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free-books-essays
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free-books-essays is a paid API for AI agents from intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Browse and download free public-domain books tagged under the 'Essays' subject from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive, ranked by relevance and popularity, with direct download links.
Price / call$0.01
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Free public-domain books on "Essays": browse the catalogue's works tagged with that Library of Congress subject (243 in Project Gutenberg alone, plus Internet Archive scans), ranked by relevance and popularity, with direct epub/txt/html download links. Add words to narrow by title or author. Re-verified daily. $0.01 per page of 20.
Output
A ranked, paginated list (20 per page) of public-domain essay books from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive, including title, author, subject tags, popularity/relevance ranking, and direct download links in epub, txt, and/or html formats. Data is re-verified daily.
Example use cases
Downloading classic philosophical essays
“Find me free public-domain philosophical essay books I can download as epub or txt — things like Emerson, Bacon, or Montaigne.”
Building a reading list of essay collections
“Give me a list of the most popular free essay collections in the public domain, with direct download links, so I can build a reading list.”
Researching available public domain essays by a specific author
“Are there any free public-domain books of essays by Francis Bacon available to download? Show me what's available with their epub links.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://intel.rallylive.ca/library/subject/essaysWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need to discover and download free, legal, public-domain books specifically tagged under the 'Essays' subject — particularly when you want to filter by author or title keyword and need direct epub/txt/html download links. Prefer this over a general web search when you need structured, curated, daily-verified catalogue data rather than ad-hoc search results.
Side effects
- No results returned if search keywords are too narrow or misspelled
- Pagination out of range returns empty result set
- Occasional missing download links if upstream source (Gutenberg/Archive) has changed
- Rate limiting or payment failure if USDC micropayment is not handled correctly
Input
Schema · Request body
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| output | object |
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