# free-books-fiction

> free-books-fiction 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 fiction books from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive, ranked by relevance and popularity, with epub/txt/html download links.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://intel.rallylive.ca/library/subject/fiction
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/free-books-fiction-0f1e5466
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_AR3aFZddm46MwcX0E9VfN

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 free-books-fiction-0f1e5466
```

Example prompt: Can you find me free public-domain fiction books I can download? I'm looking for classic novels — maybe narrow it down by searching for 'adventure' to find something like Jules Verne or similar authors.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to browse or search a large, curated catalogue of free public-domain fiction books with direct download links. It is ideal for agents building reading lists, recommending classic novels, or helping users find specific authors or titles in the fiction genre without any cost beyond $0.01 per page of 20 results. Prefer this over scraping individual library sites when you need ranked, daily-verified results across both Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive in a single call.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned if keyword filter is too narrow or misspelled
- Pagination offset out of range returns empty or error response
- Download links may be temporarily unavailable if source (Project Gutenberg/Internet Archive) is down
- Payment failure (x402) if USDC balance is insufficient for the $0.01 per call fee
- Rate limiting or throttling if too many calls are made in quick succession

## How this service works

Free public-domain books on "Fiction": browse the catalogue's works tagged with that Library of Congress subject (2,001 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 paginated list (20 items per page) of public-domain fiction books including titles, authors, relevance and popularity rankings, and direct download links in epub, txt, and html formats. Results are drawn from Project Gutenberg (2,001+ works) and Internet Archive scans, re-verified daily.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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