Series missing books

[Cheryl]

Has something changed with adding books to a series?

Lately I've been noticing books not showing on the series page even though the series name is noted after the title. The series name is showing as part of the book name and not as a link to the series page.

This is just one example:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/2383...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

I read a lot of series and I started seeing this about a month or two ago. I no longer trust series pages to include all the books in a series.

Appreciate someone looking into this.

[Suzi]

Cheryl wrote: "Has something changed with adding books to a series?

Lately I've been noticing books not showing on the series page even though the series name is noted after the title. The series name is showing..."

If you are reading this series, can you tell us if there are continuing characters between the books?

[Cheryl]

I have no clue - that's just the latest series I was considering reading.

After noticing so many series with not all books showing on the series page but an indication of the series with the title I thought it was important to bring up to the volunteer Librarians here.

A few weeks ago I posted about several different series and I think they may have had the same problem. I thought those were isolated incidents but now it seems that every series I go to has the problem.

[Suzi]

Cheryl wrote: "I have no clue - that's just the latest series I was considering reading.

After noticing so many series with not all books showing on the series page but an indication of the series with the title..."

Anyone can format the title like it is in a series. But Goodreads has specific standards for series, so only a librarian can add a work to a series, and it must meet the criteria.

These books by this author don't appear to meet the series criteria, because I don't see that they have characters or a world in common. [being Scottish isn't enough]

[Cheryl]

OK - since I haven't read that one it may not be a good example. But I'm seeing that formatting in titles that do belong in a series and are missing from the series page.

Should I create a new thread every time I run across this issue in a series that meets Goodreads criteria?

[Suzi]

Cheryl wrote: "OK - since I haven't read that one it may not be a good example. But I'm seeing that formatting in titles that do belong in a series and are missing from the series page.

Should I create a new th..."

yes - and if it is formatted like a series, and should not be, then it should be corrected as well.

[Cheryl]

Thanks!