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Try the Goodreads Author Books API

Test Crawlora's Goodreads Author Books API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /goodreads/author/{id}/books
Platform: Goodreads
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: id
Common optional params: page

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/goodreads/author/<id>/books" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
id (path)	string	Yes		Goodreads author id
page	integer	No		1-based page number, default 1

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "author_id": "153394",
    "page": 1,
    "books": [
      {
        "id": "2767052",
        "title": "The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)",
        "author": "Suzanne Collins",
        "average_rating": 4.35,
        "ratings_count": 10177818,
        "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games"
      },
      {
        "id": "6148028",
        "title": "Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)",
        "author": "Suzanne Collins",
        "average_rating": 4.36,
        "ratings_count": 4285043,
        "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6148028-catching-fire"
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/153394?page=1"
  }
}

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestgoodreads.authorBooksResponseDocGoodreads

GET /goodreads/author/{id}/books

List a Goodreads author's books

Returns an author's paginated works list (title, author, average rating, ratings count). Credential-free public Goodreads data.

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Path parameters

requiredstring

Goodreads author id

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "author_id": "153394",
    "page": 1,
    "books": [
      {
        "id": "2767052",
        "title": "The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)",
        "author": "Suzanne Collins",
        "average_rating": 4.35,
        "ratings_count": 10177818,
        "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games"
      },
      {
        "id": "6148028",
        "title": "Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)",
        "author": "Suzanne Collins",
        "average_rating": 4.36,
        "ratings_count": 4285043,
        "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6148028-catching-fire"
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/153394?page=1"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns an author's paginated works list (title, author, average rating, ratings count). Credential-free public Goodreads data.

Method: GET
Path: /goodreads/author/{id}/books
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Goodreads
Parameters: 3 documented fields

Request parameters

id:pathpage:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.author_iddata.booksdata.books[].authordata.books[].average_ratingdata.books[].iddata.books[].ratings_countdata.books[].titledata.books[].uridata.pagedata.source_url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "author_id": "153394",
    "page": 1,
    "books": [
      {
        "id": "2767052",
        "title": "The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)",
        "author": "Suzanne Collins",
        "average_rating": 4.35,
        "ratings_count": 10177818,
        "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games"
      },
      {
        "id": "6148028",
        "title": "Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)",
        "author": "Suzanne Collins",
        "average_rating": 4.36,
        "ratings_count": 4285043,
        "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6148028-catching-fire"
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/153394?page=1"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/goodreads/author/<id>/books" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Try the Goodreads Author Books API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /goodreads/author/{id}/books
Platform: Goodreads
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: id
Common optional params: page

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/goodreads/author/<id>/books" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
id (path)	string	Yes		Goodreads author id
page	integer	No		1-based page number, default 1

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "author_id": "153394",
    "page": 1,
    "books": [
      {
        "id": "2767052",
        "title": "The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)",
        "author": "Suzanne Collins",
        "average_rating": 4.35,
        "ratings_count": 10177818,
        "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games"
      },
      {
        "id": "6148028",
        "title": "Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)",
        "author": "Suzanne Collins",
        "average_rating": 4.36,
        "ratings_count": 4285043,
        "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6148028-catching-fire"
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/153394?page=1"
  }
}

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestgoodreads.authorBooksResponseDocGoodreads

GET /goodreads/author/{id}/books

List a Goodreads author's books

Returns an author's paginated works list (title, author, average rating, ratings count). Credential-free public Goodreads data.

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

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API key

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Active Playground key: not configured

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Path parameters

requiredstring

Goodreads author id

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If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "author_id": "153394",
    "page": 1,
    "books": [
      {
        "id": "2767052",
        "title": "The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)",
        "author": "Suzanne Collins",
        "average_rating": 4.35,
        "ratings_count": 10177818,
        "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games"
      },
      {
        "id": "6148028",
        "title": "Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)",
        "author": "Suzanne Collins",
        "average_rating": 4.36,
        "ratings_count": 4285043,
        "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6148028-catching-fire"
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/153394?page=1"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns an author's paginated works list (title, author, average rating, ratings count). Credential-free public Goodreads data.

Method: GET
Path: /goodreads/author/{id}/books
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Goodreads
Parameters: 3 documented fields

Request parameters

id:pathpage:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.author_iddata.booksdata.books[].authordata.books[].average_ratingdata.books[].iddata.books[].ratings_countdata.books[].titledata.books[].uridata.pagedata.source_url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "author_id": "153394",
    "page": 1,
    "books": [
      {
        "id": "2767052",
        "title": "The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)",
        "author": "Suzanne Collins",
        "average_rating": 4.35,
        "ratings_count": 10177818,
        "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games"
      },
      {
        "id": "6148028",
        "title": "Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)",
        "author": "Suzanne Collins",
        "average_rating": 4.36,
        "ratings_count": 4285043,
        "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6148028-catching-fire"
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/153394?page=1"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/goodreads/author/<id>/books" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"