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GEThttps://gutendex.com/books/

Search books

Parameters

pagepage number (integeroptional

topicsubject filter (stringoptional

searchsearch keyword (stringoptional

languageslanguage codes comma-separated (stringoptional

author_year_startfilter author birth year (integeroptional

Returns

results[] with id, title, authors[] with name, birth_year, death_year, subjects[], languages[], formats (download URLs), download_count

GEThttps://gutendex.com/books/{id}/

Get book details

Parameters

idbook ID (integerrequired

Returns

id, title, authors[], subjects[], bookshelves[], languages[], formats with text/html, application/epub+zip, text/plain URLs, download_count, media_type

GEThttps://gutendex.com/books/?sort=popular

Get most downloaded books

Parameters

topicsubject filter (stringoptional

languageslanguage filter (stringoptional

Returns

results[] sorted by download_count with id, title, authors[], download_count, formats