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Most Recommended Books Official

com.mostrecommendedbooks/books

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Read-only MCP server for verified book recommendations and reading lists.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

mostrecommendedbooks.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

6

Token cost

About 1,327 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http books https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.books]
url = "https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"books":{"httpUrl":"https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"books":{"url":"https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"books":{"type":"http","url":"https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add books https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"books","server_url":"https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"books","server_url":"https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp"}

Tools

• get_book_recommenders ~190 tokens
  Return every verified person who recommends a given book, each with their quote about it and a link to the original source. This is MRB's signature dataset — use it when a user asks 'who recommends Sapiens?', 'is Zero to One worth reading?', or wants social proof / expert opinions on a specific titl
• get_list ~234 tokens
  Return one of MRB's 1,300+ consensus 'best books' lists for a topic (startups, stoicism, finance, sci-fi…). Every book on a list was recommended by at least two independent expert sources and is ranked by how many sources mention it. Use this when a user asks for 'the best X books' and you want a ra
• get_person_recommendations ~239 tokens
  Return every book a specific person (entrepreneur, investor, author, celebrity…) has recommended, with their verified quote about each book and a link to the original source (interview, podcast, post). Use this when a user asks 'what books does Naval Ravikant recommend?', 'Tim Ferriss's favorite boo
• get_series_reading_order ~195 tokens
  Return the complete publication-order book list for a book series — the order the author released them, including novellas and companion volumes where cataloged. Use this when a user asks 'what order do I read John Grisham?', 'Harry Potter books in order', or how many books a series has. Accepts a s
• get_summary ~212 tokens
  Return MRB's one-page summary of a book: the overview plus chapter-by-chapter notes (~435 titles available). Use this when a user asks 'summarize Atomic Habits', 'what is Sapiens about?', or wants the key ideas without reading the book. Set full_text=true only when the user explicitly wants the comp
• search_books ~257 tokens
  Search Most Recommended Books' human-curated catalog by book title or author name. Returns ranked matches with author, publication year, how many verified people recommend each book, the top recommenders, a sourced quote, and a buy link. Use this when a user asks about a specific book, an author's b

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