diff --git a/luago.lua b/luago.lua
index 58169e7..f1c4176 100644
--- a/luago.lua
+++ b/luago.lua
@@ -276,6 +276,52 @@ for index, _ in ipairs(markdownFiles) do
                 end
             end
 
+            -- list shortcodes
+            while content:find("{{list:}}", 1, true) do
+                start_idx, end_idx = content:find("{{list:}}")
+                if start_idx and end_idx then
+                    local first = content:sub(1, start_idx - 1)
+                    local second = content:sub(end_idx + 1)
+                    if second:find("{{:list}}", 1, true) then
+                        start_idx, end_idx = second:find("{{:list}}")
+                        if start_idx and end_idx then
+                            local shortcode = second:sub(1, start_idx - 1)
+                            local third = second:sub(end_idx + 1)
+                            local function formatShortcode(element)
+                                local dir = markdownFiles[index].filePath:match("(.*)/[^/]+%.md$")
+                                local results = {}
+
+                                for mdfile in lfs.dir(dir) do
+                                    if mdfile:match("%.md$") and mdfile ~= markdownFiles[index].fileName .. ".md" then
+                                        local fileName = mdfile:match("(.-)%.md$")
+
+                                        for i, _ in ipairs(markdownFiles) do
+                                            if markdownFiles[i].fileName == fileName then
+                                                local copy = element
+
+                                                -- replace items starting with list.item.
+                                                for option in copy:gmatch("{{list%.item%.(.-)}}") do
+                                                    local value = markdownFiles[i].options[option]
+                                                    if value then
+                                                        copy = copy:gsub("{{list%.item%." .. option .. "}}", value)
+                                                    end
+                                                end
+
+                                                table.insert(results, copy)
+                                            end
+                                        end
+                                    end
+                                end
+
+                                return table.concat(results, "\n")
+                            end
+                            shortcode = formatShortcode(shortcode)
+                            content = first .. shortcode .. third
+                        end
+                    end
+                end
+            end
+
             htmlFile:write(content)
             htmlFile:close()
         else