Not sure if there is an issue about this, but I think something strong that backdrop-issue could offer is auto updates for security issues etc.
Since there is semantic versioning, this could be used as a check.
There are obviously a lot of issues that are needing to be addressed here, but thought I would start the issue.

~PR by @serundeputy: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/pull/2307~ Revised by @laryn: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/pull/3753
Part of META issue: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/2018
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If choosing the Views approach you can also use https://backdropcms.org/project/eva which allows you to place the list with more flexibility.
Backlinks for Entity Reference?
Thanks. It still took a lot of trial and error for all the settings within the settings, but I eventually got it to display based on these instructions.
Backlinks for Entity Reference?
Another easy way to do this is to use the module Corresponding Entity References (cer). You would need to add an entity reference field in the authors content type pointing at the book, then set...
Backlinks for Entity Reference?