No. It is a ready-to-run cloud tool — set the inputs and click run. Built on Books Scraper (Google Books + Open Library).

Open Library Sci-Fi Books Scraper: ISBN, Author, Year

Science fiction book metadata from Open Library: titles, authors, first publish year, language, and ISBNs for building a genre reading list.

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How it works

1
Open it on Apify
Hit Run on Apify — it opens the tool in the cloud, no install.
2
Set the inputs
Adjust source, query, maxItems (sensible defaults are pre-filled).
3
Click Run
The tool runs on Apify’s cloud and collects the data for you.
4
Export the results
Download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pipe straight into your app, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.

Field	What it does	Type
`source`	Which book catalog to search. Google Books returns descriptions and prices; Open Library is purely bibliographic. Output is normalized identically for both.	string
`query`	Keywords to search for, e.g. "clean code", "the hobbit", or "isbn:9780132350884". Required.	string
`maxItems`	Maximum number of unique books to return. Results are paginated automatically and deduplicated by ISBN (or title + author).	integer
`notionConnector`	Optional. Write each result as a page into your Notion when the run finishes. Authorize a Notion connector once in Settings → API & Integrations → MCP connector	string
`notionParentId`	Optional. The Notion data source ID of the database to write into (only used if a Notion connector is set). Leave empty to create the pages privately in your wo	string

A structured dataset — each result includes fields like:

authorsaverageRatingcategoriescoverImagedescriptiondetailsisbnlanguagepageCountpricepublishedDatepublisherqueryratingsCount

Export every run as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to your app, a database, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.

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