Goodjer Recommends discussion

I don't use the listopia feature of goodreads much, but Amazon/Goodreads posted a list/poll of 100 SFnal books to read in a lifetime.

There are the usual problems that come with semi-public polls (skewed toward recent books, weird duplicates because the database isn't normalized, etc. I was also surprised to find that neither Ayn Rand or Robert Heinlein was yet in the top 100. Don't know what I'm thinking; of COURSE there are several Heinlein books there. So common that my eye just flits over them, I suppose. But exactly the ones you'd expect: Stranger, Starship Troopers and Moon is a Harsh Mistress)

But we have a lot of SF readers here, so I thought I'd bring it to people's attention. As I write, I've read ~80 of the top 100, though many of those I've never logged into goodreads.

Have you seen any other particularly useful lists? Or do you disdain the list feature here?

I didn't even know there was a listopia feature! Will check it out but my current Want to Read shelf is already at least 100 books anyway. :)

Thanks for posting this. Had no idea this was here either. I'm going to have to go in and add some books.

My want-to-read list is over 1500 now. -_-

Listopia feature?

Taylor wrote: "Listopia feature?"

Go to Browse | Lists to create (or vote on) a public list.

The "listopia" branding is mostly gone by now, but I think it might have started as Goodreads acquisition or 3rd-party service.

OK, thanks!

Goodreads is by far the platform where I most frequently see people reply to years old comments thinking they are new :) They should highlight the year in date stamps or something.