Not sure I get what you want to do, but I guess a combo of Virtual Libraries plus View Manager plugin might be useful.
You'd need to click Virtual library, select "Show Virtual libraries as tabs", as a first step. Then create a VL for cookbooks, for instance, by clicking Virtual Libraries button again, then "Create" -> Fill in VL name -> fill in search expression, e.g. tag:cookbook
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View Manager plugin allows choosing what columns you want displayed - I'm assuming you're talking book list view, not cover grid mode.