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+from sqlalchemy import Column, String, Integer, ForeignKey, DateTime
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
+from sqlalchemy.sql import func
+from core.database import Base
+import uuid
+
+class Book(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "books"
+    id = Column(String, primary_key=True, default=lambda: str(uuid.uuid4()))
+    title = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    author = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    description = Column(String)
+    page_count = Column(Integer)
+    published_date = Column(DateTime)
+    genre_id = Column(String, ForeignKey("genres.id"))
+    genre = relationship("Genre", back_populates="books")
+    created_at = Column(DateTime, default=func.now())
+    updated_at = Column(DateTime, default=func.now(), onupdate=func.now())
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