When I read a book I want to not be able to predict what will happen...

It's easy sometimes to underestimate suspensefulness. Except in certain kinds of books, the suspense isn't really what you remember. Further, a book needs to have more than suspense if it is going to endure: a book that can't be reread is unlikely to last more than a few year's beyond its date of publication. 

And yet...I've read a spate of otherwise fin…