diff --git a/src/lib/index.ts b/src/lib/index.ts
index 65c75ffd..b53c1f9e 100644
--- a/src/lib/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ export { appendSearchParams, replaceSearchParams } from './routes.js'
 export * from './sources/index.js'
 export { parquetDataFrame } from './tableProvider.js'
 export { asyncBufferFrom, cn, contentTypes, formatFileSize, getFileDate, getFileDateShort, imageTypes, parseFileSize } from './utils.js'
-// export parquetQueryWorker for backward-compatibility
-export { parquetReadWorker as parquetQueryWorker, parquetReadObjectsWorker, parquetReadWorker } from './workers/parquetWorkerClient.js'
+export { parquetQueryWorker, parquetReadObjectsWorker, parquetReadWorker } from './workers/parquetWorkerClient.js'
 export type { AsyncBufferFrom } from './workers/types.js'
diff --git a/src/lib/workers/parquetWorker.ts b/src/lib/workers/parquetWorker.ts
index 4ae0b917..06fb2667 100644
--- a/src/lib/workers/parquetWorker.ts
+++ b/src/lib/workers/parquetWorker.ts
@@ -1,40 +1,46 @@
 import type { ColumnData } from 'hyparquet'
-import { AsyncBuffer, parquetRead, parquetReadObjects } from 'hyparquet'
+import { AsyncBuffer, parquetQuery, parquetRead, parquetReadObjects } from 'hyparquet'
 import { compressors } from 'hyparquet-compressors'
-import type { ChunkMessage, ClientMessage, CompleteMessage, EmptyResultMessage, ErrorMessage, PageMessage, RowObjectsResultMessage } from './types.js'
+import type { ChunkMessage, ClientMessage, CompleteMessage, PageMessage, ParquetQueryResolveMessage, ParquetReadObjectsResolveMessage, ParquetReadResolveMessage, RejectMessage } from './types.js'
 import { fromToAsyncBuffer } from './utils.js'
 
 const cache = new Map<string, Promise<AsyncBuffer>>()
 
-function postCompleteMessage ({ queryId, rows }: CompleteMessage) {
-  self.postMessage({ queryId, rows })
+function postCompleteMessage ({ queryId, rows }: Omit<CompleteMessage, 'kind'>) {
+  self.postMessage({ kind: 'onComplete', queryId, rows })
 }
-function postChunkMessage ({ chunk, queryId }: ChunkMessage) {
-  self.postMessage({ chunk, queryId })
+function postChunkMessage ({ chunk, queryId }: Omit<ChunkMessage, 'kind'>) {
+  self.postMessage({ kind: 'onChunk', chunk, queryId })
 }
-function postPageMessage ({ page, queryId }: PageMessage) {
-  self.postMessage({ page, queryId })
+function postPageMessage ({ page, queryId }: Omit<PageMessage, 'kind'>) {
+  self.postMessage({ kind: 'onPage', page, queryId })
 }
-function postErrorMessage ({ error, queryId }: ErrorMessage) {
-  self.postMessage({ error, queryId })
+function postErrorMessage ({ error, queryId }: Omit<RejectMessage, 'kind'>) {
+  self.postMessage({ kind: 'onReject', error, queryId })
 }
-function postRowObjectsResultMessage ({ queryId, rowObjects }: RowObjectsResultMessage) {
-  self.postMessage({ queryId, rowObjects })
+function postParquetReadResultMessage ({ queryId }: Omit<ParquetReadResolveMessage, 'kind'>) {
+  self.postMessage({ kind: 'onParquetReadResolve', queryId })
 }
-function postEmptyResultMessage ({ queryId }: EmptyResultMessage) {
-  self.postMessage({ queryId })
+function postParquetReadObjectsResultMessage ({ queryId, rows }: Omit<ParquetReadObjectsResolveMessage, 'kind'>) {
+  self.postMessage({ kind: 'onParquetReadObjectsResolve', queryId, rows })
+}
+function postParquetQueryResultMessage ({ queryId, rows }: Omit<ParquetQueryResolveMessage, 'kind'>) {
+  self.postMessage({ kind: 'onParquetQueryResolve', queryId, rows })
 }
 
 self.onmessage = async ({ data }: { data: ClientMessage }) => {
-  const { kind, queryId, from, ...options } = data
+  const { queryId, from, kind, options } = data
   const file = await fromToAsyncBuffer(from, cache)
   try {
     if (kind === 'parquetReadObjects') {
-      const rowObjects = await parquetReadObjects({ ...options, file, compressors, onChunk, onPage })
-      postRowObjectsResultMessage({ queryId, rowObjects })
+      const rows = await parquetReadObjects({ ...options, file, compressors, onChunk, onPage })
+      postParquetReadObjectsResultMessage({ queryId, rows })
+    } else if (kind === 'parquetQuery') {
+      const rows = await parquetQuery({ ...options, file, compressors, onComplete, onChunk, onPage })
+      postParquetQueryResultMessage({ queryId, rows })
     } else {
       await parquetRead({ ...options, file, compressors, onComplete, onChunk, onPage })
-      postEmptyResultMessage({ queryId })
+      postParquetReadResultMessage({ queryId })
     }
   } catch (error) {
     postErrorMessage({ error: error as Error, queryId })
diff --git a/src/lib/workers/parquetWorkerClient.ts b/src/lib/workers/parquetWorkerClient.ts
index bcd1b8fb..de928e3a 100644
--- a/src/lib/workers/parquetWorkerClient.ts
+++ b/src/lib/workers/parquetWorkerClient.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { ColumnData } from 'hyparquet'
-import type { ClientMessage, ParquetReadObjectsWorkerOptions, ParquetReadWorkerOptions, Rows, WorkerMessage } from './types.js'
+import type { ClientMessage, ParquetQueryWorkerOptions, ParquetReadObjectsWorkerOptions, ParquetReadWorkerOptions, Rows, WorkerMessage } from './types.js'
 
