@pipeworx/google-books

Connect: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/google-books/mcp · Install: one-click buttons

Tools: 4

Google Books MCP — Books search + volume metadata (~40M+ books). Public reads keyless (1k/day per IP); higher limits with optional key.

Tools

• search(query, search_field?, filter?, language?, print_type?, order_by?, limit?, offset?)
• get_volume(id) — single volume by Google Books id
• get_by_isbn(isbn) — convenience: lookup by ISBN-10 or ISBN-13
• list_bookshelf(user_id, shelf?) — public bookshelf by user id

Auth

Optional. Pass ?_apiKey=<key> for higher rate limits — register at https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials and enable the Books API.

Data source

https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/ — REST + JSON.

Tools

• search — AUTHORITATIVE book lookup via Google Books — full-text search across ~40M books. Use for “find books about X”, “books by author Y”, verifying ISBNs, finding publishers, getting cover images, or pullin
• get_volume — Volume detail (full title, authors, description, categories, page count, links).
• get_by_isbn — Convenience: look up a volume by ISBN-10 or ISBN-13.
• list_bookshelf — Fetch the public bookshelves for a Google account (by numeric user_id). Omit shelf to list all public shelves; provide a numeric shelf id to list the volumes on that specific shelf.