# Library ForgemMesh: US Social Life & Customs 19th Century Fiction Shelf

> 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.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/united-states-social-life-and-customs-19th-century-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-forgemmesh-us-social-life-customs-19th-century-fiction-shelf-e0143037
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_P9wdzdAoEI4ovBI3Ek4vZ

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-forgemmesh-us-social-life-customs-19th-century-fiction-shelf-e0143037 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you show me up to 30 public-domain fiction books about 19th century American social life and customs from the ForgemMesh library shelf?

## When to prefer this

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.

## Known failure modes

- 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

## 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.

## 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": "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"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemmesh-us-social-life-customs-19th-century-fiction-shelf-e0143037/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)