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Rereading Is Here! Let's Say It Again. Rereading Is Here!
How much do we love rereading? Let us count the ways…for those days when you just want to spend time with your favorite characters; or when you want to revisit a beloved classic; or maybe you want to brush up on a series before the next installment comes out (we're still waiting, George R.R. Martin and Diana Gabaldon), the list goes on! Rereading is such a core part of many of our readers' lives that having a better way to keep track of the times you've read a book has been your number one feature request. Starting today, that wish has been granted—no more missing out on rereads being counted for your Reading Challenge!
How Do I Start Using the Rereading Feature?
Next time you decide to reread a book that you've already marked as Read on Goodreads, simply mark it as Currently Reading. When you are done, just mark it as Read. You can do this from the Goodreads iOS and Android apps and on Goodreads.com, as well as in the About the Book feature on Kindle (if you have connected your Goodreads and Amazon accounts - click here to connect your accounts). We take care of marking it as a reread for you. Bonus, it will also automatically be included in your Reading Challenge.
Rereading Rolling Out In Stages
While it sounds like a simple thing to add, rereading turned out to be a complex engineering challenge that involved our entire database. To give you a sense of that scope, our 60 million members have added more than 1.7 billion books to their shelves! That's why we're rolling out rereading in stages. So, if you're not seeing it yet, you will soon!
How Do I Know If I Have the New Rereading Feature?
Go to Goodreads.com on desktop, choose a book you have already read, and click Edit on the My Activity area of the Book Page. At the bottom of the review section, you'll see the following:
How Do I Add All The Times I've Reread My Favorite Books?
On Goodreads.com on desktop, use the brand-new "Add read date" button in My Activity on the Book Page to enter when you read the book; then hit save! (You don't have to have a start date, but you must have a finish year for the book to count toward your Reading Challenge.)
What Happens If I've Been Keeping Track of My Rereads With The "Number of Times Read" Option?
If you previously used the "Number of times read" field, don't worry, we've already done the work for you and all your rereads are still there. If you added a number, it automatically shows in the new feature. If you used text, we've included it in the private notes section of your review. Simply click on edit Review, to change any dates or add more information.
I've Been Using Different Editions to Track Rereads, What Happens Now?
Our new rereading feature takes that into account! Rereads are comprehensive of all editions. When you view your review, it will indicate that you have also read another edition and include that in the total count.
Wondering which are the books Goodreads members most love to reread? Here are some of the most revisited books:
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Feb 10, 2017 06:22AM
I'm really happy that you did that, but I've always just changed the "read" dates to current dates and I think that worked?
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Thanks so much! I reread things all the time, and I am so glad it counts on GR now!
thank you Goodreads.com. of all the time i re-read lisa kleypas, judith mcnaught, julie garwood, stephenie meyer and others. i am soooo happy!
Misericordia wrote: "Uh, while the rereading option is extremely welcome, the new format is sort of not functioning properly, yet."Thanks for the feedback! The edit button next to format is working on my side. You may want to try clearing your cookies and cache to see if this helps. Alternatively, let us know if you're experiencing this across multiple browsers.
You can click the "edit" button to the right of the My Activity heading on the book page in order to edit your review.
Melissa wrote: "Great idea, thanks for this! I tried to see if I had it with The Book Thief, but I don't. Unfortunately, that was added to my 2017 Reading Challenge. Do you know how I can undo that?"
I've gone ahead and removed that book from your 2017 Challenge.
Anna wrote: "This is a neat feature! But is anyone else getting multiple of read?"
This is a known bug that we're working on, but for now you should be able to remove any duplicate by editing your review and deleting the phantom date.
Amanda wrote: "So with the 'duplicates' feature, will duplicates be going away, or do they remain? Seems like duplicates could be replaced with a re-reads page or something like that."
Good point! We don't have any plans to change the name at present though, as many users will still want to use this to find accidental duplicate shelvings that they may have made.
Chelsea wrote: "This is awesome and was very much needed! Seems to still be some kinks to work out"
Can you link us to the book in question?
thank you! i have re-read the alanna the lioness series the most :)
Thank you so much for adding this feature! I've re-read The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory at least half a dozen times, if not more.
