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message 1: by Alexa (new)

Alexa Does anybody know how to combine the two editions of Beloved into one?


message 2: by [deleted user] (new)

Where's Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'? I think it was the best book I read last year.


message 3: by Andréa (new)

Andréa There seem to be quite a few books on this list that violate the list's requirement that "books added must have at least 5000 ratings on GR." Some of the books on here have ratings in only the double or even single digits.


message 4: by Andréa (new)

Andréa Stu wrote: "Where's Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'? I think it was the best book I read last year."

No one had added/voted for it yet. I've added it now.


message 5: by pegah (new)

pegah Just 401 books?!!


message 6: by Taylor (new)

Taylor Ah yes, GR makes it difficult to keep on top of deleting the under 5000 ratings; when I go to the "delete specific books" option it no longer shows how many ratings each book has, so I have to physically write out a list and then find those books individually then delete them. Too time consuming! I will, however, keep up on removing books that are obviously being up voted to promote unknown/indie authors.


message 7: by Taylor (new)

Taylor Also, there are some books with less than 5000 ratings that are by amazing female authors! Notably bell hooks... she really should be a lot more popular.


message 8: by Beverlee (new)

Beverlee Loved this list - great job compiling and putting it out there for voting but also for finding great recommendations!


message 9: by Nente (new)

Nente Checking for duplicates removed 9 books.
The restriction of 5000 ratings seems to have been removed by the list's creator. I'm glad: that made it really difficult for a non-English-language book to make it onto this list at all.


Charlotte Igelkott Taylor wrote: "Ah yes, GR makes it difficult to keep on top of deleting the under 5000 ratings; when I go to the "delete specific books" option it no longer shows how many ratings each book has, so I have to phys..."

I don't know if you still want to keep promotion campaigns off the list or where you draw the line, but here are a few candidates for removal:
Don't Close Your Eyes (currently #32)
Complicated Moonlight (currently #36)
Syrian Brides (currently #67)
Dawn Among the Stars (currently #99)
Finding Identity (currently #132)
The Daughter Of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind (currently #165)
Females of Valor(currently #166)
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (currently #167)
Ange'el (currently #207)
Mary, Everything (currently #209)

...and then there are a few with just two votes each, but where the same two persons have voted for several books by one author and nothing else, or books where the author themself is one of the voters. I'm a librarian myself, and would be happy to do a cleanup round every now and then if you'd be willing to specify what "use the list as a promotional tool" means to you.


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