INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_list

Return one of MRB's 1,300+ consensus 'best books' lists for a topic (startups, stoicism, finance, sci-fi…).

mostrecommendedbooks.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for get_list and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.most-recommended-books]
url = "https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "most-recommended-books": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: most-recommended-books
Remote MCP URL: https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

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

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

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

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "most-recommended-books",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

search_books — Search Most Recommended Books' human-curated catalog by book title or author name.
get_person_recommendations — 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).
get_book_recommenders — Return every verified person who recommends a given book, each with their quote about it and a link to the original source.
get_series_reading_order — Return the complete publication-order book list for a book series — the order the author released them, including novellas and companion volumes where cataloged.
get_summary — Return MRB's one-page summary of a book: the overview plus chapter-by-chapter notes (~435 titles available).