aid: literal
name: Literal Club
description: Literal is a modern social reading and book tracking platform that provides
  a GraphQL API for managing reading lists, reviews, shelves, reading goals, highlights,
  and book recommendations. The API enables developers to access user libraries, reading
  states, book data, author information, and social reading clubs.
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/literal/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Books
- Reading
- Social
- GraphQL
- Book Tracking
- Reading Lists
- Shelves
- Reviews
- Highlights
- Reading Goals
- Book Clubs
- Recommendations
apis:
- aid: literal:literal-graphql-api
  name: Literal GraphQL API
  description: GraphQL API for Literal Club that provides access to book data, reading
    states, shelves, reviews, highlights, reading goals, clubs, and user profiles.
    Supports both public read operations and authenticated write operations via JWT
    bearer tokens.
  image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://literal.club/developers
  baseURL: https://literal.club/graphql/
  tags:
  - Books
  - Reading
  - GraphQL
  - Social
  - Shelves
  - Reviews
  - Highlights
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://literal.club/developers
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://literal.club/developers
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/literal/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/literal/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/literal/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
  - url: graphql/literal-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
  contact:
  - FN: Literal Support
    email: support@literal.club
common:
- type: Sign Up
  url: https://literal.club/
- type: Developer Community
  url: https://literal.club/clubs/dev
- type: Support
  url: mailto:support@literal.club
- type: Terms of Service
  url: https://literal.club/pages/terms
- type: Privacy Policy
  url: https://literal.club/pages/privacy
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  X-twitter: kinlane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com