Literal Club

Literal is a modern social reading and book tracking platform that provides a GraphQL API for managing reading lists, reviews, shelves, reading goals, highlights, and book recommendations. The API enables developers to access user libraries, reading states, book data, author information, and social reading clubs.

Literal Club publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Books, Reading, Social, GraphQL, and Book Tracking.

The Literal Club catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

Literal Club’s developer surface includes signup flow, support, and 4 more developer resources.

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31.9/100 thin ▲ 6.6 Agent 19/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFree

1 APIs

BooksReadingSocialGraphQLBook TrackingReading ListsShelvesReviewsHighlightsReading GoalsBook ClubsRecommendations

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 31.9/100 · thin

Contract Quality 14.2 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Literal GraphQL API

GraphQL API for Literal Club that provides access to book data, reading states, shelves, reviews, highlights, reading goals, clubs, and user profiles. Supports both public read ...

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Developer Community

Developer Community

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Source (apis.yml)

aid: literal
name: Literal Club
description: Literal is a modern social reading and book tracking platform that provides a GraphQL API for managing reading
  lists, reviews, shelves, reading goals, highlights, and book recommendations. The API enables developers to access user
  libraries, reading states, book data, author information, and social reading clubs.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/literal.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/literal/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Books
- Reading
- Social
- GraphQL
- Book Tracking
- Reading Lists
- Shelves
- Reviews
- Highlights
- Reading Goals
- Book Clubs
- Recommendations
apis:
- aid: literal:literal-graphql-api
  name: Literal GraphQL API
  description: GraphQL API for Literal Club that provides access to book data, reading states, shelves, reviews, highlights,
    reading goals, clubs, and user profiles. Supports both public read operations and authenticated write operations via JWT
    bearer tokens.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://literal.club/developers
  baseURL: https://literal.club/graphql/
  tags:
  - Books
  - Reading
  - GraphQL
  - Social
  - Shelves
  - Reviews
  - Highlights
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://literal.club/developers
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://literal.club/developers
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/literal/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/literal/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/literal/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
  - url: graphql/literal-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
  contact:
  - FN: Literal Support
    email: support@literal.club
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/literal-domain-security.yml
- type: Signup
  url: https://literal.club/
- type: Developer Community
  url: https://literal.club/clubs/dev
- type: Support
  url: mailto:support@literal.club
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://literal.club/pages/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://literal.club/pages/privacy
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  X-twitter: kinlane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Literal Club

Kin Score

APIs 1

Literal GraphQL API

GraphQL 1

Literal GraphQL API

Pricing Plans 1

Plans

Rate Limits 1

Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Finops

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Literal Context

Security Posture 1

Literal Domain Security

Resources

Get Started 1

Access & Security 1

Operate 2

Commercial 2

Source (apis.yml)