 let worker: Worker | undefined
 let nextQueryId = 0
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ interface Agent {
   onChunk?: (chunk: ColumnData) => void
   onPage?: (page: ColumnData) => void
   reject: (error: Error) => void
-  resolveEmpty?: () => void
-  resolveRowObjects?: (rowObjects: Rows) => void
+  parquetReadResolve?: () => void
+  parquetReadObjectsResolve?: (rows: Rows) => void
+  parquetQueryResolve?: (rows: Rows) => void
 }
 
 const pendingAgents = new Map<number, Agent>()
@@ -26,24 +27,37 @@ function getWorker() {
         return
       }
 
-      const { onComplete, onChunk, onPage, reject, resolveEmpty, resolveRowObjects } = pendingAgent
-      if ('rows' in data) {
-        onComplete?.(data.rows)
-      } else if ('chunk' in data) {
-        onChunk?.(data.chunk)
-      } else if ('page' in data) {
-        onPage?.(data.page)
-      } else {
-        if ('error' in data) {
-          reject(data.error)
-        } else if ('rowObjects' in data) {
-          resolveRowObjects?.(data.rowObjects)
-        } else {
-          resolveEmpty?.()
-        }
-        /* clean up */
-        pendingAgents.delete(data.queryId)
-        // TODO(SL): maybe terminate the worker when no pending agents left
+      const { onComplete, onChunk, onPage, reject, parquetReadResolve, parquetReadObjectsResolve, parquetQueryResolve } = pendingAgent
+      switch (data.kind) {
+        case 'onComplete':
+          onComplete?.(data.rows)
+          break
+        case 'onChunk':
+          onChunk?.(data.chunk)
+          break
+        case 'onPage':
+          onPage?.(data.page)
+          break
+        default:
+          switch (data.kind) {
+            case 'onReject':
+              if ('error' in data) { // check, just in case
+                reject(data.error)
+              }
+              break
+            case 'onParquetReadResolve':
+              parquetReadResolve?.()
+              break
+            case 'onParquetReadObjectsResolve':
+              parquetReadObjectsResolve?.(data.rows)
+              break
+            case 'onParquetQueryResolve':
+              parquetQueryResolve?.(data.rows)
+              break
+          }
+          /* clean up */
+          pendingAgents.delete(data.queryId)
+          // TODO(SL): maybe terminate the worker when no pending agents left
       }
     }
   }
@@ -58,12 +72,12 @@ function getWorker() {
  * the default parsers.
  */
 export function parquetReadWorker(options: ParquetReadWorkerOptions): Promise<void> {
-  const { onComplete, onChunk, onPage, ...serializableOptions } = options
+  const { onComplete, onChunk, onPage, from, ...serializableOptions } = options
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const queryId = nextQueryId++
-    pendingAgents.set(queryId, { resolveEmpty: resolve, reject, onComplete, onChunk, onPage })
+    pendingAgents.set(queryId, { parquetReadResolve: resolve, reject, onComplete, onChunk, onPage })
     const worker = getWorker()
-    const message: ClientMessage = { queryId, ...serializableOptions, kind: 'parquetRead' }
+    const message: ClientMessage = { queryId, from, kind: 'parquetRead', options: serializableOptions }
     worker.postMessage(message)
   })
 }
@@ -76,12 +90,30 @@ export function parquetReadWorker(options: ParquetReadWorkerOptions): Promise<vo
  * the default parsers.
  */
 export function parquetReadObjectsWorker(options: ParquetReadObjectsWorkerOptions): Promise<Rows> {
-  const { onChunk, onPage, ...serializableOptions } = options
+  const { onChunk, onPage, from, ...serializableOptions } = options
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const queryId = nextQueryId++
-    pendingAgents.set(queryId, { resolveRowObjects: resolve, reject, onChunk, onPage })
+    pendingAgents.set(queryId, { parquetReadObjectsResolve: resolve, reject, onChunk, onPage })
     const worker = getWorker()
-    const message: ClientMessage = { queryId, ...serializableOptions, kind: 'parquetReadObjects' }
+    const message: ClientMessage = { queryId, from, kind: 'parquetReadObjects', options: serializableOptions }
+    worker.postMessage(message)
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ * Presents almost the same interface as parquetQuery, but runs in a worker.
+ * This is useful for reading large parquet files without blocking the main thread.
+ * Instead of taking an AsyncBuffer, it takes a AsyncBufferFrom, because it needs
+ * to be serialized to the worker. Also: the worker uses hyparquet-compressors and
+ * the default parsers.
+ */
+export function parquetQueryWorker(options: ParquetQueryWorkerOptions): Promise<Rows> {
+  const { onComplete, onChunk, onPage, from, ...serializableOptions } = options
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const queryId = nextQueryId++
+    pendingAgents.set(queryId, { parquetQueryResolve: resolve, reject, onComplete, onChunk, onPage })
+    const worker = getWorker()
+    const message: ClientMessage = { queryId, from, kind: 'parquetQuery', options: serializableOptions }
     worker.postMessage(message)
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/workers/types.ts b/src/lib/workers/types.ts
index d0ca0f52..d2ce699f 100644
--- a/src/lib/workers/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/workers/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 import type { ColumnData, ParquetReadOptions } from 'hyparquet'
+import { parquetQuery } from 'hyparquet'
+
+// https://github.com/hyparam/hyparquet/pull/105
+type ParquetQueryFilter = Exclude<Parameters<typeof parquetQuery>[0]['filter'], undefined>
 
