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* Creator/RLStine's success with ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' led to dozens of similarly named series being published including ''Literature/BoneChillers'', ''Series/DeadtimeStories'', ''Literature/{{Shivers}}'', ''Spinetinglers'', ''Literature/{{Spooksville}}'', ''Literature/GraveyardSchool'', and ''Literature/StrangeMatter''. And ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' is pretty clearly taking inspiration from ''Goosebumps'', though the books follow one set of protagonists for the whole series and have a clear arc. Subject matter is largely the same, the kids are around the same age, there are constant {{Cliffhanger}}s and PseudoCrisis chapter endings...

* The popularity of ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' inspired a number of other attempts by authors to write kid's books in a realistic diary style. The more well-known examples include ''Literature/DorkDiaries'', ''Literature/DearDumbDiary'', and ''ComicBook/ZombieKidDiaries'' (which was originally titled ''Diary of a Zombie Kid'', but was changed after the author of ''Wimpy Kid'' sued its creators).

* Creator/RLStine's success with ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' led to dozens of similarly named series being published including ''Literature/BoneChillers'', ''Series/DeadtimeStories'', ''Literature/{{Shivers}}'', ''Spinetinglers'', ''Literature/{{Spooksville}}'', and ''Literature/StrangeMatter''. And ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' is pretty clearly taking inspiration from ''Goosebumps'', though the books follow one set of protagonists for the whole series and have a clear arc. Subject matter is largely the same, the kids are around the same age, there are constant {{Cliffhanger}}s and PseudoCrisis chapter endings...

* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' is this to realistic novels presented as diaries. Most famous examples are Literature/DorkDiaries, which the Wimpy Kid fanbase finds inferior, and Literature/ZombieKidDiaries, which the author of Wimpy Kid sued.

* Creator/RLStine's success with ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' led to dozens of similarly named series being published including ''Bone Chillers'', ''Series/DeadtimeStories'', ''Literature/{{Shivers}}'', ''Spinetinglers'', ''Literature/{{Spooksville}}'', and ''Literature/StrangeMatter''. And ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' is pretty clearly taking inspiration from ''Goosebumps'', though the books follow one set of protagonists for the whole series and have a clear arc. Subject matter is largely the same, the kids are around the same age, there are constant {{Cliffhanger}}s and PseudoCrisis chapter endings...

* Creator/RLStine's success with ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' led to dozens of similarly named series being published including ''Bone Chillers'', ''Series/DeadtimeStories'', ''Literature/{{Shivers}}'', ''Spinetinglers'', ''Literature/{{Spooksville}}'', and ''Literature/StrangeMatter''. And ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' is pretty clearly taking inspiration from ''Goosebumps'', though the books follow one set of protagonists for the whole series and have a clear arc. Subject matter is largely the same, the kids are around the same age, there are constant {{Cliffhanger}}s and PseudoCrisis chapter endings..
** Literature/GiveYourselfGoosebumps had it's own ripoff with ''Choose Your Own Nightmare''.

** Literature/GiveYourselfGoosebumps had it's ripoff with ''Choose Your Own Nightmare''.

* Creator/RLStine's success with ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' led to dozens of similarly named series being published including ''Bone Chillers'', ''Deadtime Stories'', ''Literature/{{Shivers}}'', ''Spinetinglers'', ''Literature/{{Spooksville}}'', and ''Literature/StrangeMatter''. And ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' is pretty clearly taking inspiration from ''Goosebumps'', though the books follow one set of protagonists for the whole series and have a clear arc. Subject matter is largely the same, the kids are around the same age, there are constant {{Cliffhanger}}s and PseudoCrisis chapter endings..

* Creator/RLStine's success with ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' led to dozens of similarly named series being published including ''Bone Chillers'', ''Deadtime Stories'', ''Literature/{{Shivers}}'', ''Spinetinglers'', ''Spooksville'', and ''Literature/StrangeMatter''. And ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' is pretty clearly taking inspiration from ''Goosebumps'', though the books follow one set of protagonists for the whole series and have a clear arc. Subject matter is largely the same, the kids are around the same age, there are constant {{Cliffhanger}}s and PseudoCrisis chapter endings...

