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library.forgemesh.io – New York (N.Y.) Fiction Shelf
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library.forgemesh.io – New York (N.Y.) 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 public-domain fiction books set in or about New York City, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction — 244 public-domain books including I am a woman, The Green Mouse, Torchy and Vee. 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 fiction books associated with New York City, including titles (e.g. 'I am a woman', 'The Green Mouse', 'Torchy and Vee') and drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve full text of each book. Default result set is 20 books.
Example use cases
NYC fiction reading list builder
“Give me a list of up to 30 classic public-domain fiction novels set in New York City — I'm building a reading list and want titles I can access for free.”
Literary research on New York stories
“I'm researching how New York was portrayed in early 20th-century fiction — can you fetch the ranked shelf of New York public-domain fiction books so I can browse what's available?”
Browsing free NYC novels for an app
“I'm building a reading app and want to populate it with public-domain fiction set in New York. Fetch me up to 50 titles from the New York fiction shelf with their drill-down routes so I can pull the full texts.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/new-york-n-y-fictionWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain fiction books specifically associated with New York City, especially when you plan to drill down into full texts via follow-up routes. Prefer it over a full-text search endpoint when you want broad shelf browsing rather than targeted passage retrieval.
Side effects
- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — may return an error or be capped at 50
- Payment of 0.003 USDC not provided — request rejected with 402
- Network timeout for large limit values
- Empty result if shelf data is unavailable
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": "I am a woman",
"author": "Bannon, Ann",
"book_id": 76178,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 34771
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
x402
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