2017 - See Your Year in Books!

Erin wrote: "Wish Goodreads would have waited just a little bit longer to do because I am 1 book shy of my 100 books reading challenge and I'll get it finished in the next couple of days. I would have liked to ..."

I know they put it out too early! No one is done their challenge yet it's not the end of the year.

Heather wrote: "I know they put it out too early! No one is done their challenge yet it's not the end of the year."

The page will still update with any books marked with a 2017 read date.

The year 2017 was a terrific for me. I am pleased with myself. I hope that this trend will continue in the new year.

Nafise wrote: "The year 2017 was a terrific for me. I am pleased with myself. I hope that this trend will continue in the new year."

:) Best wishes to you in 2018.

I have over 3400 books and can't my year in books to show up! UGH!

Bring back quote of the day!

if you tag it as read, it will update and appear in your year in review...I've added two books since it first aapeared.

Nyssa wrote: "Amber wrote: "1. It's gonna disappear soon, Nyssa. And it won't reappear until it's time to review your 2018 Year in Books.

2. Yes, you can visit from the Homepage. Just click the link."

1. I'm a..."

Erin wrote: "Wish Goodreads would have waited just a little bit longer to do because I am 1 book shy of my 100 books reading challenge and I'll get it finished in the next couple of days. I would have liked to ..."

Jasmine wrote: "People read over 1000 books a year?! Wow! Even 100 seems like a lot to me. (I can only manage about 25 to 35 books.)"

You probably can afford other entertainment options... .

Tyler wrote: "Bring back quote of the day!"

Irrelevant to this topic.

Amber wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "People read over 1000 books a year?! Wow! Even 100 seems like a lot to me. (I can only manage about 25 to 35 books.)"

You probably can afford other entertainment options... ."

Way to make assumptions. This has nothing to do with money/affordability. I wouldn't even be able to read without the public library, thank you very much. Never thought I'd be judged here on Goodreads.

I wish we could just have the photo collage of our book covers and not the nebulous statistical stuff. And that super-rated book? No. Just no. That was her relatives upping the rating.

While I would enjoy a book cover collage, I love the statistics as well, and wish we could expand on it.

I like the statistics as well!

Amber wrote: "You probably can afford other entertainment options... ."

Wow, thanks. I was already wondering how long it would take for these kinds of comments to start. Oh well, at least it isn't the: "You need to get a life." or "Don't you have anything better to do?" comments I get when people find out how much I read. :|

Please keep all discussion civil. We ask that you focus on the ideas being discussed and not the people discussing them.

Mehsi wrote: "Amber wrote: "You probably can afford other entertainment options... ."

Wow, thanks. I was already wondering how long it would take for these kinds of comments to start. Oh well, at least it isn't..."

I was very offended by Amber's comment. When I commented on how much people read, it had nothing to do with assuming they have no life, or are too poor to leave the house. It was more of "Wow! Impressive! I'm such a slow reader than I can't manage more than 30 books a year. Well done!" I don't know why the hell she jumped down my throat. I hope you did not misunderstand (or choose to misunderstand) my comment!

Jasmine wrote: "I was very offended by Amber's comment. When I commented on how much people read, it had nothing to do with assuming they have no life, or are too poor to leave the house. It was more of "Wow! Impressive! I'm such a slow reader than I can't manage more than 30 books a year. Well done!" I don't know why the hell she jumped down my throat. I hope you did not misunderstand (or choose to misunderstand) my comment! "

Don't worry, I never saw your comment as you meaning it in the way of not having a life/being too poor. :) I indeed saw it as what you said, that you were impressed by it.
If only more people were like you, who don't see big readers as if it is a bad thing, but as something nice. :)

Also to staff: Is there any time schedule for the Year of Books to work for people who read a lot? I still can't get to it, and I haven't heard any updates on the matter being fixed.

Mehsi wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "I was very offended by Amber's comment. When I commented on how much people read, it had nothing to do with assuming they have no life, or are too poor to leave the house. It was mo..."

Exactly, it seen as something nice. I am very impressed! I don't know how people manage to read 100+ books a year. Wow! (Once I somehow managed 50 books; I don't know how I did that!)

Mehsi wrote: "Also to staff: Is there any time schedule for the Year of Books to work for people who read a lot? I still can't get to it, and I haven't heard any updates on the matter being fixed."

Our team is still working on this, and we appreciate your patience. We'll post here as soon as we have an update.

This is great! Can't wait to share mine. I still have a week or two left to finish my last novel of the year!

Can the Reading Challenge offer the option of books or pages read? I think this would incentivize those who want to read very long books but not make it very difficult to reach their year end goal.

Jasmine wrote: "Amber wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "People read over 1000 books a year?! Wow! Even 100 seems like a lot to me. (I can only manage about 25 to 35 books.)"

You probably can afford other entertainment opti..."

I based that on YOUR own statement about people who read 1,000 books or more a year. Like you I depend on the public library. In my own case, it's because I can't afford any OTHER form of entertainment, therefore those who read less than that, probably have other things that they can do to entertain and educate themselves.

I should have said so already on this post that I owe you an apology.

I'm sorry that I didn't see that you were impressed by it. So am I, actually.

I'm not as slow a reader as you say you are, but even I can't read that many books. I do, however, make up for it in volume on the books that I CAN read in a year. I mean, the longest book n my own Year in Books is a a 1,000+ page LARGE TYPE copy of The Return of the King

Mehsi: That was not a judgement in the hurtful sense. It was meant to draw out more details on why she felt that way, without trying to insult her by using the "You need to get a life"-style comments you decry.

I get those too....mostly from my own FAMILY because they DON'T understand me at all.

