diff --git a/src/gloss/models/database.gleam b/src/gloss/models/database.gleam
index f51a9b1..0fa1a1a 100644
--- a/src/gloss/models/database.gleam
+++ b/src/gloss/models/database.gleam
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import gleam/option.{None, Some}
 import gleam/order.{type Order}
 import gloss/models/post.{type Post, type Tag}
 import gloss/models/page.{type Page}
+import gloss/models/menu.{type MenuItem}
 import gloss/utils/date.{type Month}
 import gloss/utils/ordered_tree.{type OrderedTree}
 import gloss/utils/uniqid.{type Generator, type UniqID}
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ pub opaque type Database {
   Database(
     posts: OrderedTree(PostWithID),
     pages: List(Page),
+    menu: List(MenuItem),
     tags: TagPosts,
     years: YearPosts,
     posts_by_id: Dict(PostID, Post),
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ pub fn new() -> Database {
   Database(
     posts: new_tree(),
     pages: [],
+    menu: [],
     tags: dict.new(),
     years: dict.new(),
     posts_by_id: dict.new(),
@@ -101,6 +104,10 @@ pub fn add_page(db: Database, page: Page) -> Database {
   Database(..db, pages: [page, ..db.pages])
 }
 
+pub fn set_menu(db: Database, menu: List(MenuItem)) -> Database {
+  Database(..db, menu: menu)
+}
+
 pub fn tags(db: Database) {
   db.tags
 }
@@ -120,6 +127,10 @@ pub fn pages(db: Database) {
   db.pages
 }
 
+pub fn menu(db: Database) {
+  db.menu
+}
+
 fn new_tree() -> OrderedTree(PostWithID) {
   ordered_tree.new(comparator)
 }
diff --git a/src/gloss/models/menu.gleam b/src/gloss/models/menu.gleam
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..727586d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gloss/models/menu.gleam
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub type MenuItem {
+  MenuItem(url: String, name: String)
+}
diff --git a/src/gloss/parser.gleam b/src/gloss/parser.gleam
index 3611e72..5ec1616 100644
--- a/src/gloss/parser.gleam
+++ b/src/gloss/parser.gleam
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import gloss/models/database.{type Database}
 import gloss/parser/common
 import gloss/parser/post
 import gloss/parser/page
+import gloss/parser/menu
 
 const default_data_path = "./data"
 
@@ -15,11 +16,13 @@ pub type Parser =
 pub type ParseError {
   FileError(path: String, err: fs.FSError)
   PostParseError(filename: String, err: common.ParseError)
+  MenuParseError
 }
 
 pub fn default_parse() -> Result(Database, ParseError) {
   parse_posts(database.new(), post_path())
   |> result.try(parse_pages(_, page_path()))
+  |> result.try(parse_menu(_, menu_path()))
 }
 
 pub fn parse_posts(db: Database, path: String) -> Result(Database, ParseError) {
@@ -77,6 +80,26 @@ pub fn parse_pages(db: Database, path: String) -> Result(Database, ParseError) {
   Ok(list.fold(pages, db, database.add_page))
 }
 
+pub fn parse_menu(db: Database, file: String) -> Result(Database, ParseError) {
+  case fs.exists(file) {
+    Ok(True) -> {
+      use contents <- result.try(
+        fs.read_file(file)
+        |> result.map_error(fn(err) { FileError(file, err) }),
+      )
+
+      use menu <- result.try(
+        menu.parse(contents)
+        |> result.replace_error(MenuParseError),
+      )
+
+      Ok(database.set_menu(db, menu))
+    }
+
+    _ -> Ok(db)
+  }
+}
+
 fn post_path() {
   default_data_path <> "/posts"
 }
@@ -84,3 +107,7 @@ fn post_path() {
 fn page_path() {
   default_data_path <> "/pages"
 }
+
+fn menu_path() {
+  default_data_path <> "/menu"
+}
diff --git a/src/gloss/parser/menu.gleam b/src/gloss/parser/menu.gleam
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fa727e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gloss/parser/menu.gleam
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import gleam/list
+import gleam/string
+import gleam/result
+import gloss/models/menu.{MenuItem}
+
+pub fn parse(content: String) {
+  string.split(content, "\n")
+  |> list.filter(fn(line) { string.length(line) != 0 })
+  |> list.map(fn(line) {
+    use #(url, name) <- result.try(string.split_once(line, " "))
+    Ok(MenuItem(url: url, name: name))
+  })
+  |> result.all()
+}
diff --git a/src/gloss/rendering/views/base.gleam b/src/gloss/rendering/views/base.gleam
index ed18c65..9121912 100644
--- a/src/gloss/rendering/views/base.gleam
+++ b/src/gloss/rendering/views/base.gleam
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import lustre/element/html.{
 }
 import lustre/attribute.{attribute, href, id, name, rel, role, style, value}
 import gloss/models/database.{type Database}
+import gloss/models/menu.{type MenuItem}
 import gloss/utils/ordered_tree
 import gloss/utils/date
 import gloss/config.{type Configuration}
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ fn pre_render(db, config) -> PreRendered {
 }
 
 fn view(
-  _db: Database,
+  db: Database,
   config: Configuration,
   pre_rendered: PreRendered,
   inner: Element(Nil),
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ fn view(
             text(config.blog_name),
           ]),
         ]),
+        case database.menu(db) {
+          [] -> element.none()
+          m -> menu(m)
+        },
       ]),
       main([], [inner]),
       section([id("sidebar")], [
@@ -192,3 +197,14 @@ fn archives(db: Database, config: Configuration) {
   })
   |> ul([], _)
 }
+
+fn menu(menu: List(MenuItem)) {
+  nav([], [
+    ul(
+      [],
+      list.map(menu, fn(item) {
+        li([], [a([href(item.url)], [text(item.name)])])
+      }),
+    ),
+  ])
+}