*** The ''Literature/{{Raffles}}'' stories, in turn, inspired a slew of GentlemanThief characters, most notably TropeCodifier ArseneLupin.

* The incredible success of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has led to a glut of children's fantasy and, while it isn't the first WizardingSchool, [[TropeCodifier it is certainly the inspiration for many]]. ''Harry Potter''[='s=] success also persuaded authors and publishers to write longer and more complex young-adult literature. This is a very good example that [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this isn't actually a bad thing]] -- the success of ''Harry Potter'' told authors and publishers that yes, young-adult literature can be enjoyed by a PeripheryDemographic of adults, and that adolescents ''do'' have enough of an attention span to read a DoorStopper novel if it interests them enough. The most notable examples include: ''Literature/TheInheritanceCycle'', ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'', ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'', ''Literature/TheUnderlandChronicles'', ''Literature/RangersApprentice'', ''Literature/{{Graceling}}'', ''Literature/TheWardstoneChronicles'', ''Literature/TheKeysToTheKingdom'', ''Literature/TheHeirChronicles'', ''Literature/{{Fablehaven}}'', ''Literature/{{Inkheart}}'', ''Literature/TheSecretsOfTheImmortalNicholasFlamel'', ''Literature/{{Abarat}}'', ''Literature/TheSeaOfTrolls'', ''Literature/FarsalaTrilogy'', ''Literature/BooksOfPellinor'' and ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''. [[note]]To put it in a bit of perspective, aside from a few examples like ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'', young-adult novels were ''rarely'' above three hundred pages. Some publishers actually thought kids wouldn't have the attention span to read a book if it was over two hundred.[[/note]]

* While the whole fictional-story-written-as-a-journal/diary is nothing new, Jeff Kinney's ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' series has at least one major imitator: Rachel Renee Russell's ''Literature/DorkDiaries.'' Other humorous graphic novel/children's novel hybrid series that have followed in Greg Heffley's wake include ''Middle School'' (Creator/JamesPatterson), ''Tales of a Sixth Grade [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]]'', ''Timmy Failure'' ([[ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine Stephan Pastis]]), and '''two''' ''Franchise/StarWars''-inspired series in ''Origami Yoda'' (which takes place in a regular school) and ''Jedi Academy'' (which outright takes place in the Star Wars universe).

* The incredible success of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has led to a glut of children's fantasy and, while it isn't the first WizardingSchool, [[TropeCodifier it is certainly the inspiration for many]]. ''Harry Potter''[='s=] success also persuaded authors and publishers to write longer and more complex young-adult literature. This is a very good example that [[TropesAreTools this isn't actually a bad thing]] -- the success of ''Harry Potter'' told authors and publishers that yes, young-adult literature can be enjoyed by a PeripheryDemographic of adults, and that adolescents ''do'' have enough of an attention span to read a DoorStopper novel if it interests them enough. The most notable examples include: ''Literature/TheInheritanceCycle'', ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'', ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'', ''Literature/TheUnderlandChronicles'', ''Literature/RangersApprentice'', ''Literature/{{Graceling}}'', ''Literature/TheWardstoneChronicles'', ''Literature/TheKeysToTheKingdom'', ''Literature/TheHeirChronicles'', ''Literature/{{Fablehaven}}'', ''Literature/{{Inkheart}}'', ''Literature/TheSecretsOfTheImmortalNicholasFlamel'', ''Literature/{{Abarat}}'', ''Literature/TheSeaOfTrolls'', ''Literature/FarsalaTrilogy'', ''Literature/BooksOfPellinor'' and ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''. [[note]]To put it in a bit of perspective, aside from a few examples like ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'', young-adult novels were ''rarely'' above three hundred pages. Some publishers actually thought kids wouldn't have the attention span to read a book if it was over two hundred.[[/note]]

* When ''Literature/Survivors'' began publication, two other middle-grade {{Xenofiction}} series about dogs in post-apocalyptic settings, ''Literature/DogsOfTheDrownedCity'' and ''Literature/TheLastDogs'', soon followed.

