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ForgeMesh Library – American Literature Shelf
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ForgeMesh Library – American Literature Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain American literature books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: American Literature — 7572 public-domain books including Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in Solitude. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of public-domain American literature books (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), including titles, authors, and drill-down routes that can be followed to retrieve full text for each work.
Example use cases
Classroom reading list discovery
“I'm putting together a syllabus for an American literature course — can you get me a ranked list of 50 classic public-domain American novels I can assign, like Moby-Dick or Huckleberry Finn?”
Book recommendation for a reading challenge
“I want to read more classic American literature this year — show me the top 20 public-domain American books ranked by popularity so I can pick my next read.”
Research catalog for digital humanities project
“I need a full catalog of available public-domain American literature titles, up to 50 books, with links to the full texts so I can analyze them for my research project.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/american-literatureWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked catalog of public-domain American literature titles specifically (e.g. Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick, Huckleberry Finn) and want drill-down routes for full-text access. It is better than general web search when you need a clean, structured list without scraping, and better than a generic library API when you specifically want American literary canon with no API key required.
Side effects
- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — API may cap or reject the request
- Network or payment failure (x402 micropayment not processed) — no results returned
- Invalid input type for limit field — likely a 400 error
- Service unavailable — empty or error response
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max books to return (default 20, max 50) |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"books": [
{
"year": null,
"title": "Moby Dick; Or, The Whale",
"author": "Melville, Herman",
"book_id": 2701,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 160099
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "American Literature",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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