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Open Library Books Scraper

Scrape books with title, authors, first publish year, edition count, ISBN, cover image, subjects and a direct link. Search by keyword. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

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from $6.80 / 1,000 results

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Who is it for

Use case	Who benefits
Book apps	Builders populating catalogs and reading lists
Libraries	Teams enriching records with ISBNs and covers
Research	Analysts studying authors, subjects and editions
Discovery	Readers finding books by title, author or subject

How to use it

Enter a search query (a title, author or subject).
Set Max Items and run.
Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull it through the Apify API.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I search by author or subject? Yes. The search matches titles, authors and subjects, so you can search for a title like the lord of the rings, an author, or a topic.

Do records include an ISBN and a cover? Yes. Each record includes an ISBN where available and a link to a cover image.

What are subjects? Subjects are topic tags attached to the book, useful for grouping and recommendations. Each record includes the first several subjects.

How fresh is the data? Records are read live at run time, so each reflects the catalog at the moment of the run (see observedAt).

Example use cases

Ready-to-run example tasks, each preconfigured for a common scenario. Open one and press run, or use it as a template:

Open Library book search for the lord of the rings: Search Open Library for books matching the lord of the rings with titles, authors, publish years, ISBNs and edition counts for catalog research.
Open Library book search for agatha christie: Search Open Library for books matching agatha christie with titles, authors, publish years, ISBNs and edition counts for catalog research.
Open Library book search for dune: Search Open Library for books matching dune with titles, authors, publish years, ISBNs and edition counts for catalog research.
Open Library book search for python programming: Search Open Library for books matching python programming with titles, authors, publish years, ISBNs and edition counts for catalog research.
Open Library book search for harry potter: Search Open Library for books matching harry potter with titles, authors, publish years, ISBNs and edition counts for catalog research.
Open Library book search for stephen king: Search Open Library for books matching stephen king with titles, authors, publish years, ISBNs and edition counts for catalog research.
Open Library book search for world war 2 history: Search Open Library for books matching world war 2 history with titles, authors, publish years, ISBNs and edition counts for catalog research.
Open Library book search for machine learning textbook: Search Open Library for books matching machine learning textbook with titles, authors, publish years, ISBNs and edition counts for catalog research.
Open Library book search for jane austen: Search Open Library for books matching jane austen with titles, authors, publish years, ISBNs and edition counts for catalog research.
Open Library book search for cookbook: Search Open Library for books matching cookbook with titles, authors, publish years, ISBNs and edition counts for catalog research.

Export, API and AI agents (x402 + MCP)

Export the scraped data to JSON, CSV or Excel, pull it as a dataset through the Apify API, or wire it into your app with no code. This web scraper and data extractor also works for bulk data extraction and scheduled runs.

For AI agents: this Actor is available on x402, Apify's agentic payment standard built with Coinbase. An AI agent can discover, pay for and run it on its own with a funded wallet and a single HTTP request: no account, no subscription, no API key and no human in the loop. It also runs as an MCP tool inside Claude, Cursor and other AI clients out of the box. Learn more about x402 agentic payments on Apify.

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This actor is an independent tool and has no affiliation with Open Library. It only accesses publicly available data. Use the results in accordance with the source's terms.

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