diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index 6657576..da8f1a5 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import React from 'react'
 
 import { RsvpReader } from './components/RsvpReader'
+import { GutenbergSearch } from './components/GutenbergSearch'
 
 export const App = () => {
-  return <RsvpReader></RsvpReader>
+  return (
+    <>
+      <RsvpReader></RsvpReader>
+      <GutenbergSearch></GutenbergSearch>
+    </>
+  )
 }
diff --git a/src/components/GutenbergSearch.js b/src/components/GutenbergSearch.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c797316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/GutenbergSearch.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react'
+import axios from 'axios'
+import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux'
+import { debounce } from 'debounce'
+
+import { setText } from '../store/actions.js'
+
+async function search(searchTerm) {
+  const regex = new RegExp(searchTerm, 'i')
+  const result = []
+  const data = await import('../../data/gutenberg.json').then(
+    module => module.default
+  )
+  for (let entry of data) {
+    if (regex.test(entry.title[0]) || regex.test(entry.author[0])) {
+      result.push(entry)
+    }
+
+    if (result.length >= 20) break
+  }
+  return result
+}
+
+const Book = ({ entry }) => {
+  const dispatch = useDispatch()
+  const { author, language, rights, subject, title, id } = entry
+
+  const handleClick = async () => {
+    const url = `https://gutenberg.muperfredi.de/texts/${id}/stripped-body`
+    const text = await axios.get(url).then(res => res.data.body)
+    dispatch(setText(text))
+  }
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <div>
+        {id} {title.join(' - ')}
+      </div>
+      <div>{author[0]}</div>
+      <div>{language.join(' - ')}</div>
+      <div>
+        <button onClick={handleClick}>Load</button>
+      </div>
+      <br></br>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export const GutenbergSearch = () => {
+  const [searchTerm, setSearchTerm] = useState('')
+  const [result, setResult] = useState([])
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false)
+
+  const debouncedSearch = useCallback(
+    debounce(async term => {
+      setLoading(true)
+      await search(term).then(setResult)
+      setLoading(false)
+    }, 500),
+    []
+  )
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (searchTerm.length > 0) {
+      debouncedSearch(searchTerm)
+    }
+  }, [searchTerm, debouncedSearch])
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <h2>Search for books in the Gutenberg Project</h2>
+      <input
+        value={searchTerm}
+        onChange={e => setSearchTerm(e.target.value)}
+      ></input>
+      {loading && 'loading...'}
+      {result.map(entry => (
+        <Book key={entry.id} entry={entry} />
+      ))}
+      {result.length === 0 && <div>'no results to display'</div>}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/components/RsvpReader.js b/src/components/RsvpReader.js
index 12f9b6b..392d030 100644
--- a/src/components/RsvpReader.js
+++ b/src/components/RsvpReader.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Options } from './Options'
 import { PlayerControl } from './PlayerControl'
 
 import styles from './RsvpReader.css'
-import { PipeMarker, BorderMarker } from './PivotMarker'
+import { BorderMarker } from './PivotMarker'
 import { Progress } from './Progress'
 import { TimeCalc } from './TimeCalc'
 
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ export const RsvpReader = () => {
         <Options></Options>
         <TimeCalc />
       </div>
-      <div className={styles.item}>
-        <TextOutput />
-      </div>
+      <div className={styles.item}>{/* <TextOutput /> */}</div>
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 26d16de..09195c7 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import 'regenerator-runtime/runtime'
+
 import React from 'react'
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux'