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Predictable Books
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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,010,941 ratings — published 2012
Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,168,279 ratings — published 2015
The Selection (The Selection, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,760,720 ratings — published 2012
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,503,749 ratings — published 2023
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,392,376 ratings — published 2012
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,716,209 ratings — published 2012
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,184,250 ratings — published 2015
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Board book)
by (shelved 21 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.27 — 191,202 ratings — published 1967
Kitten's First Full Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.10 — 25,297 ratings — published 2004
The One (The Selection, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.14 — 776,097 ratings — published 2014
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,104,166 ratings — published 2012
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.35 — 59,916 ratings — published 2010
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.67 — 7,303,704 ratings — published 2005
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give...)
by (shelved 19 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.29 — 313,980 ratings — published 1985
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,166,321 ratings — published 2007
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,375,275 ratings — published 2011
Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.92 — 743,495 ratings — published 2009
Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.96 — 464,689 ratings — published 2010
The Elite (The Selection, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.94 — 870,379 ratings — published 2013
Fallen (Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.72 — 617,859 ratings — published 2009
The Love Hypothesis (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,882,755 ratings — published 2021
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,056,398 ratings — published 2014
One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,058,931 ratings — published 2017
The Napping House (Board Book)
by (shelved 16 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.27 — 47,152 ratings — published
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,267,997 ratings — published 2022
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,237,816 ratings — published 2019
The Hating Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.86 — 828,465 ratings — published 2016
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,121,895 ratings — published 2009
Everything, Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.96 — 677,941 ratings — published 2015
The Spanish Love Deception (Love Deception, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.79 — 808,818 ratings — published 2021
The Guest List (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,277,808 ratings — published 2020
Legend (Legend, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.15 — 563,468 ratings — published 2011
Obsidian (Lux #1)
by (shelved 13 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.13 — 296,146 ratings — published 2011
Goodnight Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.32 — 394,738 ratings — published 1947
Bride (Bride, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.00 — 686,956 ratings — published 2024
Book Lovers (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,547,203 ratings — published 2022
A Flicker in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.97 — 598,801 ratings — published 2022
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,447,840 ratings — published 2020
The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.94 — 114,556 ratings — published 2014
Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.00 — 707,749 ratings — published 2011
Lola and the Boy Next Door (Anna and the French Kiss, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.90 — 166,736 ratings — published 2011
Then She Was Gone (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as predictable)
avg rating 4.04 — 987,541 ratings — published 2017
The Fill-In Boyfriend (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.89 — 69,053 ratings — published 2015
A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.89 — 61,775 ratings — published 2014
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.91 — 967,092 ratings — published 2009
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,395,314 ratings — published 2014
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,140,802 ratings — published 2013
Leo (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.97 — 42,848 ratings — published 2013
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.99 — 384,642 ratings — published 2011
Of Poseidon (The Syrena Legacy, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as predictable)
avg rating 3.99 — 51,564 ratings — published 2012
“If you are a reasonably competent woman and know how to spot and avoid predictable snares. Like a fox that, no matter how hungry, avoids a baited trap which appears dangerous.”
― The Art of War for Women: Sun Tzu's Ancient Strategies and Wisdom for Winning at Work
― The Art of War for Women: Sun Tzu's Ancient Strategies and Wisdom for Winning at Work
“Romance novels, rom-coms, non-tragic love stories—they all run on a blissful sense that we’re moving toward something better. Percentage-wise, the majority of clues writers drop in romance novels don’t give you things to dread. They give you things to look forward to.
This, right here—more than anything else—is why people love them. The banter, the kissing, the tropes, even the spice … that’s all just extra.
It’s the structure—that “predictable” structure—that does it. Anticipating that you’re heading toward a happy ending lets you relax and look forward to better things ahead. And there’s a name for what you’re feeling when you do that.
Hope.
Sometimes I see people grasping for a better word than predictable to describe a romance. They’ll say, ‘It was predictable—but in a good way.’
I see what they’re going for. But I’m not sure it needs pointing out that over the course of a love story … people fell in love. I mean: Of course they did! I don’t think it’s possible to write a love story where the leads getting together at the end is a surprise. And even if it were, why would you want to? The anticipation—the blissful, delicious, oxytocin-laden, yearning-infused, building sense of anticipation—is the point. It’s the cocktail of emotions we all came there to feel.
I propose we stop using the hopelessly negative word predictable to talk about love stories and start using anticipation. As in: 'This love story really created a fantastic feeling of anticipation.'
Structurally, thematically, psychologically—love stories create hope and then use it as fuel. Two people meet—and then, over the course of three hundred pages, they move from alone to together. From closed to open. From judgy to understanding. From cruel to compassionate. From needy to fulfilled. From ignored to seen. From misunderstood to appreciated. From lost to found. Predictably.
That’s not a mistake. That’s a guarantee of the genre: Things will get better. And you, the reader, get to be there for it.
It’s a gift the love story gives you.”
― Hello Stranger
This, right here—more than anything else—is why people love them. The banter, the kissing, the tropes, even the spice … that’s all just extra.
It’s the structure—that “predictable” structure—that does it. Anticipating that you’re heading toward a happy ending lets you relax and look forward to better things ahead. And there’s a name for what you’re feeling when you do that.
Hope.
Sometimes I see people grasping for a better word than predictable to describe a romance. They’ll say, ‘It was predictable—but in a good way.’
I see what they’re going for. But I’m not sure it needs pointing out that over the course of a love story … people fell in love. I mean: Of course they did! I don’t think it’s possible to write a love story where the leads getting together at the end is a surprise. And even if it were, why would you want to? The anticipation—the blissful, delicious, oxytocin-laden, yearning-infused, building sense of anticipation—is the point. It’s the cocktail of emotions we all came there to feel.
I propose we stop using the hopelessly negative word predictable to talk about love stories and start using anticipation. As in: 'This love story really created a fantastic feeling of anticipation.'
Structurally, thematically, psychologically—love stories create hope and then use it as fuel. Two people meet—and then, over the course of three hundred pages, they move from alone to together. From closed to open. From judgy to understanding. From cruel to compassionate. From needy to fulfilled. From ignored to seen. From misunderstood to appreciated. From lost to found. Predictably.
That’s not a mistake. That’s a guarantee of the genre: Things will get better. And you, the reader, get to be there for it.
It’s a gift the love story gives you.”
― Hello Stranger
