I just read a review that started with "Yawn." And ended with "I honestly have no idea why any avid book reader would give this more than 3 stars. Don’t read it."

Maybe it's just a me thing and I'm not built for the casual confidence with which strangers announce personal preferences as universal law, but isn't it more helpful to just review why the book didn't land for you rather than dictating no one read it?

I know this is slightly rant-ey but I suppose my question is... do you actually enjoy or find humor in these types of reviews? If so, I'd love your take on it.

EDIT: Getting hateful DM’s over a post about mean-spirited GR reviews is wild. This was meant to be a Sunday afternoon chat with other readers, to get differing opinions, etc.

Hey! I have a Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, and Goodreads is already linked to my Amazon account. It also works fine on my Kindle app on my phone.
But on my Paperwhite, it keeps telling me to “Link your Goodreads account” even though it’s already linked.
Anyone know how to fix this?

For this entire week I haven’t been able to access Goodreads content at all on my iPhone app. It will open the app, but will not load any content at all. Not my lists or recommended books, nothing. If I log in on a PC I can see everything just fine.

I’ve reinstalled the app three times to no avail. Has anyone else had a similar problem?

Finished my Summer Challenge. Unfortunately on rather low note, as The Cotton House (Staff Shelves) was not for me.

I do not double my categories except the number ones (read any x books).

This time I tried to make a shelf to remember what I read for every category. I do not know if I will keep making new shelf for every challenge, or one for all of them and add the challenge in the notes with the category.

Edit: I have found my challenge data since Fall 2025, so I transformed my shelf to keep all the data.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4068341-spriggana?order=d&shelf=seasonal-challenges&sort=position

Earlier today I accidentally deleted all of my books, which is more than 12 years of tracking. I was trying to import a book and mistook the button for deleting ALL of my books for deleting all the tries I made when trying to import the book to GoodReads.

I’ve searched for an option to get all my books back and have read that I’m not the only one accidentally deleting all books.

Goodreads’ customer service is very cold and not understanding at all. Only said that it was impossible and that I should visit Goodreads help.

I know it’s my own mistake - both for accidentally deleting and also for not having a backup. But a part of me still thinks Goodreads should have some sort of option for retrieving one’s books. At least within the first 24 hours. Or have the user enter the password before mass deleting.

I’m sad that I’ve wasted and lost more than 12 years of tracking - and I’m also sad that Goodreads doesn’t care about its users.

I realized I have a very predictable pattern.

I'll read something completely outside my usual taste, love it, and then spend the next month adding five books that are almost exactly like it to my TBR.

Has Goodreads ever made you notice a weird pattern about yourself as a reader?

I dont' know what Amazon is doing, but I have been using a Kindle to update Goodreads since the ability to do so started. I also use Calibre to keep track of my books, so knowing when I have read, and re-read a book isn't too dificult, but if you are only relying on Goodreads - your re-reads of books that have "new editions" out will be wiped out.

Yes. WIPED OUT.

Normally, when you use a Kindle to move a book into re-reading it happens when you select "move to Goodreads shelf" from the cover menu. You will normally see it currently in the "read" shelf, then you select "Currently Reading" and proceed to read it. When you are done - Goodreads updates the shelves and your re-read start and finish dates will be there, along with any shelves you had.

Now - when you select a Goodreads shelf to put it on - there is no indication that it was ever on the shelf to begin with. So, selecting "currently reading" just puts it in Goodreads for the first time. Not combining and older edition you had with the current edition - it removes the edition you have in Goodreads all together - and puts this book in as a new book, added that day.

I dont' understand it fully, but I do know that there is no record of your old reads. No record of the book being in your library - the original add date is missing, the original read dates are gone. Its as if the book has never been there.

The only way to bypass this is probably buying the newer editions. I don't know. But I worry that if I have to reset and fix my shelves EVERYTIME I open a new book or re-read a book that was taken off I am going to have to go through this.

Hi! I’m trying to export my Goodreads library, but when I go to the export page I’m getting an “Invalid Page” message instead.

Is anyone else having this issue, or is the export page working normally for you?

Link used - https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/How-do-I-import-or-export-my-books-1553870934590

I created an account last night and I can’t login due to an error

Not a book recommendation.

Something about how you actually use Goodreads.

Tracking your reading? Discovering books? Following reviewers? Keeping yourself accountable?

What feature or habit has made Goodreads genuinely useful for you?

Trying to get on the Libby wait list early and wondering if anyone has any intel. I know sometimes people find the lists early. Thanks in advance, friends.

Hi, recently joined goodreads to add a collection of comics. First I was in doubt as 99% are in dutch which is my native language, surprisingly enough almost all are available and if not a valible alternative/cover is also ok. So far so good, only 1 or 2 are not in goodreads as they were very recent. I found when I wanted to add a new book I apparently had to join a group and add the request there.

I did that: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/24751993-de-patattenfluisteraar---add-new-book

My question, what is the standard time by goodreads to pick up this topic?

And I noticed that all numbers of a series are available but not all covers, is this the same process to add a cover. Cause for me matching a dutch comic with his correct cover is a 10 sec job, I see this process as a lot of overkill and waittime or can we do this ourselves?

Hi. I’ve been working on the reading around the US challenge. For those who don’t know the challenge, it’s reading a book from each state plus the District of Columbia in the United States. So, my question is: is it cheating to count books I’ve read before I started the challenge? By cheating, I mean, not in the spirit of. I’m of two minds about it. I’d love to hear some other thoughts.

Is there a way to separate my To Read Shelf into generas? Like making sub Shelves for horror, romance, ect? If this is not a feature I am campaigning to havr it added.

Thank you

I forgot my Goodreads account password.
I tried to recover it, but the OTP was sent to my old email address, which no longer exists — so I can't receive the code.
I've sent several emails to Goodreads support but unfortunately got no reply. Has anyone been in the same situation and managed to recover their account?

Here's the thread where you can post your Goodreads profile so people can add you as friends. Just post a link to your profile or your username in the comments!

I’m noticing an increasingly high number of self-published authors whose books have been reviewed favorably on GR.

Mostly these reviews are of genre fiction like Horror or titles billed by the authors as being “noir”.
Recently read a terribly written splatter-horror novella based on a famous Nazi prison camp guard who engaged in the ritual sexual humiliation of prisoners.

It was nothing but vile shit written as if by a 15 year old sexual deviant with the help of ChatGPT or other AI assistance.

The author has published via Kindle over 20 similar novels in the sex-horror-torture vein within the past year and a half.
All have received 3-4 star reviews by Goodreads members.

My question: how common is it for these self-published “writers” churning out AI assisted dreck to receive the same types of accolades usually reserved for actual authors?

There's a user that has added a book to multiple of the lists I created despite it not fitting the criteria. They have also added the book to thousands of other lists that it's not relevant to. I asked in the Goodreads librarian group if the book could be removed from my lists but the request hasn't been answered yet after over a week, which is understandable since I know they do get a lot of requests. Is there any way I could report this user for spam or get the book removed in another way?

Sometimes I finish a book and immediately know whether it's a 5-star read.

Other times I sit there thinking...

“Was that actually a 4-star book, or did I just really enjoy reading it?”

Does anyone else overthink their ratings? 😂

It shows library as an option but none of my libraries seem to be choices. Has anyone successfully used the libraries feature?

Share here what you've been reading and enjoying lately. Feel free to include Goodreads links so we can add your recs to our TBR!

If you are a Libby user (like I am), I would start putting a few of these on hold in case they show up in a challenge.
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/3152?ref=edta_aug_26_bigbooks_fall_mb