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library.forgemesh.io Classics of Literature Shelf
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library.forgemesh.io Classics of 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 up to 184 public-domain classic literature books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: Classics of Literature — 1157 public-domain books including Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, Pride and Prejudice, Romeo and Juliet. 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 (default 20) public-domain classic literature books drawn from a corpus of 184 titles, including titles such as A Christmas Carol, Pride and Prejudice, and Frankenstein. Each entry includes drill-down routes enabling full-text retrieval of the selected book.
Example use cases
Curated reading list for book club
“Pull up a ranked list of the top 20 classic public-domain novels from the classics shelf — I want to suggest some well-known titles like Pride and Prejudice or Frankenstein for our book club to choose from.”
Discovering public-domain texts for an app
“I'm building a reading app and need a full list of all available classic literature titles from the public-domain library — can you get me up to 50 books with their drill-down routes so I can link to the full texts?”
Literature homework research starting point
“Can you browse the classics of literature shelf and show me the top 25 books? I'm writing an essay on canonical Western literature and want to see what's considered most significant.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/classics-of-literatureWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of canonical public-domain classic literature titles with paths to full text. It is ideal when the user wants to browse or discover well-known literary works (e.g. Victorian novels, Gothic fiction, Romantic-era texts) without needing an API key or license. Prefer this over general web search when structured, pre-curated book metadata with full-text drill-down is needed.
Side effects
- Invalid limit value (exceeds max of 50 or negative integer) may result in an error or clamped response
- Network or payment failure with x402 micropayment protocol could prevent access
- If the shelf index is temporarily unavailable, an empty or error response may be returned
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": "Moby Dick; Or, The Whale",
"author": "Melville, Herman",
"book_id": 2701,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 160099
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Classics of Literature",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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