diff --git a/src/main/java/com/book/store/athena/controllers/BooksController.java b/src/main/java/com/book/store/athena/controllers/BooksController.java
index 796b5c0..e5399b9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/book/store/athena/controllers/BooksController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/book/store/athena/controllers/BooksController.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ protected ResponseEntity <Set<FindAllBooksDTO>> findAllBooks () {
     @GetMapping("/search")
     protected ResponseEntity <List<Object>> searchBooks (@RequestBody @Valid SearchBooksDTO books) {
 
-        List <Object> result = openLibraryService.search(books);
+        var result = openLibraryService.search(books);
 
         return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.OK).body(result);
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/book/store/athena/controllers/BooksControllerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/book/store/athena/controllers/BooksControllerTest.java
index d04af48..1fa9587 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/book/store/athena/controllers/BooksControllerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/book/store/athena/controllers/BooksControllerTest.java
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package com.book.store.athena.controllers;
 
 import com.book.store.athena.api.OpenLibraryService;
+import com.book.store.athena.model.dto.books.SearchBooksDTO;
 import com.book.store.athena.model.dto.books.UpdateBooksDTO;
 import com.book.store.athena.services.BooksService;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.web.servlet.AutoConfigureMockMvc;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.web.servlet.WebMvcTest;
@@ -14,7 +16,6 @@
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
 
-
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.*;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
 
@@ -66,6 +67,22 @@ void getAllBooks_Test () throws Exception {
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void searchBooks_Test () throws Exception {
+
+        SearchBooksDTO searchBooksDTO = new SearchBooksDTO("Tolkien");
+
+        Mockito.when(openLibraryService.search(searchBooksDTO)).thenReturn(Mockito.anyList());
+
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/books/search")
+                        .content(new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(searchBooksDTO))
+                        .contentType("application/json"))
+                        .andExpect(status().isOk());
+
+        Mockito.verify(openLibraryService, Mockito.times(1)).search(searchBooksDTO);
+
+    }
+
     @Test
     void updateBookById_Test () throws Exception {