# library.forgemesh.io Romance Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io Romance 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 15 public-domain romance books (e.g. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Sense and Sensibility) with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/romance
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-romance-shelf-55eb58a8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_PCp7W3OYVcwiWrDZK2sEg

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-romance-shelf-55eb58a8 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the curated romance shelf and show me the top 10 classic public-domain romance books available, like Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked list of public-domain romance novels with links to full-text retrieval, especially when no authentication or licensing is needed. Prefer this over generic web searches when you want structured, reliable metadata for classic romance titles.

## Known failure modes

- Requesting more than 50 books returns an error or is capped at the maximum limit
- Invalid limit value (e.g. negative integer or non-integer) may return a validation error
- Service unavailability returns a network or HTTP error with no book list

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Romance — 2252 public-domain books including Pride and Prejudice, Romeo and Juliet, A Room with a View. 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 15 public-domain romance books including title, author, rank, and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No API key or license required.

## 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": "Pride and Prejudice",
    "author": "Austen, Jane",
    "book_id": 1342,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 136926
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Romance",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-romance-shelf-55eb58a8/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from library.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/library.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)