Jasmine (again): On the matter of the way the staff does the Year in Books, I like BOTH the statistics AND the cover art collage...except for the parts of the collage meant to represent the books with no cover art shown in the database. A blank space is kinda ugly looking.

Dodojoy: The pages read is already included in the statistics. You can see this on my own page: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_i...

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I understand the pages read is a data point that we have access to for the end of the year. What I'm suggesting is having either number of books OR pages read as the metric used in the Reading Challenge. So instead of seeing 30 books as my challenge, I see and track 12,000 pages.

EDITED: Ideally, we can set and track metrics for BOTH books and pages read. That's your 2018 challenge Goodreads!

Interesting idea, Dodojoy. Sorry I didn't initially understand you.

Jasmine wrote: "Exactly, it seen as something nice. I am very impressed! I don't know how people manage to read 100+ books a year. Wow! (Once I somehow managed 50 books; I don't know how I did that!) "

Aww. :) I wish I could tell you how I managed so much... but well I myself have no clue how I read so much. :P

Also I want to say congrats on 50 books in that one year, and also congrats on 27 this year! :) Here is to another fantastic year in reading next year.

Emily wrote: "Our team is still working on this, and we appreciate your patience. We'll post here as soon as we have an update.
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Thanks Emily! Will keep on waiting patiently then. :)

Most people who accomplish that number of books, probably agree with you, Mehsi. "I don't know how I did it."

Mehsi wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "Also I want to say congrats on 50 books in that one year..."

Since I have been keeping track of the books I've read per year (which was 2005 or 2006), I've usually read between 25 to 35 books a year (more than 25 can be difficult for me. so I make 25 my goal, and increase it to 30 if it looks like I can get to 30 or more).

The year I read 60+ books (the most ever), I was having some health issues and wasn't working (by choice), and I had a lot of time to read. In 2012 when I read 50 books, my commute gave me time to read (unfortunately I don't have a ton of time reading while commuting anymore, as I thankfully have a short commute). In 2009 when I only managed 12 books, I had just started university, and was exhausted, and hadn't read one single book in 6 months!!!!

Although he was referring to Sulu being a family man, I think Admiral Kirk reminded Chekov and McCoy that he'd always said "If it's important to you, you find time for it." I think that applies here, too, Jasmine.

Users with large numbers of books read this year (several hundred or even thousand!) should now be able to see Your Year in Books, but please keep in mind that it may take a little bit to load. Let us know if you're still experiencing problems with this!

Emily wrote: "Users with large numbers of books read this year (several hundred or even thousand!) should now be able to see Your Year in Books, but please keep in mind that it may take a little bit to load. Let..."

It works! Thanks so much. :)

Dina wrote: "Just like last year, the total number of pages is inaccurate because the end of year stats count the pages of audiobooks. Yes, I have shelved them as audiobooks. It still adds the pages."


you don't count audiobooks as reading?

Goodreads does. I don't. I count it as listening to a storyteller.

So when I go to share mine to facebook, the preview of the link just says "sign in" to Goodreads. My profile is public. Shouldn't it preview the actual post? How do I fix this?

According to exactly what reasoning books are ordered in Year in Books, I say this because I recently have noticed, that they are not ordered by date of reading, date of publication, or any other logical order that I can detect. Just a doubt. XD

Leon wrote: "According to exactly what reasoning books are ordered in Year in Books, I say this because I recently have noticed, that they are not ordered by date of reading, date of publication, or any other l..."

I've noticed that, too. I would have asked the same question.

Erin wrote: "Wish Goodreads would have waited just a little bit longer to do because I am 1 book shy of my 100 books reading challenge and I'll get it finished in the next couple of days. I would have liked to ..."

It keeps updating as you read so it should show your 100th book when you add it.

I've read 3 more books since I've gotten this alert. How can I update my progress because it won't update automatically?

Emquegee wrote: "I've read 3 more books since I've gotten this alert. How can I update my progress because it won't update automatically?"

If you have "date read" in 2017, it will update.

Emquegee wrote: "I've read 3 more books since I've gotten this alert. How can I update my progress because it won't update automatically?"

Nyssa is correct that adding books with read dates in 2017 will automatically add them to Your Year in Books. If it isn't working properly, please use the Contact Us page so we can help troubleshoot.

Joanne wrote: "So when I go to share mine to facebook, the preview of the link just says "sign in" to Goodreads. My profile is public. Shouldn't it preview the actual post? How do I fix this?"

This is a display issue caused by how Facebook shows content. However, as long as your Goodreads profile is public, your friends should be able to click the link and see Your Year in Books.

I would like to share my year in books on FB but when I try to, there's no nice preview. Instead, I have only a gray frame with "sign in" written - the link works, but without the preview picture it looks pretty dull. Pity. Last year it worked fine.

Joanna wrote: "I would like to share my year in books on FB but when I try to, there's no nice preview. Instead, I have only a gray frame with "sign in" written - the link works, but without the preview picture i..."
Me too. Maybe it's a bug?

Hopefully, they'll fix it or maybe we do something wrong. Then, hopefully, the administration will tell us what. ;)

This is a pretty cool feature.

Hello. Is there a way to share it to my FB page (not my profile, but a book related fan page I administer) so that it can be immediately seen even to non-goodreads-members? Just pasting the link doesnt do that, it requires login first. And sharing it through the option doesnt allow shares to any other of my pages save my personal profile :(

I've added 27 books this year, only 7 of them appear in my year of books???

1.If you added all of the books at once there may be a delay. Check again.
2. Make sure all of the books have a “read” date of 2017.

The Facebook share doesn't work for me. It just comes up with a sign in box (which I already am) and nothing else so not much point in sharing it.
Tried logging off and back on, clearing cache, etc but still nothing.