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Why would you need a list at all? If it's worth remembering, you'll remember you've read it, and if you want to refresh your memory what better than to reread?

• beej71 3y ago
  My memory doesn't "iterate" very well. Ask me all the places I visited last year, and I'll fail to recall some of the big ones. But if you say the name of the place, of course I know I was there. Same with books. I've had plenty of times where I'd start reading a book and then a chapter in recall it. It's just nice to have a list.
• newaccount74 3y ago
  I don't keep a list of books that I read for exactly this reason. But the drawback is that I have a few nordic detective stories on my bookshelf and I don't remember which of them I read already.
• derstander 3y ago
  > Why would you need a list at all? > If it's worth remembering, you'll remember you've read it, and if you want to refresh your memory what better than to reread? If it’s not worth remembering, you won’t remember if you read it or not — so you could waste time rereading a forgettable book until you realize. ;)
• anytime5704 3y ago
  Your memory must be better than mine. Having a couple notes about the things that stood out to me at the time is a great way to remind myself how I felt about books I’ve long since stopped thinking about.
  • senko 3y ago
    Oh I'm sure I can't recall a bunch of (details of) books I've read. On the flip side, I have a firm belief that every book worth reading changes you at least a little, so even if I don't remember it consciously, it has had an impact on me. I did try writing notes at some point, and stopped after the first attempt. That was several years ago and I never read those notes :)
  • bmlzootown 3y ago
    Yeah, I've read the same book multiple times before, years apart, without realizing it. Only when I went back to Goodreads later to mark it as read did I realize that... well, I had already read it. On the flip side, I can enjoy a book more than once. This is a definite plus.