diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/AccentedCharactersInBookmarksTests.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/AccentedCharactersInBookmarksTests.cs
index a9eb5ffa..1000cf4c 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/AccentedCharactersInBookmarksTests.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/AccentedCharactersInBookmarksTests.cs
@@ -32,4 +32,18 @@ public class AccentedCharactersInBookmarksTests
             },
             nodes);
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CanReadContainerBookmarksCorrectly()
+    {
+        var path = IntegrationHelpers.GetDocumentPath("dotnet-ai.pdf");
+
+        using var document = PdfDocument.Open(path);
+        var isFound = document.TryGetBookmarks(out var bookmarks, false);
+        Assert.True(isFound);
+        Assert.True(bookmarks.Roots.Count == 3);
+        isFound = document.TryGetBookmarks(out bookmarks, true);
+        Assert.True(isFound);
+        Assert.True(bookmarks.Roots.Count > 3);
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/Documents/dotnet-ai.pdf b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/Documents/dotnet-ai.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5601723f
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/Documents/dotnet-ai.pdf differ
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/PublicApiScannerTests.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/PublicApiScannerTests.cs
index 11b77b17..2049cb45 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/PublicApiScannerTests.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/PublicApiScannerTests.cs
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@
                 "UglyToad.PdfPig.Outline.DocumentBookmarkNode",
                 "UglyToad.PdfPig.Outline.EmbeddedBookmarkNode",
                 "UglyToad.PdfPig.Outline.ExternalBookmarkNode",
+                "UglyToad.PdfPig.Outline.ContainerBookmarkNode",
                 "UglyToad.PdfPig.Outline.UriBookmarkNode",
                 "UglyToad.PdfPig.Outline.Destinations.ExplicitDestination",
                 "UglyToad.PdfPig.Outline.Destinations.ExplicitDestinationCoordinates",
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Outline/BookmarksProvider.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Outline/BookmarksProvider.cs
index 9eb96c4e..6e1b5235 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Outline/BookmarksProvider.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Outline/BookmarksProvider.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         /// <summary>
         /// Extract bookmarks, if any.
         /// </summary>
-        public Bookmarks? GetBookmarks(Catalog catalog)
+        public Bookmarks? GetBookmarks(Catalog catalog,bool allowContainerNode = false)
         {
             if (!catalog.CatalogDictionary.TryGet(NameToken.Outlines, pdfScanner, out DictionaryToken? outlinesDictionary))
             {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
             while (next != null)
             {
-                ReadBookmarksRecursively(next, 0, false, seen, catalog.NamedDestinations, roots);
+                ReadBookmarksRecursively(next, 0, false, seen, catalog.NamedDestinations, roots, allowContainerNode);
 
                 if (!next.TryGet(NameToken.Next, out IndirectReferenceToken nextReference)
                     || !seen.Add(nextReference.Data))
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@
         /// Extract bookmarks recursively.
         /// </summary>
         private void ReadBookmarksRecursively(DictionaryToken nodeDictionary, int level, bool readSiblings, HashSet<IndirectReference> seen,
-            NamedDestinations namedDestinations,
-            List<BookmarkNode> list)
+            NamedDestinations namedDestinations, List<BookmarkNode> list, bool allowContainerNode = false)
         {
             // 12.3 Document-Level Navigation
 
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@
             var children = new List<BookmarkNode>();
             if (nodeDictionary.TryGet(NameToken.First, pdfScanner, out DictionaryToken? firstChild))
             {
-                ReadBookmarksRecursively(firstChild, level + 1, true, seen, namedDestinations, children);
+                ReadBookmarksRecursively(firstChild, level + 1, true, seen, namedDestinations, children, allowContainerNode);
             }
 
             BookmarkNode bookmark;
@@ -108,6 +107,11 @@
                     return;
                 }
             }
+            else if(allowContainerNode)
+            {
+                bookmark = new ContainerBookmarkNode(title, level, children);
+                log.Warn($"No /Dest(ination) or /A(ction) entry found for bookmark node: {nodeDictionary}.");
+            }
             else
             {
                 log.Error($"No /Dest(ination) or /A(ction) entry found for bookmark node: {nodeDictionary}.");
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@
                     break;
                 }
 
-                ReadBookmarksRecursively(current, level, false, seen, namedDestinations, list);
+                ReadBookmarksRecursively(current, level, false, seen, namedDestinations, list, allowContainerNode);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Outline/ContainerBookmarkNode.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Outline/ContainerBookmarkNode.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32de327b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Outline/ContainerBookmarkNode.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+namespace UglyToad.PdfPig.Outline;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// represents a pure container bookmark node: it has a title and child nodes but no destination or action.
+/// <para>This is used to handle the common "grouping" bookmarks in PDFs.</para> 
+/// </summary>
+public class ContainerBookmarkNode : BookmarkNode
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// create a container bookmark node.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ContainerBookmarkNode(string title, int level, IReadOnlyList<BookmarkNode> children)
+        : base(title, level, children)
+    {
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfDocument.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfDocument.cs
index 1dec1afd..1b00405a 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfDocument.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfDocument.cs
@@ -255,14 +255,14 @@
         /// Gets the bookmarks if this document contains some.
         /// </summary>
         /// <remarks>This will throw a <see cref="ObjectDisposedException"/> if called on a disposed <see cref="PdfDocument"/>.</remarks>
-        public bool TryGetBookmarks([NotNullWhen(true)] out Bookmarks? bookmarks)
+        public bool TryGetBookmarks([NotNullWhen(true)] out Bookmarks? bookmarks, bool allowContainerNode = false)
         {
             if (isDisposed)
             {
                 throw new ObjectDisposedException("Cannot access the bookmarks after the document is disposed.");
             }
 
-            bookmarks = bookmarksProvider.GetBookmarks(Structure.Catalog);
+            bookmarks = bookmarksProvider.GetBookmarks(Structure.Catalog, allowContainerNode);
 
             return bookmarks != null;
         }