WOOOOO THANKS Goodreads!!!!!!!HE releido tantos tantas veces yeiiii ya los indicar
Can I write a seperate review for a reread? And can I rate my second read differently than my first?
THANK YOU!!!! Already loving the results of your hard work!
I reread the Lord of the Rings trilogy every year. This year will be my 14th year in a row. Thank you for adding this feature, Goodreads!!!!!!!!!!
Wonderful! Thank you! This has frustrated me since I am always re-reading my favorites. Now if you could just get it to accept different editions and translations as separate books my book world will be complete! I encountered this recently when I read Tolkien's translation of "Beowulf" and it insisted on marking it as Seamus Heaney's translation because that's in my want-to-read list. So I haven't even attempted to add the first translation I ever read which was Burton Raffel's. Then there are the many different editions of "Pride and Prejudice" and "Little Women" that I have read and own!
Finally! Now, how about half stars? Every other book site I use has has half stars - GR is the only site where I need to figure out whether to round my rating up or down.
Yes! Thank you!! Just in time since I'm planning on re-reading a couple books as the third book is coming out in a couple of months!Thank you so much for listening to your users!
Thank you SO MUCH! I realise what a complex and difficult task this was for the techs who maintain your database. I truly appreciate the hard work it took to make this new feature a reality. It's very useful to me and I'm deeply grateful for the efforts of your staff. Thanks for listening to our suggestions and making Goodreads even more awesome. Cheers to you all!
It's finally possible... Harry, Skulduggery, Celeana come on out again :)
Thank you! I've been wishing for this functionality. It will be a great help in tracking my activity.
Thank you Goodreads, now please make us all really happy and add the 1/2 star rating!
Tina wrote: "Thank you Goodreads, now please make us all really happy and add the 1/2 star rating!"Ha. Yeah:)
I'm so HAPPY. Thank you guys for actually listening to us. We appreciate your hard work!
Thanks for doing this. I was two or three books short of my challenge last year and would have made it if I could have counted the books that I reread. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
This is freaking fantastic! I've been waiting for this feature for a while, thank you Goodreads team!
I'm assuming this is a glitch and I haven't seen anyone else mention it? I've read 11 books this year and my goodreads challenge is saying 12, but one of the books I read was a re-read that I had read for the first time last year, and the second time this year in January. The dates of both reads are there with the years and correct but it seems to be counting both of the reads for this year? All the other books i've read this year are new to me.Is this a glitch?
Greeeeeat. I was worried about Little Women not counting in my reading challenge.
Stephanie wrote: "I'm assuming this is a glitch and I haven't seen anyone else mention it? I've read 11 books this year and my goodreads challenge is saying 12, but one of the books I read was a re-read that I had r..."You can try going to the help button at the bottom of the page in fine print and email the service person.
Fab-u-lous! There has never been a time when I haven't been re-reading my favourite books, so thank you for this new feature.
This is awesome! And out of these books I've read Harry Potter the most! :D
Shaylee wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "I'm assuming this is a glitch and I haven't seen anyone else mention it? I've read 11 books this year and my goodreads challenge is saying 12, but one of the books I read was a re..."Thank you :)
Thank you thank you THANK YOU for adding this feature!
So excited! Thank you, Goodreads! My favorite re-read is Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere by Poe Ballantine. I will re-read it every year :-)
Thanks! i was wondering how to add my reread books to my reading challenge. Awesome!
At the risk of being redundant...thank you very much. This makes me so happy!
Wonderful. I'm constantly re-reading my books and it's lovely to have this feature. Though it would be even lovelier to have the option to choose whether to include or exclude a re-read book from the reading challenge.
Hip Hip Huzzah! Goodreads you just made me VERY happy!
Good job. Thank you! Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) is good option !
I literally did a little dance at my desk when I read this. This makes me so Happy!!! Thank you!
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited.Thank you.
I'm so excited for this feature! My most reread book is probably "The Hobbit"
