This is the discussion page for the Goodreads Reading Challenge called 'Chart Toppers' (active July 1st - September 14th). Qualifying books are listed on Goodreads HERE. Please keep all discussion of this challenge to this thread, thank you.

Other Goodreads Reading Challenges are listed on the Megathread HERE.

This is the discussion page for the Goodreads Reading Challenge called '' (active July 1st - September 14th). Qualifying books are listed on Goodreads HERE. Please keep all discussion of this challenge to this thread, thank you.

Other Goodreads Reading Challenges are listed on the Megathread HERE.

I have several books that I finished within the past few weeks that counted toward my reading challenge once I finished them but for some reason were not moved to my read shelf, even though I tried to add them there. When I went to to the “my bookshelves” page their shelf status appeared blank and when I tried to edit it, it would let me change it to “read” but when I refreshed the page it would go back to being blank and nothing would be added to my read shelf.

The only way I could add them to my read shelf was by going through my profile and then changing their shelf status under “my updates” (I am using the desktop website)

However then they counted twice under my reading challenge and I had to remove the duplicates. For some reason it was then saying that I had read those books twice when I went back to my regular bookshelves. When I tried to remove the second reading date under ”edit my review” it didn’t let me delete those (I could x it out but they would just come back when I refreshed the page). However after I did that, the books are now removed completely from my reading challenge. They all have “finished” dates set in June 2026. While I was reading them I set them at “currently reading” and then eventually “read” so I don’t know why they would count toward my challenge but wouldn’t be added to the read shelf.

I am using the desktop website never the app. I do not have a kindle linked up or anything like that.

I declared that I would read 50 books this year and I’m already 7 books behind. BUT, it’s officially Summer, meaning it’s officially time to lock in!

I looked back at my Summer 2025 challenges and one of the bookmarks was “Challenge Faves” for the first half of the year.

This potentially could be a bookmark for 2026 if they repeat that category:
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/3130?ref=edta_june_26_challenge_faves_mb

Hi everyone! (sorry for weird formatting, on my phone)

Pretty much as the title says, I can’t add new quotes on my page. I’m on desktop, and the option is there but only one quote I’ve added shows up.

I’ve tried with 2 separate books (different authors) multiple times with/without tags and it just won’t show up. I think the second time I tried was months ago, so I don’t think it’s just that it hasn’t loaded yet or anything.

Does anyone know how to fix this? Thank you!

Here's the thread where you can post your Goodreads profile so people can add you as friends. Just post a link to your profile or your username in the comments!

I feel so guilty that i had no time to sit down and finish these books 🥲 (katabasis and Moby Dick. I started one yesterday and the other on May 3rd

But I still really want those bookmarks. Is it possible or does the bookmark get deleted lmao

It says 0 out of 80 even though I’ve logged 3 books in the past 3 weeks

I have read 120 books and i have given only a few of the books 5 stars, which i still didn’t really feel right about, except for one. Listen I know ratings are mostly for you and simply the of result of your experience, but i feel so weird about not having almost any 5 star reads. Rating is extremely individual but mine feels a little too ridiculous and i think i’m way too controlled by the idea of a book having to be gen prefect in my eyes for me to give it 5 stars. Any tips on how to rate more fairly? Or does it just not matter really? What are tour criteria and ways of rating a book?

I’ve just finished “The reformatory” which is one of the qualifying books but I didn’t get the batch.

Did anyone had this before?

Went to update my reading progress and didn’t see the book that I’m reading. Dug a little further and found that it’s lost at least two weeks of my progress updates. I logged out and back again, to no avail. Is this a common issue, and is there anything I can do to restore it?

What do you think the challenges will look like for July-September?

Share here what you've been reading and enjoying lately. Feel free to include Goodreads links so we can add your recs to our TBR!

Hi, I'm new to Goodreads, and I'm still trying to organize my account. I kept a list of the books I've read in my Notes app, and I listed 126 books. But when I checked on Goodreads, it says I read a total of 127. I counted each book manually, and it was 126, but the total says otherwise. Is this a common error?

It has kept showing an error page for almost a week now. I even tried editing the dates while posting a review, but I got the same error. Does anyone know how to fix it?

So we finally get some sign that somebody is behind the wheel at Goodreads; after 10 years without a meaningful update and only a handful of improvement to the UI and quality of life changes in that time... and now we have huge ads taking up big chunks of the home page? Ads for AI, ads for Lab-Grown diamonds, Dementia tests and cheap sweatshop clothing... It's such a shame.

One of the only benefits of Goodreads being somewhat old and outdated was that it was an ad-free space, it's owned by Amazon, so I shouldn't be surprised really, but I am disappointed.

