2020: What the Over-35s are Reading

Over 35? This is where we can keep track of what we're reading in 2020. (Not our favorites from past years.) [Note: Spam will be deleted if detected. Mostly what it will earn is the ire of the regular voters.]

Last year's top reads were: Where the Crawdads Sing, Becoming, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, and Educated.

Other fun lists:
Born in the 50s 2020: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Born in the 60s 2020: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
60s women in 2020: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
70s women in 2020: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Born in the 80s in 2020: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
80s women in 2020: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Top 5 Reads in 2020: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Over-35s Are Reading By Year:
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Born in the 1960s - By Year What We've Read:
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
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2,870 books · 188 voters · list created January 1st, 2020 by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (votes) .
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message 1: by Jeana (new)

Jeana Budnick I am 35. Does that count for this list?


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads If you're turning 36 this year, as I think you must be, I don't see why not.


message 3: by Saturday's (new)

Saturday's Child Love this list Susanna - thanks for putting it on :)


message 4: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jan 01, 2020 11:16PM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) @Susanna
Have you made a list for 'over 50' yet :-) ?


message 5: by Jeana (new)

Jeana Budnick Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "If you're turning 36 this year, as I think you must be, I don't see why not."

I will be yes.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Booklovinglady wrote: "@Susanna
Have you made a list for 'over 50' yet :-) ?"


Thanks for reminding me!


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads OK, that's the first time, I think, that our first twin is a self-help book. Interesting.


message 9: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed Syrian Brides. Promotional spam being added by the same group of people onto different lists.


message 10: by J_BlueFlower (new)

J_BlueFlower Rainbowheart wrote: "Removed Syrian Brides. Promotional spam being added by the same group of people onto different lists."

Can you do that? With out getting into trouble? I have my eyes fixed on this one: Reversed Order Existence: Reversed Order Series (rated more than 1500 times mostly be account with one one book). It has been voted high into some prominent lists. I have complained to support and so have others, but nothing happens.


message 11: by J_BlueFlower (new)

J_BlueFlower Apparently I am the first to read The Last Wish?


message 12: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart You can remove it if the list creator has specified no spam.

The problem with those Reversed Order Existence people is that I haven't seen them vote it onto lists (yet) with a no spam rule. Although I personally think creating 1500 sockpuppets qualifies as severe abuse of the Goodreads system.


message 13: by Saturday's (new)

Saturday's Child Wow, Chaos and Grime: A Year in the Life of a Chinese City is all over lots and lots of Goodreads lists - so much for people not spamming. What a shame these lists are spammed, those that do it really should take a look and themselves and feel ashamed.


message 14: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart I removed Chaos and Grime, but this list has a more serious spamming problem. Look at all the unknown titles in the top 20, all voted on by the same people. Cindy Sproles, Norma Gail, Susan G. Mathis, and other authors. Seems like these are all being voted on by a round robin.

Really ruins the integrity of the list. Susanna, do you want those removed? There are a lot of them.


message 15: by Saturday's (last edited Apr 21, 2020 11:11PM) (new)

Saturday's Child I could not agree more Rainbowheart, these lists provide reading ideas and light relief but it seems some folks just have to use them for their own means. Shame on them that do.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Yes, please remove obvious spam.


message 17: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed Vanwest the Past. Promotional author spam.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Removed Vanwest the Past. Still author spam.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Removed as spam: The Past and The Present by Kenneth Thomas. (Added by fanbots.)


message 21: by J_BlueFlower (new)

J_BlueFlower Thank you for the work you do.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads It is an eternal battle!


message 23: by Valerie (new)

Valerie Prosser Thank you Susanna!


message 24: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Oct 09, 2020 11:48AM) (new)

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads More removed author spam:

Don't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa Layne
Complicated Moonlight by Lynessa Layne


message 25: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Oct 08, 2020 10:05PM) (new)

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Layne's fangirls are persistent - 29 ratings, 32 PAGES of listopias. Book was out the end of this June!


message 26: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Good Lord, 32 pages. I did some cleanup on some of the other lists where Layne's books were spammed inappropriately.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Yeah, I was impressed.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Layne's fangirls are persistent - 29 ratings, 32 PAGES of listopias. Book was out the end of this June!"

Make that 45! pages.


message 29: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart They're up to 47 now. I tried to remove what I could when it was obvious it was totally inappropriate.

Funny how this book seems to hit almost every genre imaginable! It's a kinky dominant alpha mafia romance, oh no wait, it has a beta hero, never mind, now it's a cozy mystery, now it's enemies to lovers, now it's friends to lovers, and on and on and on.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads The mind boggles.


message 31: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Nov 23, 2020 02:41PM) (new)

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Layne's fangirls are persistent - 29 ratings, 32 PAGES of listopias. Book was out the end of this June!"

Now 47 pages! And 82 reviews. Not much bang for the buck there.


message 32: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jan 01, 2021 02:48AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Hi Susanna,

Is there going to be a list for 2021?


message 34: by J_BlueFlower (new)

J_BlueFlower No 1: The Outlands with 34 votes and 57 ratings looks like spam.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Well spotted. Removed.


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