---
title: "Get a Goodreads genre shelf"
method: GET
path: "/goodreads/genre/{name}"
tags: ["Goodreads"]
---

# Get a Goodreads genre shelf

`GET /goodreads/genre/{name}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/goodreads/genre/{name}`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Returns up to 50 books on a Goodreads genre/shelf tag page (e.g. fantasy, romance, science-fiction), Goodreads' per-tag "top books" view: title, author, average rating, ratings count, publication year, and how many times the book was shelved under this specific tag. Goodreads' genre/shelf taxonomy is an open, user-generated folksonomy of thousands of tags, not a small fixed list, so there is no directory endpoint — pass any known tag slug, e.g. from a book's genres[] field or a value seen on goodreads.com. There is no pagination beyond the first 50.

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- GoodreadsGenreResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` GoodreadsGenreResponse
    - `books` GoodreadsGenreBookItem[]
      - `author` string
      - `author_id` string
      - `average_rating` number
      - `id` string
      - `publication_year` integer
      - `ratings_count` integer
      - `shelved_count` integer: ShelvedCount is how many users have shelved this specific book under this genre tag — a per-genre popularity signal distinct from the book's overall ratings_count.
      - `title` string
      - `uri` string
    - `name` string
    - `source_url` string
  - `msg` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `404`: Not Found
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `503`: Service Unavailable

---

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