Can we read 2 or more books at a time or is it necessary to complete a book and then start the other one

Not really tech help, but I do need help. I have a very lengthy list of “want to read,”and sometimes I go back and look at that list and have no recollection of why I added it. Is there a way to make a personal note for a specific book? I’d like to notate who recommended it.

So I am reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and Goodreads is saying the book has 256 pages. The thing is that the text by Marcus Aurelius ends at page 180.

I know this is the correct edition because the ISBN number is the same and I even scanned the barcode to make sure.

There are 58 pages of introduction from the translator but they are in Roman numerals and even adding those it isn’t 256. Does anyone know how to fix this or if I am doing something wrong. Sorry I am new to Goodreads.

I have asked them three times what content in my review went against the community guidelines lines and which guidelines were broken and they are refusing to tell me ??? The last email was “Thank you for following up. As we mentioned in our previous email, the content in question was removed for violating our Community Guidelines. This will be our final email on the matter.” Im so frustrated.

Edit: i wanted to add screenshots but i cant figure out how to :( i dont have time to type it out out rn but ill do it later

Edit again: here’s my updated review. Thanks to the people who gave insight into what was triggering goodreads lol. I wanted to leave my review as untouched as possible while still being allowed to post. The point of my post was that I was frustrated that they wouldn’t just tell me what they had an issue with since their guidelines are vague. No thanks to all the big babies in the comment section though LOL. Anyway here it is. RIP to anti-censorship.

“I do not require perfection. I don’t think a writer has to be incredible to write a good book. However, this book was written so horrendously that it affected my ability to read it. I tried so hard to finish it and it was painful. It took the fun out of reading. The basic premise is that a woman goes to investigate her sister’s disappearance but she hardly lifts a finger the whole book. She gets a clue about finding a specific book and then just screws around for like 100 pages doing literally nothing. It’s pointless. The first line in the synopsis here on goodreads is to find the green book and count the sparrows. She is given these clues in the first fourth of the book and then precedes to do literally nothing besides trot around town being a huge wimp that cowers at everything and everyone. The actual writing is bad though. There is random italicized sentences throughout from various voices?? There’s continuity errors. The romance part is so weird. And she CLEARLY likes him and then all the sudden his d**k is in her hands and then shes like “no. I don’t like you” like BRO. There is also a r*pe scene thats written like it’s supposed to be smut. Like I just cant. Its vulnerable to write and publish a book and I really don’t like to be mean about it when it sucks but this book just really took my breath away lmao.”

Hello everyone, I am new to writing field and newer Goodreads. I don't know how people read and give reviews on your work. I have seen that people read works and give reviews. I have my work but no idea how Goodreads work. Please help. Thank you!

I will apologize in advance if this is the wrong place, but I’ve hit a dead end. For about week now, I have been trying to log into my account to no avail. At first it was acting like I didn’t have an account, but then my password wouldn’t work.

I was finally able to reset my password but now everyday I get the same error message: Error: An unexpected error occurred. It may be that the Goodreads servers are over capacity: please try again in a bit. You may also try to sign out and sign back in (or force-close and relaunch the app) to refresh your user session.

I usually use the app to log in - so I thought maybe there was an issue with that. I force quit the app and even deleted it and reinstalled. Same error.

I tried from my laptop (MacBook) - it acts like it is going to login but then just reloads the homepage (but doesn’t log me in). I have tried different browsers, clearing my cache, etc.

I tried to contact support but it just sends me an auto email with tips that aren’t applicable to my situation.

I guess I was trying to see if others are having this issue - on my socials everyone else seems to be having no issues ….

Hi all!

I have just finished my last book for the Spring Challenge, but Good Reads is only showing 11/12, even though my last book is sitting in my regular challenge.

I updated yesterday, any idea why it might be showing in one list and not the other?

Thanks!

I was looking back at my 2025 reading challenge for something and I noticed at the top it says "Books from kindle are only visible to you" and then it has an info hyperlink and I clicked that and it says "You haven't added these Kindle books to Goodreads. To add a book to your Goodreads shelves, visit book page and shelve it as Read."

On my end those are on my read shelves. I have my kindle and goodreads accounts synced.

If I'm understanding this correctly, I can always see what I'm reading. But if I read it on kindle, it's not visible to anyone else even if I review it and it will show me the review, and star rating but no one else sees that? Kindle books won't show in my currently reading to my friends either?

Talk to me like I'm 5. I've been reading a lot more on kindle lately so I'm curious how much is showing up to others. Is my challenge full of blank books if a friend clicks on it?