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ForgeMesh Library – PN Shelf (Ghost Stories, Mystery & Super-Science)
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ForgeMesh Library – PN Shelf (Ghost Stories, Mystery & Super-Science) 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 books from the PN classification shelf, covering ghost stories, mystery/detective fiction, and pulp science fiction, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: PN — 948 public-domain books including Twenty-Five Ghost Stories, Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930. 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 books (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50) from the PN classification shelf, including titles such as Twenty-Five Ghost Stories, Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, and Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930. Each entry includes drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Example use cases
Curating a spooky reading list
“Pull up to 20 public-domain ghost story and horror titles from the ForgeMesh PN shelf — I want to put together a Halloween reading list.”
Researching classic detective fiction
“Give me the full list of up to 50 public-domain mystery and detective books on the ForgeMesh PN shelf — I'm studying the history of the genre.”
Sourcing vintage sci-fi for a blog
“Fetch up to 25 public-domain science fiction titles from the ForgeMesh PN shelf, including any pulp magazines like Astounding Stories, so I can feature them in a retro sci-fi article.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/pnWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked browse of public-domain ghost story, mystery, detective, or pulp science fiction titles (PN shelf) without requiring an API key or license. Prefer this over the full-text search endpoint when you want a shelf overview rather than passage-level retrieval, and over other shelves (Harvard Classics, Nobel Prize, etc.) when genre fiction is the target.
Side effects
- Limit exceeds 50 — request may be capped or return an error
- Malformed request body — returns 400-level error
- Payment not processed (x402) — returns 402 Payment Required
- Service temporarily unavailable — returns 5xx 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": "Twenty-Five Ghost Stories",
"author": "Unknown",
"book_id": 53419,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 43832
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "PN",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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