# ForgeMesh Library — Mystery Fiction Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library — Mystery 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 2026-09-15).

Returns a ranked list of up to 50 curated public-domain mystery fiction books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/mystery-fiction
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-library-mystery-fiction-shelf-7aa61404
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_DMsXX6SY9vFT2-Jfk3aCy

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability forgemesh-library-mystery-fiction-shelf-7aa61404 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the top 10 public-domain mystery fiction books from the ForgeMesh library shelf — I want to browse classic titles like Dracula and Edgar Allan Poe works with links to read the full text?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a pre-curated, ranked list of public-domain mystery fiction books with full-text access routes, without needing to build or maintain your own index. Ideal for reading apps, literary research agents, or recommendation systems that want authoritative classic mystery titles (including Poe and Dracula) without API key overhead. Prefer this over a general web search when you want structured, consistent metadata and drill-down text retrieval in one call.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — API likely returns an error or clamps to max
- Payment not included or insufficient USDC — x402 payment required error
- Server unavailable — HTTP 5xx response with no book data
- Invalid request body format — 400 bad request if limit is not an integer

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Mystery fiction — 339 public-domain books including Dracula, The Woman in White, The Big Four. 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 mystery fiction books (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), including titles like Dracula and The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, along with drill-down routes that allow the caller to retrieve the full text of each book.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Max books to return (default 20, max 50)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "books": [
   {
    "year": null,
    "title": "Dracula",
    "author": "Stoker, Bram",
    "book_id": 345,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 61311
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Mystery fiction",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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