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library.forgemesh.io Gothic Fiction Shelf
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library.forgemesh.io Gothic 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 2026-09-14).
Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain Gothic fiction books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: Gothic Fiction — 19 public-domain books including Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray. 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 Gothic fiction books (default 20), including titles such as Frankenstein, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and The Picture of Dorian Gray, along with drill-down routes that link to full-text retrieval for each title.
Example use cases
Curated gothic reading list for a book club
“Pull up the ranked list of Gothic fiction classics from the ForgemMesh library — give me the top 15 titles so our book club can pick one to read this month.”
Research corpus for Gothic literature analysis
“I need a full list of all public-domain Gothic fiction available — can you get me the complete ranked shelf so I can analyze themes across all the titles?”
Quick recommendation for a single gothic novel
“What are the top 5 Gothic fiction books I can read for free? Grab the ranked shelf from the ForgemMesh library and just show me the highest-ranked ones.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/gothic-fictionWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked list of public-domain Gothic fiction titles with direct access routes to full texts, and no API key or content license is required. Prefer it over general web searches when you want reliable, structured bibliographic data for Gothic literature specifically (Frankenstein, Jekyll & Hyde, Dorian Gray era) rather than contemporary or copyrighted works.
Side effects
- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — likely returns an error or is capped at 50
- Payment of 0.003 USDC not provided or fails — request is rejected with a 402 Payment Required response
- Server unavailable — returns a 5xx error with no book list
- Invalid limit type (non-integer) — returns a validation or 400 error
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": "Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus",
"author": "Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851",
"book_id": 84,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 56171
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Gothic Fiction",
"coverage": {
"target": 860,
"indexed": 860
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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