diff --git a/src/qtquick/BookDatabase.cpp b/src/qtquick/BookDatabase.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen <admin@leinir.dk>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
+ * later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
+ * successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
+ * act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "BookDatabase.h"
+
+#include "CategoryEntriesModel.h"
+
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QStandardPaths>
+#include <QSqlDatabase>
+#include <QSqlError>
+#include <QSqlQuery>
+
+class BookDatabase::Private {
+public:
+    Private() {
+        db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QSQLITE");
+        dbfile = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation) + "/library.sqlite";
+        db.setDatabaseName(dbfile);
+    }
+
+    QSqlDatabase db;
+    QString dbfile;
+
+    bool prepareDb() {
+        if (!db.open()) {
+            qDebug() << "Failed to open the book database file" << dbfile << db.lastError();
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        QStringList tables = db.tables();
+        if (tables.contains("books", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+            return true;
+
+        QSqlQuery q;
+        if (!q.exec(QLatin1String("create table books(filename varchar primary key, filetitle varchar, title varchar, series varchar, author varchar, publisher varchar, created datetime, lastOpenedTime datetime, totalPages integer, currentPage integer, thumbnail varchar)"))) {
+            qDebug() << "Database could not create the table books";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    void closeDb() {
+        db.close();
+    }
+};
+
+BookDatabase::BookDatabase(QObject* parent)
+    : QObject(parent)
+    , d(new Private)
+{
+}
+
+BookDatabase::~BookDatabase()
+{
+    delete d;
+}
+
+QList<BookEntry*> BookDatabase::loadEntries()
+{
+    if(!d->prepareDb()) {
+        return QList<BookEntry*>();
+    }
+
+    QList<BookEntry*> entries;
+    QSqlQuery allEntries("SELECT filename, filetitle, title, series, author, publisher, created, lastOpenedTime, totalPages, currentPage, thumbnail FROM books");
+    while(allEntries.next())
+    {
+        BookEntry* entry = new BookEntry();
+        entry->filename = allEntries.value(0).toString();
+        entry->filetitle = allEntries.value(1).toString();
+        entry->title = allEntries.value(2).toString();
+        entry->series = allEntries.value(3).toString();
+        entry->author = allEntries.value(4).toString();
+        entry->publisher = allEntries.value(5).toString();
+        entry->created = allEntries.value(6).toDateTime();
+        entry->lastOpenedTime = allEntries.value(7).toDateTime();
+        entry->totalPages = allEntries.value(8).toInt();
+        entry->currentPage = allEntries.value(9).toInt();
+        entry->thumbnail = allEntries.value(10).toString();
+        entries.append(entry);
+    }
+
+    d->closeDb();
+    return entries;
+}
+
+void BookDatabase::addEntry(BookEntry* entry)
+{
+    if(!d->prepareDb()) {
+        return;
+    }
+    qDebug() << "Adding newly discovered book to the database" << entry->filename;
+
+    QSqlQuery newEntry;
+    newEntry.prepare("INSERT INTO books (filename, filetitle, title, series, author, publisher, created, lastOpenedTime, totalPages, currentPage, thumbnail) "
+                     "VALUES (:filename, :filetitle, :title, :series, :author, :publisher, :created, :lastOpenedTime, :totalPages, :currentPage, :thumbnail)");
+    newEntry.bindValue(":filename", entry->filename);
+    newEntry.bindValue(":filetitle", entry->filetitle);
+    newEntry.bindValue(":title", entry->title);
+    newEntry.bindValue(":series", entry->series);
+    newEntry.bindValue(":author", entry->author);
+    newEntry.bindValue(":publisher", entry->publisher);
+    newEntry.bindValue(":publisher", entry->publisher);
+    newEntry.bindValue(":created", entry->created);
+    newEntry.bindValue(":lastOpenedTime", entry->lastOpenedTime);
+    newEntry.bindValue(":totalPages", entry->totalPages);
+    newEntry.bindValue(":currentPage", entry->currentPage);
+    newEntry.bindValue(":thumbnail", entry->thumbnail);
+    newEntry.exec();
+
+    d->closeDb();
+}
diff --git a/src/qtquick/BookDatabase.h b/src/qtquick/BookDatabase.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen <admin@leinir.dk>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
+ * later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
+ * successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
+ * act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef BOOKDATABASE_H
+#define BOOKDATABASE_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+
+struct BookEntry;
+class BookDatabase : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    explicit BookDatabase(QObject* parent = 0);
+    virtual ~BookDatabase();
+
+    QList<BookEntry*> loadEntries();
+    void addEntry(BookEntry* entry);
+private:
+    class Private;
+    Private* d;
+};
+
+#endif//BOOKDATABASE_H