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title: ToolRouter — Use Case
description: Step-by-step guide for a real-world ToolRouter use case with agent-specific instructions.
url: https://toolrouter.com/tools/book-search/use-cases/find-books-by-author
---
# Find Books by Author

When you discover an author you love, you want to read everything they have written. But finding a complete bibliography is not always straightforward -- authors may publish under different names, with different publishers, in different formats, and some books may be out of print or hard to find. A comprehensive search across book databases gives you the full picture.

The search_books skill finds all books by a given author, while get_book_details provides full information on each title including descriptions, publication dates, and identifiers. Together they give you a complete view of an author's body of work so you can decide what to read next.

This is valuable for dedicated readers who want to explore an author's complete works, librarians building comprehensive collections, researchers studying an author's intellectual development, book collectors tracking down specific editions, and anyone who found one great book and wants to find more by the same writer.

**Tool:** [Book Search](https://toolrouter.com/tools/book-search)
**Skills:** search_books, get_book_details

## Agent Guides

- [How to Find Books by Author with Claude](https://toolrouter.com/tools/book-search/use-cases/find-books-by-author/claude): Guide for Claude
- [How to Find Books by Author with ChatGPT](https://toolrouter.com/tools/book-search/use-cases/find-books-by-author/chatgpt): Guide for ChatGPT
- [How to Find Books by Author with Copilot](https://toolrouter.com/tools/book-search/use-cases/find-books-by-author/copilot): Guide for Copilot
- [How to Find Books by Author with OpenClaw](https://toolrouter.com/tools/book-search/use-cases/find-books-by-author/openclaw): Guide for OpenClaw
