diff --git a/apps/hadis/views/reference_v2.py b/apps/hadis/views/reference_v2.py
index f262810..9a6d6c2 100644
--- a/apps/hadis/views/reference_v2.py
+++ b/apps/hadis/views/reference_v2.py
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ class BookReferenceV2ListView(generics.ListAPIView):
 
 from rest_framework.generics import ListAPIView, RetrieveAPIView
 from rest_framework.permissions import AllowAny
+from rest_framework.filters import SearchFilter
 from utils.pagination import StandardResultsSetPagination
 from apps.hadis.models.reference import BookAuthor, BookReference
 from apps.hadis.serializers.reference_v2 import (
@@ -220,6 +221,8 @@ class BookAuthorListView(ListAPIView):
     serializer_class = BookAuthorListSerializer
     pagination_class = StandardResultsSetPagination
     permission_classes = [AllowAny]
+    filter_backends = [SearchFilter]
+    search_fields = ['name', 'known_as', 'scholarity', 'tabaqa', 'rutba', 'features']
 
     @swagger_auto_schema(
         operation_summary="List Book Authors",