diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15e763b..f9887dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ Python client for Thoth's GraphQL API
 
 
 ```
-python3 -m pip install thothlibrary==0.2
+python3 -m pip install thothlibrary==0.4
 ```
diff --git a/thothlibrary/__init__.py b/thothlibrary/__init__.py
index 904c8d1..1edc165 100644
--- a/thothlibrary/__init__.py
+++ b/thothlibrary/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """GraphQL client for Thoth"""
 
-__version__ = "0.2.0"
+__version__ = "0.4.0"
 __author__ = "Javier Arias <javi@openbookpublishers.com>"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2020 Open Book Publishers"
 __license__ = "Apache 2.0"
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
 from .client import ThothClient
 from .errors import ThothError
 from .mutation import ThothMutation
+from .query import ThothQuery
 
-__all__ = ["ThothClient", "ThothMutation", "ThothError"]
+__all__ = ["ThothClient", "ThothQuery", "ThothMutation", "ThothError"]
diff --git a/thothlibrary/client.py b/thothlibrary/client.py
index 29f9bbf..ab5230a 100644
--- a/thothlibrary/client.py
+++ b/thothlibrary/client.py
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@
 from graphqlclient import GraphQLClient
 from .auth import ThothAuthenticator
 from .mutation import ThothMutation
+from .query import ThothQuery
 
 
 class ThothClient():
     """Client to Thoth's GraphQL API"""
 
-    def __init__(self, thoth_endpoint):
+    def __init__(self, thoth_endpoint="https://api.thoth.pub"):
         """Returns new ThothClient object at the specified GraphQL endpoint
 
         thoth_endpoint: Must be the full URL (eg. 'http://localhost').
@@ -35,6 +36,20 @@ def mutation(self, mutation_name, data):
         mutation = ThothMutation(mutation_name, data)
         return mutation.run(self.client)
 
+    def query(self, query_name, parameters):
+        """Instantiate a thoth query and execute"""
+        query = ThothQuery(query_name, parameters)
+        return query.run(self.client)
+
+    def works(self, limit: int = 100, offset: int = 0, filter_str: str = ""):
+        """Construct and trigger a query to obtain all works"""
+        parameters = {
+            "limit": limit,
+            "offset": offset,
+            "filter": filter_str,
+        }
+        return self.query("works", parameters)
+
     def create_publisher(self, publisher):
         """Construct and trigger a mutation to add a new publisher object"""
         return self.mutation("createPublisher", publisher)
diff --git a/thothlibrary/query.py b/thothlibrary/query.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7464017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thothlibrary/query.py
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+GraphQL client for Thoth
+
+(c) Open Book Publishers, February 2020
+This programme is free software; you may redistribute and/or modify
+it under the terms of the Apache License v2.0.
+"""
+
+
+import json
+import urllib
+from .errors import ThothError
+
+
+class ThothQuery():
+    """GraphQL query in Thoth
+
+       Queries are specified in the QUERIES list, which specifies
+       their fields and desired return value 'fields' must be a list of
+       tuples (str, bool) where the string represents the attribute and the
+       boolean represents whether the values should be enclosed with quotes
+       and sanitised.
+    """
+
+    QUERIES = {
+        "works": {
+            "parameters": [
+                "limit",
+                "offset",
+                "filter",
+                "order",
+                "publishers",
+                "workType",
+                "workStatus"
+            ],
+            "fields": [
+                "workType",
+                "workStatus",
+                "fullTitle",
+                "title",
+                "subtitle",
+                "reference",
+                "edition",
+                "imprintId",
+                "doi",
+                "publicationDate",
+                "place",
+                "width",
+                "height",
+                "pageCount",
+                "pageBreakdown",
+                "imageCount",
+                "tableCount",
+                "audioCount",
+                "videoCount",
+                "license",
+                "copyrightHolder",
+                "landingPage",
+                "lccn",
+                "oclc",
+                "shortAbstract",
+                "longAbstract",
+                "generalNote",
+                "toc",
+                "coverUrl",
+                "coverCaption"
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, query_name, parameters):
+        """Returns new ThothMutation object with specified mutation data
+
+        mutation_name: Must match one of the keys found in MUTATIONS.
+
+        mutation_data: Dictionary of mutation fields and their values.
+        """
+        self.query_name = query_name
+        self.parameters = parameters
+        self.param_str = self.prepare_parameters()
+        self.fields_str = self.prepare_fields()
+        self.request = self.prepare_request()
+
+    def prepare_request(self):
+        """Format the query request string"""
+        values = {
+            "query_name": self.query_name,
+            "parameters": self.param_str,
+            "fields": self.fields_str
+        }
+        payload = """
+            query {
+                %(query_name)s(
+                    %(parameters)s
+                ) {
+                    %(fields)s
+                }
+            }
+        """
+        return payload % values
+
+    def run(self, client):
+        """Perform the GraphQL query and report any errors"""
+        result = ""
+        try:
+            result = client.execute(self.request)
+            if "errors" in result:
+                raise AssertionError
+            return json.loads(result)["data"][self.query_name]
+        except (KeyError, TypeError, ValueError, AssertionError,
+                json.decoder.JSONDecodeError, urllib.error.HTTPError):
+            raise ThothError(self.request, result)
+
+    def prepare_parameters(self):
+        """Returns a string with all query parameters."""
+        parameters = []
+        for key, value in self.parameters.items():
+            parameters.append("{}: {}, ".format(key, json.dumps(value)))
+        return ", ".join(parameters)
+
+    def prepare_fields(self):
+        """Returns a string with all query fields."""
+        return "\n".join(self.QUERIES[self.query_name]["fields"])