`popular_books`

Pack: gutendex · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/popular_books for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Get the most downloaded books ranked by popularity. Returns titles, authors, IDs, and download statistics.

Example call

Arguments

{}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gutendex/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"popular_books","arguments":{}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('popular_books', {});

Response shape

Always returns: count, books

Field	Type	Description
`count`	number	Total number of popular books available
`books`	array	List of most popular books

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of popular books available"
    },
    "books": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of most popular books",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Project Gutenberg book ID"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Book title"
          },
          "authors": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "List of book authors",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Author name"
                },
                "birth_year": {
                  "type": [
                    "number",
                    "null"
                  ],
                  "description": "Author birth year or null"
                },
                "death_year": {
                  "type": [
                    "number",
                    "null"
                  ],
                  "description": "Author death year or null"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "name",
                "birth_year",
                "death_year"
              ]
            }
          },
          "languages": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Languages the book is available in",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "subjects": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Subject tags for the book",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "download_count": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Number of downloads"
          },
          "formats": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Available download formats and URLs",
            "additionalProperties": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "title",
          "authors",
          "languages",
          "subjects",
          "download_count",
          "formats"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "count",
    "books"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the gutendex pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gutendex": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gutendex/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

popular_books