
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/api.ts b/frontend/src/types/api.ts
index 029a223..20cd32d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/api.ts
@@ -204,4 +204,33 @@ export interface FilterPreset {
   description?: string;
   filters: Partial<AdvancedFilters>;
   category: 'length' | 'date' | 'rating' | 'reading' | 'content' | 'organization';
+}
+
+// Library Statistics
+export interface LibraryOverviewStats {
+  // Collection Overview
+  totalStories: number;
+  totalAuthors: number;
+  totalSeries: number;
+  totalTags: number;
+  totalCollections: number;
+  uniqueSourceDomains: number;
+
+  // Content Metrics
+  totalWordCount: number;
+  averageWordsPerStory: number;
+  longestStory: StoryWordCount | null;
+  shortestStory: StoryWordCount | null;
+
+  // Reading Time
+  totalReadingTimeMinutes: number;
+  averageReadingTimeMinutes: number;
+}
+
+export interface StoryWordCount {
+  id: string;
+  title: string;
+  authorName: string;
+  wordCount: number;
+  readingTimeMinutes: number;
 }
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