Update: Plans in Drupal-land have shifted towards Create accessible markup for a drag & drop file upload widget (and ensure there is an accessible alternative interaction) and the original issue slated for D8 has been closed in the meantime.
Original request
This is a follow-up to #1380, the respective issue for https://www.drupal.org/node/2113931 and part of #779
Here's what they ~are~ were aiming for in D8:

GitHub Issue #:
1445
Recent comments
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?