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Library ForgemMesh: US Social Life & Customs 19th Century Fiction Shelf
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Library ForgemMesh: US Social Life & Customs 19th Century 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 148 public-domain fiction books categorized under United States social life and customs in the 19th century, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction — 148 public-domain books including The King in Yellow, In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim, John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of public-domain fiction books (up to 50 per call, default 20) under the United States social life and customs 19th century category, including titles like The King in Yellow, In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim, and John Gayther's Garden. Each entry includes drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Example use cases
Researching Gilded Age American Society
“I'm writing an essay on American social customs in the 1800s — can you pull me a list of up to 50 public-domain novels set in that era so I can find primary literary sources?”
Building a Classic American Lit Reading List
“Put together a reading list for me of classic American fiction from the 19th century — I want public-domain books I can actually read for free, give me the top 20.”
Finding The King in Yellow and Related Works
“I know The King in Yellow is in some curated public-domain library shelf for 19th century US fiction — can you fetch that shelf and show me what else is on it alongside it?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/united-states-social-life-and-customs-19th-century-fictionWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you specifically need a curated, pre-categorized list of public-domain fiction focused on 19th century American social life and customs. It is faster than full-text search for browsing the shelf as a whole, and better than generic book APIs when you want no-license, no-key access to a vetted canonical list with drill-down full-text routes.
Side effects
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance (x402 payment required at $0.003 per call)
- limit parameter exceeds maximum of 50 — API may return error or cap silently
- No results returned if the shelf index is unavailable
- Network timeout or service unavailability
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 King in Yellow",
"author": "Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)",
"book_id": 8492,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 56111
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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