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ForgeMesh Library — Fiction Shelf
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ForgeMesh Library — Fiction 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 fiction books from a curated shelf of 1,389 titles, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: Fiction — 1389 public-domain books including The Green Mummy, Twenty-Five Ghost Stories, The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English. 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 fiction book records (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), each with a title, author, and drill-down route for full-text retrieval. No authentication or license required.
Example use cases
Browsing classic mystery fiction
“Show me up to 50 public-domain classic mystery and ghost story fiction titles I can read for free — I want to explore things like old detective stories and horror.”
Building a reading list app
“Pull me the top 20 public-domain fiction titles from the ForgeMesh curated shelf so I can populate a reading list for my app.”
Exploring free fiction for a book club
“Can you get me a ranked list of around 25 free classic fiction books I can suggest to my book club? We're into older English literature.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/fictionWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked browse of public-domain fiction titles without needing a specific search query — ideal for populating reading lists, exploring the corpus, or discovering classic fiction. Use the full-text search sibling endpoint when you have a specific query or keyword in mind.
Side effects
- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — API may cap or return an error
- No books returned if shelf index is temporarily unavailable
- Payment failure (x402) if USDC balance is insufficient or wallet not configured
- Malformed limit value (non-integer) causing a 400-style error
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": "The Green Mummy",
"author": "Hume, Fergus",
"book_id": 2868,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 63760
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Fiction",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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