YA Novels of 2020
YA due to release in 2020!
Please don't add MG or NA— there are other lists for those.
Middle Grade Novels by Year
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021
Young Adult Books by Year:
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Please don't add MG or NA— there are other lists for those.
Middle Grade Novels by Year
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021
Young Adult Books by Year:
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Jasmine
10193 books
302 friends
302 friends
Annika
1583 books
524 friends
524 friends
Waterstar3.14
243 books
0 friends
0 friends
Elisha
335 books
221 friends
221 friends
Madi ~☆TheBookNerdDiaries☆~
1011 books
197 friends
197 friends
✩⋆ Victoria ⋆✩
3201 books
859 friends
859 friends
Maria
939 books
78 friends
78 friends
Danielle
619 books
60 friends
60 friends
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Same, they should but I don't think that there will be many books on that list. Max is probably 11 (idk).

Same, they should but I don't think that there will be many books on that list. Max is probab..."
How many books are on this list? 11!

Got it. Fatih, I've seen you be very active lately and you've been catching things well. Have you considered becoming a Goodreads librarian yourself?


Yes please, anything that has been given a later publishing date or has had their publishing date removed can be removed from the list.

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You are a hero, thank you.

If someone has a problem with the way I managed this situation please express it politely and without personal attacks.


Hi Diana, this list is intended for Young Adult fiction, as determined by publisher classification, library of congress listing, and library listing, and as it has been for the past five years. Please do not change the topic/title of a list.


Rivka is a goodreads employee, by no means someone who should have an influence on how people see books. She's a part of the goodreads community like anybody else. She can revise comments and flags and attend reports, but it's not like she has read or will ever read the books on these lists.
She never said anything about not changing the list description. It was the list description what made this list misleading and prone to facilitate illegal activity.
I'll quote Rivka's here.
We have reviewed this list and the various flags and comments, and have determined that Sarah J. Maas’s and Tahereh Mafi's books may be added and should not be removed from YA lists, as they are widely considered to be YA by readers, and are also marketed as such. Though we understand the concerns raised about the content of the books, we believe that books may contain a wide variety of themes and still be considered part of a given genre, or may simultaneously fall within more than one genre at a time.
Did Rivka ever said that Sara J. Maas books aren't New adult? No, she said that she would allow them in the list because many people considered them YA and that they can fall in two or more categories.
Did Rivka ever said that the description of the list shouldn't change?No, she just said she would allow Mafi and Maas books because they are marketed as YA.
That doesn't mean the books aren't New adult. The new description of the list is honest. Jasmine has created these lists like thousands of other goodreads members have created lists but if something is wrong with those lists librarians can and should fix it. She's not an especial member or anything, she's a published author who created lists but as the lists are meant to be public they should comply to rules.
The title was wrong. Diana fixed it. If it was up to me it'd be the end of the story, but it won't last.

Rainbowheart wrote: "She's just changed it back again. I wonder if there's a way we can flag down Rivka?"
Isn't calling out librarians edit an attack ad honimem?
I received this email. The same rules should apply here.
Hi there,
We're reaching out because we've removed one of your comments from the YA Novels of 2019 discussion. Please note that calling out individual librarians' actions can be considered ad hominem attacks. We'd ask that you please refrain from posting content like this in the future.
If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to let us know.
Sincerely,
The Goodreads Team
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Could you please consider other people's perspectives and not just Jasmine's? Jasmine's list as it was contributed to confuse goodreads members, not to mention illegal activity. She created these lists to be seen by the general public, if she doesn't want other's people's opinion she should create a shelf or a group or a private list elsewhere.
It seems to me you're acting with caution because these people have threatened you, but I ask you to keep changing the name of the list to fit the content of it. You can listen to Jasmine of course, her opinion counts, too, but take into account that lists should comply with FTC rules.
https://bit.ly/1FRMynQ

I am just shocked. We have all spent so long on these lists. I have personally spent hours cultivating it, adding new releases as soon as they were listed on Publisher's Weekly, and all that has been undone in an instant.


I wouldn't even know where to post, I am so flustered right now

As for the lines between YA/NA/Adult, instead of being offended that something with "explicit" content is placed on a list labeled as YA, people should just research the books themselves and decide whether or not to read them.

Because it was Sunday night (it seems to have been pre-planned to take place when staff would be off), no one was able to intervene until it was too late. This list and the 2021 list were also heavily affected, but at least they still exist.
It should be possible to rebuild 2020 and 2021, but I think 2019 may be a lost cause. I'm still waiting to hear for sure, but I believe the deletions are irreversible, the log of what was deleted has also been deleted, and 2019 would have to be rebuilt from scratch.
You can read more about what happened in the comments of the 2018 list....
https://www.goodreads.com/list/commen...

She has lost her Librarian powers, thankfully.

She has lost her Librarian powers, thankfully." More like superpowers... No one person should be able to single-handedly delete or irreparable modify whole lists with hundreds of entries without any recovery options...


Has anyone been through the deletion log to see what exactly was removed from this list? I can probably do it if no one else has, but to save time and energy, I was wondering if anyone else has already checked. I believe there were 167 books deleted.
I wish there were a way to alert the prior voters of their now blank vote lists. I suppose we could message each one by commenting on their votes, but that seems a bit extreme, not to mention time consuming. I alerted my friends, but don't think I can spend hours trying to contact everyone else.

Has ..."
If I knew how to look up the books with the info that is in the log I'd be adding them back.

It's a bit time consuming, but you can check. Basically what you have to do is copy and paste the book ID number at the end of this link, and it will take you to the book page.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/
So for example, the Librarian change log shows "So-and-so updated a list: 42181944: book deleted."
You have to plug that number in at the end of the link, and it will show you what was removed.

It's a bit time consuming, but you can check. Basically what you have to do is copy an..."
Cool, thanks for the info
Learn something new everyday



I also removed Into the Tall, Tall Grass. According to the author's Twitter account, this is MG.
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Oh good catch. Thank you.