# Gutendex Books API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/gutendex/gutendex-books-api/  
**Provider:** Gutendex — https://apis.io/providers/gutendex/  
**Base URL:** https://gutendex.com  
**Documentation:** https://gutendex.com

Gutendex Books API is published by [Gutendex](https://apis.io/providers/gutendex/) on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 5 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Books. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 5 JSON Schemas.

Query and retrieve metadata for Project Gutenberg ebooks.

## Machine-readable artifacts (9)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gutendex/refs/heads/main/openapi/gutendex-books-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://gutendex.com
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gutendex/refs/heads/main/json-schema/gutendex-book-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gutendex/refs/heads/main/json-schema/gutendex-book-list-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gutendex/refs/heads/main/json-schema/gutendex-person-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gutendex/refs/heads/main/json-schema/gutendex-format-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gutendex/refs/heads/main/json-schema/gutendex-error-schema.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gutendex/refs/heads/main/json-ld/gutendex-context.jsonld
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gutendex/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Tags

Books

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/gutendex/gutendex-books-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/gutendex/.