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library.forgemesh.io Detective Fiction Shelf
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library.forgemesh.io Detective Fiction 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 50 curated public-domain detective fiction books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: Detective Fiction — 19 public-domain books including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Study in Scarlet. 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 public-domain detective fiction books (default 20), including titles such as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and A Study in Scarlet, along with drill-down routes for retrieving the full text of each book.
Example use cases
Building a mystery reading list
“Give me the top 20 public-domain detective fiction books I can read for free — I want the ranked list so I can pick a few to start with this weekend.”
Researching classic detective novel corpus
“I'm doing a literary analysis project — can you pull the full curated list of public-domain detective fiction titles available, up to 50 books, so I can map themes across the genre?”
Recommending free classic mystery reads
“I want to recommend some free classic detective novels to a book club — can you get me the ranked list of public-domain mysteries including any Sherlock Holmes titles?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/detective-fictionWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked list of public-domain detective fiction titles and want drill-down access to full texts without requiring any API key or license. It is ideal for browsing, research, or recommendation use cases within the classic mystery and detective genre. Prefer it over a general web search when you specifically want vetted, public-domain-safe titles in this genre.
Side effects
- limit parameter exceeds maximum of 50 — server may return error or clamp to max
- payment not processed correctly via x402 — endpoint returns 402 Payment Required
- network timeout if downstream full-text routes are slow to resolve
- empty or partial result if corpus indexing is incomplete
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": "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes",
"author": "Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930",
"book_id": 1661,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 23345
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Detective Fiction",
"coverage": {
"target": 860,
"indexed": 860
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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