diff --git a/nuxt/components/book-recommendations/BookRecommendationTable.vue b/nuxt/components/book-recommendations/BookRecommendationTable.vue
index 969fda1..11d5a7c 100644
--- a/nuxt/components/book-recommendations/BookRecommendationTable.vue
+++ b/nuxt/components/book-recommendations/BookRecommendationTable.vue
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ const columns = [
     key: 'author',
     label: 'Autor',
   },
+  {
+    key: 'published_at',
+    label: 'Erstveröffentlichung',
+  },
   {
     key: 'description',
     label: 'Beschreibung',
@@ -42,27 +46,46 @@ const columns = [
   {
     key: 'votes',
     label: 'Votes',
+    sortable: true,
   },
   {
     key: 'actions',
     label: '',
   },
 ]
+const sort = ref({
+  column: 'votes',
+  direction: 'desc',
+})
+
+function resolveStatus(status: string) {
+  return bookRecommendationStore.statusOptions.find(option => option.value === status)
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>
   <div>
     <NewBookRecommendation />
-    <UTable :loading="bookRecommendationStore.fetchRecommendationsStatus === 'pending'" :columns="columns" :rows="bookRecommendationStore.recommendations">
+    <UTable :sort="sort" :loading="bookRecommendationStore.fetchRecommendationsStatus === 'pending'" :columns="columns" :rows="bookRecommendationStore.recommendations">
       <template #created_at-data="{ row }">
         <div>{{ dayjs(row.created_at).format('DD.MM.YYYY') }}</div>
       </template>
+      <template #published_at-data="{ row }">
+        <div>{{ dayjs(row.published_at).format('DD.MM.YYYY') }}</div>
+      </template>
       <template #description-data="{ row }">
-        {{ `${row.description.substring(0, 50)}...` }}
+        <div v-if="row.description">
+          {{ `${row.description.substring(0, 50)}...` }}
+        </div>
       </template>
       <template #votes-data="{ row }">
         {{ row.votes.length }}
       </template>
+      <template #status-data="{ row }">
+        <UBadge :color="resolveStatus(row.status)?.color">
+          {{ resolveStatus(row.status)?.name }}
+        </UBadge>
+      </template>
       <template #actions-data="{ row }">
         <div class="flex space-x-2">
           <CastVote :row="row" />
diff --git a/nuxt/components/modal/NewBookRecommendation.vue b/nuxt/components/modal/NewBookRecommendation.vue
index ec28983..d226368 100644
--- a/nuxt/components/modal/NewBookRecommendation.vue
+++ b/nuxt/components/modal/NewBookRecommendation.vue
@@ -2,50 +2,95 @@
 import { useBookRecommendationStore } from '~/stores/book-recommendations'
 
 const isOpen = ref(false)
+const loading = ref(false)
+
+const dayjs = useDayjs()
 
 const form = ref()
 
-const state = reactive({
-  book_name: null,
-  author: null,
-  description: null,
-  isbn: null,
-  pages: null,
-  cover_image: null,
-  status: null,
+interface State {
+  book_name: string
+  author: string
+  description: string
+  isbn: string
+  pages: number
+  cover_image?: File | string
+  status: string
+  published_at: string
+  // Index signature
+  [key: string]: string | number | File | undefined
+}
+
+const state: State = reactive({
+  book_name: '',
+  author: '',
+  description: '',
+  isbn: '',
+  pages: 0,
+  cover_image: '',
+  status: 'PENDING',
+  published_at: dayjs().format('YYYY-MM-DD'),
 })
 
 const bookRecommendationStore = useBookRecommendationStore()
 
-const { refresh: onSubmit, status } = useFetch<any>(`book-recommendations`, {
-  method: 'POST',
-  body: state,
-  immediate: false,
-  watch: false,
-  async onResponse({ response }) {
-    if (response?.status === 422) {
-      form.value.setErrors(response._data?.errors)
-    }
-    else if (response.ok) {
-      useToast().add({
-        icon: 'i-heroicons-check-circle-20-solid',
-        title: 'Buchempfehlung wurde erfolgreich aktualisiert.',
-        color: 'emerald',
-      })
-      await bookRecommendationStore.fetchRecommendations()
+function handleCoverImageInput(event: Event) {
+  const file = (event.target as HTMLInputElement).files?.[0]
+  if (file) {
+    // Update the state with the selected file
+    state.cover_image = file
+  }
+}
 
