# ForgeMesh Library – Orphans Fiction Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library – Orphans 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 2026-09-14).

Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain orphan-themed fiction books (e.g. Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, Anne of Green Gables) with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/orphans-fiction
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-library-orphans-fiction-shelf-4963c93b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2HYDuOExNfb2DiDpERgBO

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-orphans-fiction-shelf-4963c93b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the ForgeMesh orphans fiction shelf and show me the top 10 classic public-domain books featuring orphan protagonists, like Jane Eyre or Anne of Green Gables?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked list of public-domain fiction books specifically featuring orphan protagonists, without requiring a search query. It is ideal for building reading lists, literature references, or content discovery pipelines around orphan narratives. Prefer it over generic book search APIs when you want authoritative curation and immediate full-text drill-down links at a fixed low cost.

## Known failure modes

- limit exceeds maximum of 50 — may be capped or return an error
- limit set to 0 or negative — undefined behavior or empty list
- network or service unavailability returns a non-200 error
- payment of 0.003 USDC not completed — request rejected via x402 payment required response

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Orphans -- Fiction — 132 public-domain books including Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, The Mysteries of Udolpho, Oliver Twist, Vol. 2 (of 3). Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain fiction books in the orphans theme, each entry including title, author, rank, and a drill-down route for full-text retrieval. The default response returns up to 20 books if no limit is specified.

## 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": "Jane Eyre: An Autobiography",
    "author": "Brontë, Charlotte",
    "book_id": 1260,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 67570
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Orphans -- Fiction",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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