# library.forgemesh.io – New York (N.Y.) Fiction Shelf

> 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.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/new-york-n-y-fiction
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-new-york-n-y-fiction-shelf-9e7a8422
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__naxy-dOUjX3NpNYkcvoR

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability library-forgemesh-io-new-york-n-y-fiction-shelf-9e7a8422 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the top 20 public-domain fiction books set in New York from the ForgemMesh library shelf? I want titles I can drill into for full text.

## When to prefer this

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.

## Known failure modes

- 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

## 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.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Max books to return (default 20, max 50)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "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"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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