When I was a kid, I read all of them published to that point. I was well into adulthood when I found out Baum didn’t write all of them, I loved them all. I remember being especially enamoured with the lunch box and dinner pail trees. And now I need to reread them all, and read all the new ones published since!

I started the first book today and I love it! Idk anyone who has read the series, so I appreciate your comments

Love the Oz books! Being able to escape into Baum's world while I was in the military was really nice. It takes your imagination to places that always existed when you where small but haven't been to in so long. I've read the first three Oz books to my daughter. I think I enjoy them a bit more than she does but I love sharing them with her while she let's me.

I don’t like books with plots that much like I used to. I enjoy reading books talking about daily life and descriptions. But I do enjoy novels from time to time.

You would probably enjoy rereading books then.

Read ancient literature. You should read the plot beforehand. The storylines of ancient literature are designed to be enjoyed by people who already know how they end.

Achilles kills Hector but gives his body back.

Aeneas kills Turnus in an uncharacteristic anger that undermines his integrity as a protagonist.

Croesus' empire is overtaken by Cyrus. Croesus becomes Cyrus' advisor. Turns out Solon was right.

Caesar beats Vercingetorix and all the other Gauls too.

Beowulf and the dragon both die.

Jesus comes back to life at the end.

Reject novels. Novels are a dumb form of literature, anyway. Embrace tradition. Read war poetry.

Seems reasonable to quit then, but as others have said it doesn't seem very healthy, and you probably should look into why this happens.

The point of most books is also not plot twists, and not solving a puzzle. Have you tried books with very little plot happening, like "In search of the time lost", by Proust? What about literature from times/places with different storytelling tradition, like medieval epics, ancient Greek poems? How do you feel about classics, that everyone more or less knows the plot of? Or would you be able to enjoy a novel if you deliberately spoiled it to yourself first?

I am considering posting on r/books for attention

I would explore why you have such a strong reaction to a normal experience. I think therapy would definitely be in order here. This seems like a very abnormal reaction to basically an everyday situation.

I don’t think this has anything to do with the quality of any given book.

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If you're getting angry over this, I'd suggest seeking help. You've got anger issues.

If you can always predict what's going to happen though then the plot is pretty simple and familiar. I think the best case is when you're surprised but it seems obvious in retrospect.

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It sounds like you’ve just been reading bad ones

You seem to have a very narrow idea of what storytelling actually is or can be. It’s not just about plot or surprise. It can be about character, and psychology, and philosophy, and catharsis, and emotional concepts that we can apply to our own lives. It’s not just a brain teaser or a puzzle box that we use to feel good about how smart we are. It’s not about learning, it’s about feeling.

Try to be more broad-minded about things, and open yourself up to the emotional possibilities of art instead of shackling it only to intellectual/analytical ones. This is very much a “you” problem, and at the end of the day it’s your loss.

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People know just what they'd like to do. Whatever it is, you've got it, long as it pleases you. Make it last as long as you can. And when you're through, it's up to you to do it again.

I agree with everyone else here. For starters, while it's okay to not read novels (or, really, engage in ANYTHING that you don't want to) for your own reasons, the reasons you state don't seem the most healthy.

Which, hey, I get; I get upset with myself when I can't get through puzzles quickly or get gold on a challenge run or whatever, but that is decidedly a *me* issue rather than an issue with the product or medium itself.

If it makes you feel that bad, then don't worry about forcing yourself through it. Your life is your own, and you owe it to nobody to live it a certain way. But it may behoove you to introspect and find a deeper meaning as to why it upsets you so much, as this kind of feeling could stop you from taking enjoyment in a lot of other parts of your life too.

It's really nice to see someone other than me voice that irritation. I never really got into mysteries for that reason. The very few I picked up seemed to tend towards random twists that would have been commendable had I any way to have ever possibly arrived at that solution. Probably others like the Aha moment, but it felt unfair

There is nothing better than a big reveal that you were right on the cusp of figuring out yourself, or when you say "somehow i already knew that".

The Dune and Three Body Problem books do this pretty well, as long as you're familiar with the genre already.

I think you should see a psychologist about this. It's okay, but not 'normal' and certainly not fun to live with these feelings about books. Sure you can always just stop reading, but typically for emotional regulation issues there will always be a trigger. Best to talk it through so you can enjoy whatever things you want to try!

I'm a reader of memoirs, biographies and autobiographies as I fell out of love with novels. Truth can be stranger, and sometimes more fascinating than fiction.

If you're a person who like info delivered to you, you should pick up some autobiographies of people you like or people involved in the subjects you like. Could be what you're missing.

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I wouldn't say I feel as passionate about it as you do but I have the opposite feeling. I love when I can't figure out the twist. If it's too easy to figure out the plot twist I feel like the author either phoned it in or followed some common trope. Edited for wording.