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Books Like This MCP

An MCP server that retrieves book details, finds similar books based on user preferences or genres, lists an author's works, and identifies film or TV adaptations. It supports misspelled titles and provides ready-to-read summaries with country-specific buy links.

Endpoint and access

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Books Like This MCP logo, by Good Turn StudioCommunity listingStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-06Published by Good Turn Studio
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp
Vendor documentation

What its tools do

3 tools, grouped by the hints the server advertises. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.

Read-only (3)

3 of 3 have a description · 3 of 3 declare behavior hints · 3 of 3 with parameters document them all

Checks and signals

Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.

  • Passed Endpoint answered the live check ·
  • Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days

What you can do with it

  • Find details about a specific book or its adaptations
  • Get book recommendations similar to a favorite title
  • List all books by a specific author
  • Check if a book is being made into a film or series

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.2.0
mcp-registry: io.github.GoodTurnStudio/bookslikethis@1.2.0Source repositoryProject website
Maintenance checked

Protocol and capabilities

Server
goodturn-bookslikethis 1.2.0
MCP protocol negotiated in check
2025-11-25
Tools
3 advertised
Resources
Not advertised
Resource templates
Not advertised
Prompts
Not advertised
Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": false
  }
}

Server-provided instructions

Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.

Find a book and its details, get books like one the user enjoyed (or for a genre), list an author's books, and see which books have been or are being made into films and TV series. Every answer has a ready-to-read `say` line and buy links for the user's country. Data: Open Library and Wikidata, plus a hand-picked shelf of well-read books for each kind of book (and TasteDive for similar books if a TasteDive key is set; it is optional and not needed). Misspelled titles are matched to the closest well-known book, and the say line confirms it ("I think you mean ..."). Every tool is read-only and nothing about the user is stored. Where an answer has a "say" field, it is a ready-to-read summary. More at https://bookslikethis.pages.dev

Tools

3 advertised

get_book — A book's details and any film or series made from it
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-onlyOpen-world

A book's details and any film or series made from it. For requests like "tell me about Project Hail Mary", "is The Name of the Wind being made into a film?", "how long is Dune?". Misspellings are fine. If screen_checked is false, the film and TV check could not run just now, so the film and TV status is unknown.

get_book input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "title"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The book's title, 2 to 120 characters. Add author for very short or common titles."
    },
    "author": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The author's name, to pin down the right book or list their books."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "For buy links: US, GB, IE, CA, AU. Default from the request."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
get_book annotations
{
  "title": "A book's details and any film or series made from it",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": true,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
find_similar_books — Books like one the user enjoyed, or for a genre
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-onlyOpen-world

Books like one the user enjoyed, or for a genre. For requests like "books like The Martian" or "a good cosy mystery". Suggestions are English-language books for the same readers (picture book, children, young adult or adult), one per author and one per series. Well-read books of the same kind come first (picked_from: shelf, and because names the kind, for example "celebrated dystopian novels"), then books sharing specific subjects on Open Library (picked_from: subjects, and because lists the shared subjects). Novels never get self-help, textbooks, anthologies, study guides, category romance lines or explicit books as suggestions, and popular books are preferred over obscure ones. Other books by the same author are left out unless same_author=true. Give title or subject; common other titles work (1984, The Sorcerer's Stone)

find_similar_books input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [],
  "properties": {
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A book the user liked, 2 to 120 characters."
    },
    "author": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The author's name, to pin down the right book or list their books."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Two-letter country code for the shop links, for example US or GB."
    },
    "subject": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A genre or theme, for example space opera, cozy mystery, heist."
    },
    "same_author": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "True to include more books by the same author."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
find_similar_books annotations
{
  "title": "Books like one the user enjoyed, or for a genre",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": true,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
get_author_books — An author's books, newest first
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-onlyOpen-world

An author's books, newest first. For requests like "what has Andy Weir written?" or "Sally Rooney's books"

get_author_books input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "author"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "author": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The author's name, to pin down the right book or list their books."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "For buy links: US, GB, IE, CA, AU. Default from the request."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
get_author_books annotations
{
  "title": "An author's books, newest first",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": true,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

90-day uptime

A lightweight connection check about every six hours, sampled on hosts with many listings. It shows the server answered, not that its tools work.

Too few checks for a percentage yet (2 of 2 answered).

  1. 2026-11-06: 1 of 1 checks answered
  2. 2026-11-07: 1 of 1 checks answered

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks
1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency
305 ms
95th percentile latency
305 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

  • · probe · passed · 305 ms · metadata changed · 3 tool(s)

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

This server is operated by the named third party. Listing and endpoint checks are not an endorsement or a security audit. Review the operator's permissions, terms, and data handling before connecting. How listings are checked and corrected.

Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.
Claude Code configuration
claude mcp add --transport http books-like-this-mcp https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).
Codex configuration
codex mcp add books-like-this-mcp --url https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable books-like-this-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books-like-this-mcp": {
      "url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books-like-this-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start books-like-this-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "books-like-this-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.
Gemini CLI configuration
gemini mcp add --transport http books-like-this-mcp https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp

Claude Desktop

Open Claude Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector, enter this server URL and enable it for the conversation. This is a manual remote-connector handoff, not a desktop JSON configuration.
Claude Desktop configuration
https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.
Windsurf configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books-like-this-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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