 // Serializable constructors for AsyncBuffers
 interface AsyncBufferFromFile {
@@ -33,6 +37,17 @@ export interface ParquetReadWorkerOptions extends Omit<ParquetReadOptions, 'comp
  * - 'parsers' are not configurable, the worker uses the default parsers
  */
 export type ParquetReadObjectsWorkerOptions = Omit<ParquetReadWorkerOptions, 'onComplete'>
+/**
+ * Options for the worker version of parquetQuery
+ * The same options as parquetQuery, but:
+ * - 'file' must be replaced with 'from': "AsyncBufferFrom"
+ * - 'compressors' are not configurable, the worker uses hyparquet-compressors
+ * - 'parsers' are not configurable, the worker uses the default parsers
+ */
+export interface ParquetQueryWorkerOptions extends ParquetReadWorkerOptions {
+  filter?: ParquetQueryFilter,
+  orderBy?: string
+}
 
 /**
  * Messages sent by the client function to the worker
@@ -40,31 +55,51 @@ export type ParquetReadObjectsWorkerOptions = Omit<ParquetReadWorkerOptions, 'on
 export interface QueryId {
   queryId: number
 }
-export type SerializableOptions = Omit<ParquetReadWorkerOptions, 'onComplete' | 'onChunk' | 'onPage'>
-export interface ClientMessage extends SerializableOptions, QueryId {
-  kind: 'parquetReadObjects' | 'parquetRead'
+export interface From {
+  from: AsyncBufferFrom
 }
+export interface ParquetReadClientMessage extends QueryId, From {
+  kind: 'parquetRead'
+  options: Omit<ParquetReadWorkerOptions, 'onComplete' | 'onChunk' | 'onPage' | 'from'>
+}
+export interface ParquetReadObjectsClientMessage extends QueryId, From {
+  kind: 'parquetReadObjects'
+  options: Omit<ParquetReadObjectsWorkerOptions, 'onChunk' | 'onPage'| 'from'>
+}
+export interface ParquetQueryClientMessage extends QueryId, From {
+  kind: 'parquetQuery'
+  options: Omit<ParquetQueryWorkerOptions, 'onComplete' | 'onChunk' | 'onPage'| 'from'>
+}
+export type ClientMessage = ParquetQueryClientMessage | ParquetReadObjectsClientMessage | ParquetReadClientMessage
 
 /**
  * Messages sent by the worker to the client
  */
-// export interface ResultMessage {
-//   queryId: number
-// }
 export interface CompleteMessage extends QueryId {
+  kind: 'onComplete'
   rows: Rows
 }
 export interface ChunkMessage extends QueryId {
+  kind: 'onChunk'
   chunk: ColumnData
 }
 export interface PageMessage extends QueryId {
+  kind: 'onPage'
   page: ColumnData
 }
-export interface ErrorMessage extends QueryId {
+export interface RejectMessage extends QueryId {
+  kind: 'onReject'
   error: Error
 }
-export interface RowObjectsResultMessage extends QueryId {
-  rowObjects: Rows
+export interface ParquetReadResolveMessage extends QueryId {
+  kind: 'onParquetReadResolve'
+}
+export interface ParquetReadObjectsResolveMessage extends QueryId {
+  kind: 'onParquetReadObjectsResolve'
+  rows: Rows
+}
+export interface ParquetQueryResolveMessage extends QueryId {
+  kind: 'onParquetQueryResolve'
+  rows: Rows
 }
-export type EmptyResultMessage = QueryId
-export type WorkerMessage = CompleteMessage | ChunkMessage | PageMessage | ErrorMessage | RowObjectsResultMessage | EmptyResultMessage
+export type WorkerMessage = CompleteMessage | ChunkMessage | PageMessage | RejectMessage | ParquetReadResolveMessage | ParquetReadObjectsResolveMessage | ParquetQueryResolveMessage