Holy list spammer!

Deleting more than 80 novels including Impostor and Scarlett. Ugh.

Yeah... I think someone might have been confused as to how to use listopia. Anyone can vote books to the list, but a lot of times people get confused and add books that don't qualify...

For example, today I am removing The Storycatcher and Mayhem because both books have original publication dates in 2013. Most of the ones I removed the other day were older. Twilight and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and a bunch more I don't remember. Hate taking books down, but I'm also not of fan of lists that have a bunch of random unrelated titles.

No prob. I doubt I'll be able to keep it clean once more books start getting released but it should be pretty good for a while.

I'm surprised so many people have found it already. It is fun to see active GR users.

Woo-hoo!!! Cant almost wait till the new year for some of these to read!! :D

My want to read list is getting very fat.

Mine too!

As much as a liked it, A Discovery of Witches is not a 2014 book. However, she does have a third one coming out next year but I can't remember and I'm on my Kindle...

Looks like the list got spammed again :(

I think I got them all but if anyone sees something I missed, please shoot me a message.

Thanks Erin! I still see A Discovery of Witches and a Nora Roberts book, but everything else is gone.

Gone and gone!

Surrender the Heart, Love's Awakening, A Lasting Impression and all the books by Julie Lessman (except Dare to Love again) are old

Surrender the Heart, Love's Awakening, A Lasting Impression and all the books by Julie Lessman (8 books) except Dare to Love again are old. Also House of Velvet and Glass

Also The Book Thief & Love's Reckoning are not 2014 releases either.

I've been wondering for awhile - does anyone have any thoughts about all of the romance / Christian romance that's on this list? I don't really consider those straight up historical fiction, in the sense as say, Philippa Gregory or Ken Follett.

I hate spammers... cleaning house again.

Roxana wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I've been wondering for awhile - does anyone have any thoughts about all of the romance / Christian romance that's on this list? I don't really consider those straight up historical f..."

Yeah, if you look at the top 10, only 3 or maybe 4 of them are general historical fiction - the rest are all Christian fiction. Compare that to the 2013 HF list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

I've been wondering for awhile - does anyone have any thoughts about all of the romance / Christian romance that's on this list..."

I understand what you are saying and yes, my original intent was that this list be strictly straight-up historic fiction, but those lines get blurred and people define sub-genres differently. For example, I consider Elizabeth Chadwick & Philippa Gregory historical fiction writers, but both have works listed as historical romance on Goodreads. Where do you draw the line when perception is so varied?

And more than that, how do you enforce those definitions once established? I am daily removing books from this list, mostly from authors attempting self-promotion despite the fact that their books do not meet the 2014 requirement and that is a pretty cut and dry issue. :/

Hi Erin, I'd just like to offer my apologies. A friend added my book, WHAT SHE LEFT BEHIND, because my publisher, Kensington, considers it a January 2014 release even though it comes out Dec. 31st. They always release the last Tuesday of the month before the official release date, and this year the last Tuesday happens to fall on the last day of the year. Sorry for the confusion.

Erin wrote: "I've been wondering for awhile - does anyone have any thoughts about all of the romance / Christian romance that's on this list..."

I understand what you are saying and yes, my original intent was..."

These lists are intended to be communal and fun and to help users find interesting reading material. I agree that adding strict criteria defeats the purpose of the listopia community.

That being said, I find it problematic that the majority of the books in the top 20 are more "genre fiction" than historical fiction. I'm not sure if certain people or groups are just being more vocal or demonstrative in voting. But personally, I'm just finding it hard to find useful content since so many of the current results fit into subgenres like Christian fiction.

Ellen wrote: "Hi Erin, I'd just like to offer my apologies. A friend added my book, WHAT SHE LEFT BEHIND, because my publisher, Kensington, considers it a January 2014 release even though it comes out Dec. 31st...."

Hi Ellen. Thank you for the apology, it is appreciated but entirely unnecessary. I didn't mean to sound as if I was targeting authors. I've had a lot of well-meaning and over enthusiastic fans posting too. GR lists the voters in order so it is easy to tell who added a particular book. I am even guilty of adding a few titles scheduled for a late 2013 release, so I would hazard to say some don't even realize their vote doesn't qualify. The last few days have simply seen a lot of the former group and I've become somewhat discouraged trying to maintain the list. You and any author I may have inadvertently offended have my sincere apologies.

That being said if you are an author and you are excited about your own 2014 book, VOTE IT UP! And don't be ashamed about it. You have every right to cast that vote.