Project Gutenberg Catalog — Every eBook With Authors, Subjects, Language, LoC Class And Bookshelves

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79,288 eBooks, audiobooks and other items in the Project Gutenberg collection with ebook number, media type, date added to the collection, title, language, authors with life dates, Library of Congress subject headings and classification codes, and Gutenberg bookshelves, from the official pg_catalog.csv feed as of 2026-09-06.

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Methodology

Single fetch of pg_catalog.csv; multi-line titles collapsed to one line; semicolon lists (languages, authors, subjects, LoC classes, bookshelves) normalised to ; separators; sorted by ebook number.

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Schema

name	type
text_id	integer
type	string
issued_date	date
title	string
language	string
authors	string
subjects	string
locc	string
bookshelves	string

Sample Data

locc	type	title	authors	text_id	language	subjects	bookshelves	issued_date
E201;JK	Text	The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America	Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826	1	en	United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources;United States. Declaration of Independence	Politics;American Revolutionary War;United States Law;Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches;Category: History - American;Category: History - Modern (1750+);Category: Philosophy & Ethics;Category: Politics	1971-12-01
JK;KF	Text	The United States Bill of Rights The Ten Original Amendments to the Constitution of the United States	United States	2	en	Civil rights -- United States -- Sources;United States. Constitution. 1st-10th Amendments	Politics;American Revolutionary War;United States Law;Category: History - American;Category: Law & Criminology	1972-12-01
E838	Text	John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address	Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963	3	en	United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963;Presidents -- United States -- Inaugural addresses	Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches;Category: History - American;Category: Politics	1973-11-01
E456	Text	Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Given November 19, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865	4	en	Consecration of cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg;Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.);Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address	US Civil War;Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches;Category: History - American;Category: History - Modern (1750+)	1973-11-01
JK;KF	Text	The United States Constitution	United States	5	en	United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789 -- Sources;United States. Constitution	United States;Politics;American Revolutionary War;United States Law;Category: History - American;Category: Law & Criminology;Category: Politics	1975-12-01

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