Add to ClaudeBook Search searches a massive catalog of books by title, author, subject, or ISBN — and gives you full access to 60,000+ public domain ebooks you can read in full. Get cover images, descriptions, publication details, author bios, and trending titles, all in one place.
It's useful for readers discovering what to read next, researchers tracking down specific editions, and developers building book recommendation or reading features. The free ebook library includes classic literature, history, philosophy, and science texts from Project Gutenberg that you can read directly without downloading anything.
What you can do
- Search books by title, author, topic, or any keyword combination
- Look up exact editions by ISBN for precise publication details
- Browse by author name or subject/genre
- Get full author biographies and their top works
- Discover trending and popular books
- Search 60,000+ public domain ebooks and read their full text
Who it's for
Readers looking for their next book or exploring a genre. Researchers tracking down source texts or specific editions. Writers and content creators looking for source material. Developers building reading apps, recommendation systems, or research tools.
How to use it
- Use search_books for open-ended discovery — try a topic, author, or genre
- Call get_book_details with a work key from search results to get the full description, cover, and publication history
- Use lookup_isbn when you need details for a specific edition
- Use search_free_ebooks to find public domain books, then read_ebook to fetch the full text
Use google_play_books to browse ebooks, audiobooks and charts. Continue result groups using their returned tokens.
Getting started
search_books needs no setup — run it with any query to start exploring the catalog immediately.
