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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 10:22AM
Sweet! Now we are on to something. :)
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THANK YOU SO MUCH! I REREAD MORE THAN I READ NEW BOOKS!
FINALLY!!!Will still be using my re-reading bookshelf for easier tracking, but what a useful feature for anyone who comfort/annualyl re-reads things ;)
You folks put so much thought into supporting all the ways users have been dealing with this over the years--well done! Thank you!
Yay!Time to reread the Shadow House books, when the 3rd one comes out!
I am really excited for this!The GatheringYou Can't Hide
This is great! Now if you could have a DNF button so it doesn't count as read when you take it off your reading list, that would be great as well.
Lorna wrote: "This is great! Now if you could have a DNF button so it doesn't count as read when you take it off your reading list, that would be great as well."Yes
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I read The Girl Who Drank the Moon before (before I had Goodreads even) but I did not finish it because it seemed boring. If I had goodreads back then, I would be so happy to have DNF. (you could raise your reading goal by one tho)
This is true, but since I read so many books for review, I eventually have probably at least 3-4 DNF's a year, I don't want them to count to my reading goal. But at least my rereads will now count!
OMG!! YES YES YES!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! <3
I am happy that so many people are happy with this roll out!IT HAS CAUSED ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS!! EVEN BACK TO PROBLEMS THAT THE NEW SYSTEM ROLL OUT CAUSED FOR ME!!
Not a happy camper, as agreed to by many of my group mates!
This is wonderful!! Thank you Goodreads for finally adding this feature!
Thank you! This update is a bright star in the dark void of space that is 2017.
I'm home hurting from dental surgery and finding this made me so happy! That and recording finishing a new book!
Tayler wrote: "Am I correct in my understanding that using the new reread feature, there is still only one rating and one review applied? For example, to have 1 star for a 2008 read and 2 stars for a 2010 read, w..."This is a good point. I have a 5 star for a paperback and a 3 star for an ebook. Why? The ebook has a ton of misspellings. Not good for my 3rd graders.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING... RIGHT NOW... THANK YOU !!! You are the best!!!
YESSSSS! So excited! This year, I have already re-read at least 4 books, and I am in the middle or re-reading a series.
YES. Thank you
Octavia wrote: "Can I write a seperate review for a reread? And can I rate my second read differently than my first?"At the moment it's only possible to have one review and rating for each edition of a book. I'd recommend adding a new section to your existing review with any new thoughts you have once you've finished a reread. I'll be sure to share your feedback with our developers though!
LG (A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions) wrote: "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."
It's unlikely that we'll be adding half stars anytime soon. Sorry about that! If you'd like to read more about the thinking behind this decision you can click here
Stephanie wrote: " 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?"
Was one of the read dates on the last day of 2016? There's some confusion in the system with timing when it comes to books that were shelved on the last day of the year, but our developers are working on fixing this. However, if you're experiencing something different, I'd recommend writing in to support (at) goodreads (dot) com, and we can troubleshoot this with you!
♥ Sandi wrote: "IT HAS CAUSED ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS!! EVEN BACK TO PROBLEMS THAT THE NEW SYSTEM ROLL OUT CAUSED FOR ME!! Not a happy camper, as agreed to by many of my group mates! "
Could you write in to support (at) goodreads (dot) com and let us know what you're experiencing? We'd be happy to look into the issue for you!
Excellent new addition, I don't reread too often due to having too many new books to read but I have ran into the problem of it not counting towards the challenge before and it was pretty annoying.
Amazeballs, slathered in awesomesauce. Thank You!!!!!
Yen-Tzu wrote: "Octavia wrote: "Can I write a seperate review for a reread? And can I rate my second read differently than my first?"At the moment it's only possible to have one review and rating for each editio..."
No I read the book first from June 13-June 19 in 2016 then again January 7-January 9th in 2017. I sent a message explaining to goodreads :)
A person messaged me with the link to send it in earlier, so i'm just waiting now. Glad to see it just seems to be a glitch then though :) It happens
Please allow users to remove the "previously read" flag if they accidentally set a book as read and then unread.
Jaclyn wrote: "Misericordia wrote: ""Thanks! Switching to a different broser resolves the issues so that must have been old cookies in effect. Cheers!
Thank you for making this change! This small change allows us to not only count our re-reads but also to keep track of how many times we read our faves. I am very pleased that you have added this feature. I have alredy used it and am definitely a fan. Good Job goodreads team.
OH YES! Thank you so much, Goodreads! *o*)/
This is brilliant and much appreciated. The Martian is one book that I like to reread when I need to feel entertained and comforted so this is great.
Stephanie wrote: "Yen-Tzu wrote: "Octavia wrote: "Can I write a seperate review for a reread? And can I rate my second read differently than my first?"At the moment it's only possible to have one review and rating..."
Omg I feel so bad now, it wasn't what I thought it was at all! It said I read another book twice that I also read in January that I only read once. I've heard it might be because I read it in one day? I couldn't get rid of the second date but changed the year to a previous year and now my goodreads challenge for this year is correct again. I'm so sorry!
I just decided to check the other books hearing others have issues with books being said to have been read twice when they weren't...and sure enough that's what happened to me and I assumed wrongly that it was counting when I read that one book in 2016 because I couldn't think of anything else and didn't notice the other book being said to have been read twice when I didn't. I'm so sorry.
YEAH!!!!It's about time!!!
I LOVE rereading my favorites!!!!!!!!!
Thank you! THANK YOU GOODREADS!!!!!!!
Love your site, and the community you created for readers!!
Thanks for all you do!
The Princess Bride and Twilight are among my most reread books.
