diff --git a/src/wrapper/java/book.cpp b/src/wrapper/java/book.cpp
index b76492c..77cf55d 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/java/book.cpp
+++ b/src/wrapper/java/book.cpp
@@ -66,4 +66,11 @@ GETTER(jstring, getFavicon)
 GETTER(jstring, getFaviconUrl)
 GETTER(jstring, getFaviconMimeType)
 
+METHOD(jstring, Book, getTagStr, jstring tagName) try {
+  auto cRet = Book->getTagStr(jni2c(tagName, env));
+  return c2jni(cRet, env);
+} catch(...) {
+  return c2jni<std::string>("", env);
+}
+
 #undef GETTER
diff --git a/src/wrapper/java/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/Book.java b/src/wrapper/java/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/Book.java
index 06b72e1..f4f45d6 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/java/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/Book.java
+++ b/src/wrapper/java/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/Book.java
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ public class Book
   public native String getUrl();
   public native String getName();
   public native String getTags();
+  /**
+   * Return the value associated to the tag tagName
+   *
+   * @param tagName the tag name to search for.
+   * @return The value of the tag. If the tag is not found, return empty string.
+   */
+  public native String getTagStr(String tagName);
 
   public native long getArticleCount();
   public native long getMediaCount();