APIs and Feeds

LibraryThing APIs

LibraryThing offers a number free APIs to members and others in the book world.

We are in the process of redoing our APIs. The current documentation is here.

LibraryThing Feeds

LibraryThing offers a number of XML data feeds to select libraries and bookstores, as well as qualified academic researchers.

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Bibliographic Data

LibraryThing doesn't sell core bibliographic data—titles, authors, etc. For high-quality book data, check out our partner, Bowker Book Data.

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