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Open Library Trends API
The daily Open Library trending-books feed from one REST endpoint. A clean read on what people are actually reading, served as JSON without scraping, for publishing, media and book-world research.
# one POST, every source POST https://api.trendsapi.ai/api Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY { "mode": "get_top_trends", "type": "Open Library Trending Books", "limit": 10 }
{
"type": "Open Library Trending Books",
"trends": [
{ "rank": 1, "title": "Project Hail Mary" },
{ "rank": 2, "title": "The Midnight Library" },
{ "rank": 3, "title": "Atomic Habits" }
],
"timestamp": "2026-08-03T12:00:00Z"
}Open Library trend data, without the plumbing
Book attention moves differently from social buzz: a title climbing the Open Library trending feed is holding readers, not just catching a spike. For publishers, booksellers, authors and media, that is a signal worth tracking alongside search and social.
Open Library exposes a trending view but not a clean programmatic feed for it. Trends API serves the daily trending-books feed as JSON in the same shape as the other 20 live feeds, so you can line reading attention up against search, social and shopping signals.
What people build with it
See which titles and genres are holding reader attention.
Spot rising books before they hit the bestseller lists.
Time promotion to rising reading attention.
Track what the book world is reading right now.
How it compares
| Scraping Open Library | Trends API | |
|---|---|---|
| Clean feed | scrape the trending view | one call, JSON |
| Breakage | page changes break scrapers | managed |
| Cross-platform compare | no | same scale as 20 other feeds |
| Free tier | n/a | 100 requests/month |
This page is a live feed. Call with type set to Open Library Trending Books. No keyword needed.
Historical 0-100 series on keyword sources (Google, TikTok, Amazon, and the rest).
Percent change over 3M / 6M / 12M / 5Y on those same keyword sources.
Common questions
What Open Library data does Trends API provide?
The daily Open Library Trending Books feed, no keyword needed, via get_top_trends with type "Open Library Trending Books".
Is there an official trending-books API?
Open Library exposes a trending view but not a clean programmatic feed. Trends API serves it as JSON.
How fresh is the feed?
It updates daily with the Open Library trending chart. Every response includes a timestamp.
Who uses this?
Publishers, booksellers, authors and media tracking what people are actually reading.
Can I combine this with search or social signals?
Yes. Pull the books feed alongside Google or TikTok signals and compare in the same normalized shape.
Related trend sources
Start pulling Open Library trends in 60 seconds.
100 requests a month free. No credit card, no sales call. One key works for every source.