diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend_lint.yml b/.github/workflows/backend_lint.yml
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+name: Lint Backend Code
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.x'  # Specify the Python version you need
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        cd backend
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install flake8
+
+    - name: Run flake8 for critical errors
+      run: |
+        cd backend
+        flake8 ./ --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+
+    - name: Run flake8 for complexity and style issues
+      run: |
+        cd backend
+        flake8 ./ --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
diff --git a/backend/.flake8 b/backend/.flake8
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+[flake8]
+# it's not a bug that we aren't using all of hacking, ignore:
+# F812: list comprehension redefines ...
+# H101: Use TODO(NAME)
+# H202: assertRaises Exception too broad
+# H233: Python 3.x incompatible use of print operator
+# H301: one import per line
+# H306: imports not in alphabetical order (time, os)
+# H401: docstring should not start with a space
+# H403: multi line docstrings should end on a new line
+# H404: multi line docstring should start without a leading new line
+# H405: multi line docstring summary not separated with an empty line
+# H501: Do not use self.__dict__ for string formatting
+; ignore = F812,H101,H202,H233,H301,H306,H401,H403,H404,H405,H501
+exclude = __pycache__,tests.py,migrations,env
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diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
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+/env
+__pycache__
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diff --git a/backend/BookShelf/__init__.py b/backend/BookShelf/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/BookShelf/asgi.py b/backend/BookShelf/asgi.py
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+"""
+ASGI config for BookShelf project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'BookShelf.settings')
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/backend/BookShelf/settings.py b/backend/BookShelf/settings.py
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+++ b/backend/BookShelf/settings.py
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+"""
+Django settings for BookShelf project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 5.1.1.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-vopex%6rpp)sa-9vcjl8g5afjb30hzyy1cwynvmrtv2y=^wu&_'   # noqa
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'BookShelf.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'BookShelf.wsgi.application'
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator', # noqa
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',           # noqa
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',          # noqa
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',         # noqa
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+
+# Default primary key field type
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
+
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
diff --git a/backend/BookShelf/urls.py b/backend/BookShelf/urls.py
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+"""
+URL configuration for BookShelf project.
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+]
diff --git a/backend/BookShelf/wsgi.py b/backend/BookShelf/wsgi.py
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+"""
+WSGI config for BookShelf project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'BookShelf.settings')
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/backend/db.sqlite3 b/backend/db.sqlite3
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diff --git a/backend/manage.py b/backend/manage.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Run administrative tasks."""
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'BookShelf.settings')
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
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+Django
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