diff --git a/backend/api.py b/backend/api.py
index 248102c..7e61c54 100644
--- a/backend/api.py
+++ b/backend/api.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
-
 from modal import Image, Stub, asgi_app
 
 web_app = FastAPI()
diff --git a/backend/graphql/query.py b/backend/graphql/query.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b541793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/graphql/query.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import strawberry
+from typing import List
+
+@strawberry.type
+class Book:
+    title: str
+    author: str
+
+def get_books():
+    return [
+        Book(
+            title="The Great Gatsby",
+            author="F. Scott Fitzgerald",
+        ),
+    ]
+
+@strawberry.type
+class Query:
+    books: List[Book] = strawberry.field(resolver=get_books)
diff --git a/backend/graphql/schema.py b/backend/graphql/schema.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b7e3a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/graphql/schema.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import strawberry
+
+from .query import Query
+
+schema = strawberry.Schema(
+    query=Query
+)
diff --git a/frontend/src/graphql/__generated__/schema.graphql b/frontend/src/graphql/__generated__/schema.graphql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b838fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/graphql/__generated__/schema.graphql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+type Book {
+  title: String!
+  author: String!
+}
+
+type Query {
+  books: [Book!]!
+}