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library.forgemesh.io Classic Literature Shelf
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library.forgemesh.io Classic Literature Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns a ranked list of enduring public-domain classic novels and literary works with titles, authors, years, book IDs, and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf of enduring public-domain classic novels and literary works, ranked by historical popularity. Returns title, author, year, book_id, and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key — every book is public domain in the USA.
Output
A ranked list of up to 50 classic public-domain novels and literary works, each entry containing title, author name, publication year, a book_id for reference, and drill-down route URLs for retrieving full text.
Example use cases
Building a reading list app
“Get me the top 50 classic novels from the public-domain library — I need each title, author, year published, and book ID so I can build a curated reading list.”
Classroom literature curriculum
“Pull the top 20 most historically popular public-domain classic novels with their authors and years — I'm putting together a high school literature syllabus.”
Trivia bot seeding
“Give me a ranked list of up to 40 classic public-domain literary works with titles, authors, and publication years — I'm populating a literature trivia database.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/classic-literatureWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, popularity-ranked catalog of classic novels and literary fiction specifically — as opposed to poetry, plays, philosophy, science, or history (which have their own sibling shelves). Prefer this over full-text search endpoints when the goal is browsing or listing rather than finding a specific passage or title.
Side effects
- Invalid limit value (e.g. exceeding 50 or negative number) may return a 400 error
- Payment failure via x402 protocol results in 402 Payment Required before any content is returned
- Service downtime or network errors return 5xx responses with no book data
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": "1998",
"title": "Pride and Prejudice",
"author": "Austen, Jane, 1775-1817",
"book_id": 1342,
"subjects": [
"Courtship -- Fiction",
"England -- Fiction"
],
"download_count": 59636
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Classic Literature",
"coverage": {
"target": 1000,
"indexed": 865
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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