-      state.book_name = null
-      state.author = null
-      state.description = null
-      state.isbn = null
-      state.pages = null
-      state.cover_image = null
-      state.status = null
-
-      isOpen.value = false
+async function onSubmit() {
+  loading.value = true
+  const formData = new FormData()
+  for (const key in state) {
+    const item = state[key]
+    if (item === undefined) {
+      continue
     }
-  },
-})
+    if (key === 'cover_image' && state[key] instanceof File) {
+      formData.append(key, item as Blob, (state[key] as File).name)
+    }
+    else {
+      if (key === 'cover_image') {
+        continue
+      }
+      const value = typeof item === 'string' ? item : String(item)
+      formData.append(key, value)
+    }
+  }
+  await $fetch<any>(`book-recommendations`, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: formData,
+    async onResponse({ response }) {
+      loading.value = false
+      if (response?.status === 422) {
+        form.value.setErrors(response._data?.errors)
+      }
+      else if (response.ok) {
+        useToast().add({
+          icon: 'i-heroicons-check-circle-20-solid',
+          title: 'Buchempfehlung wurde erfolgreich angelegt.',
+          color: 'emerald',
+        })
+        await bookRecommendationStore.fetchRecommendations()
+
+        state.book_name = ''
+        state.author = ''
+        state.description = ''
+        state.isbn = ''
+        state.pages = 0
+        state.cover_image = ''
+        state.status = 'PENDING'
+        state.published_at = dayjs().format('YYYY-MM-DD')
+
+        isOpen.value = false
+      }
+    },
+  })
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -72,9 +117,15 @@ const { refresh: onSubmit, status } = useFetch<any>(`book-recommendations`, {
           <UFormGroup label="Autor" name="author">
             <UInput v-model="state.author" />
           </UFormGroup>
+          <UFormGroup label="Erstveröffentlichung">
+            <UInput v-model="state.published_at" type="date" />
+          </UFormGroup>
           <UFormGroup label="Beschreibung" name="description">
             <UTextarea v-model="state.description" />
           </UFormGroup>
+          <UFormGroup label="Cover" name="cover_image">
+            <UInput type="file" @change="handleCoverImageInput" />
+          </UFormGroup>
           <UFormGroup label="ISBN" name="isbn">
             <UInput v-model="state.isbn" />
           </UFormGroup>
diff --git a/nuxt/stores/book-recommendations.ts b/nuxt/stores/book-recommendations.ts
index 2bb9ca4..a2582b3 100644
--- a/nuxt/stores/book-recommendations.ts
+++ b/nuxt/stores/book-recommendations.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
 
-enum BookRecommendationStatusEnum {
+export enum BookRecommendationStatusEnum {
   PENDING = 'PENDING',
   REJECTED = 'REJECTED',
   ACTIVE = 'ACTIVE',
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export interface BookRecommendation {
   }
   status: BookRecommendationStatusEnum
   cover_image?: string
+  published_at?: string
 }
 
 export const useBookRecommendationStore = defineStore('bookRecommendations', () => {
@@ -30,20 +31,25 @@ export const useBookRecommendationStore = defineStore('bookRecommendations', ()
 
   const statusOptions = [
     {
-      name: 'Pending',
+      name: 'Ausstehend',
       value: BookRecommendationStatusEnum.PENDING,
+      color: 'orange',
     },
     {
-      name: 'Rejected',
+      name: 'Abgelehnt',
       value: BookRecommendationStatusEnum.REJECTED,
+      color: 'red',
     },
     {
-      name: 'Active',
+      name: 'Aktiv',
       value: BookRecommendationStatusEnum.ACTIVE,
+      color: 'green',
     },
     {
-      name: 'Completed',
+      name: 'Abgeschlossen',
       value: BookRecommendationStatusEnum.COMPLETED,
+      color: 'primary',
+
     },
   ]
 
@@ -57,29 +63,30 @@ export const useBookRecommendationStore = defineStore('bookRecommendations', ()
     },
   })
 
-  const deleteRecommendation = async (id: number) => {
-    try {
-      const { error } = await useFetch(`book-recommendations/${id}`, {
-        method: 'DELETE',
-      })
+  const { refresh: fetchActiveRecommendations, status: fetchActiveRecommendationsStatus } = useFetch<BookRecommendation[]>('book-recommendations?with=recommender,votes&status=ACTIVE', {
+    immediate: false,
+    onResponse({ response }) {
+      if (response.status === 200) {
+        recommendations.value = response._data
+      }
+    },
+  })
 
-      if (error.value) {
-        console.error('Failed to delete book recommendation:', error.value)
-      }
-      else {
-        recommendations.value = recommendations.value.filter(rec => rec.id !== id)
-      }
-    }
-    catch (e) {
-      console.error('An error occurred while deleting a book recommendation:', e)
-    }
+  function resetRecommendations() {
+    recommendations.value = []
   }
 
   return {
     recommendations,
+    resetRecommendations,
     statusOptions,
     fetchRecommendations,
     fetchRecommendationsStatus,
-    deleteRecommendation,
+    fetchActiveRecommendations,
+    fetchActiveRecommendationsStatus,
   }
 })
+
+if (import.meta.hot) {
+  import.meta.hot.accept(acceptHMRUpdate(useBookRecommendationStore, import.meta.hot))
+}