* Creator/RLStine's success with ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' led to dozens of similarly named series being published including ''Bone Chillers'', ''Deadtime Stories'', ''Shivers'', ''Spinetinglers'', ''Spooksville'', and ''Strange Matter''. And ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' is pretty clearly taking inspiration from ''Goosebumps'', though the books follow one set of protagonists for the whole series and have a clear arc. Subject matter is largely the same, the kids are around the same age, there are constant {{Cliffhanger}}s and PseudoCrisis chapter endings...

* The ''Mageworlds'' series are sci-fi novels which feature [[TheForce a mystical power that binds everything in the universe]], and can give those who wield it telepathy, telekinesis, psychic predictions, etc. The power has good and evil users (Adepts and Mages, respectively) who [[ElegantWeaponForAMoreCivilizedAge use melee weapons in a galaxy full of blasters]]--and frequently, the [[GoodColorsEvilColors Adepts' energy manifests as blue or green, with the Mages' being red.]] The main characters include a [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething princess/queen]], a [[LovableRogue free-trader/smuggler/space pirate]], and [[TheMentor a very old, very wise mentor who is also secretly a user of the mystical power]]. It just might remind people of a very popular [[Franchise/StarWars film series]][[note]]the similarities grow stronger when you look at the generation prior to that of the main characters[[/note]]. It does manage to avoid sucking, though, and there are enough plot differences that it doesn't read like a SerialNumbersFiledOff kind of thing.

* Things are gonna get complicated now, so listen up. When ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'' was translated to English, the publisher decided to give the books in the series similar-sounding titles. So they translated the title of the second book, ''The Girl Who Played With Fire,'' completely faithfully, and then gave the other two books brand-new titles: ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'' and ''The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest.''[[note]]The original Swedish titles of the books translate roughly into "Men who hate women" and "The pipe dream that blew up."[[/note]] That way, it was immediately obvious to people that the books were related. A few years later, a Swedish humor novel by Jonas Jonasson was translated into English. Its title was faithfully translated into English as ''Literature/Literature/TheHundredYearOldManWhoClimbedOutTheWindowAndDisappeared.'' This title clearly resembled the ''Millennium'' titles, and because of this, it's become common for English-language publishers to give Swedish novels English titles along the lines of "The person who did a thing."

* The UK and Ireland have recently seen a surge of popularity for "misery lit" books based on stories (some true, some not) of childhood abuse/ParentalAbandonment etc. They all look exactly the same (a mostly white cover with a photo of a big-eyed child and a heartstring-tugging title in twirly, bright lettering), occupy entire shelves in shops, and seem to be competing with each other to see which can be the most depressing. Possibly launched in America by ''A child called it'' by Dave Peltzer, which then brought the craze to Britain and Ireland when it was released there. Many bookshops now consider these a legitimate genre and have a section devoted to them, often called "Tragic Lives".

* The success of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' has created a market for many new YoungAdult {{Dystopia}} novels. To name a few: ''Literature/TheMazeRunner'' by James Dashner, ''Literature/ShipBreaker'' by Paolo Bacigalupi, The ''DustLands'' trilogy by Moira Young, ''Wither'' by Lauren [=DeStefano=]. Many of these also hold to ''Literature/TheHungerGames'''s structure: ActionGirl protagonist (with the notable exception of ''The Maze Runner'', which has a male main character), present-tense first-person narration and social commentary, with many of them, such as ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'' by Veronica Roth and the ''Literature/LegendTrilogy'' by Marie Lu, often accused of ripping ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' off. In addition, many dystopian YA series have been released that have taken a LighterAndSofter, more romance-based approach, such as ''Literature/{{Delirium}}'', ''Literature/{{Matched}}'' and ''Literature/TheSelection''; these are often criticized for not utilizing their dystopian premises properly, neutering the edge of books like ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' and ''Literature/ChaosWalking'' and being watered-down dystopia for the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' audience.

* Following the BreakthroughHit of ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars'', all of Creator/JohnGreen's earlier works were rereleased with covers incorporating design elements from TFIOS' cover.
** Additionally, TFIOS seems to have made Young Adult fiction that doesn't fit into the ParanormalRomance or dystopian society tropes a bit more popular; instead, YA romances are trending towards the more mundane.

* Things are gonna get complicated now, so listen up. When ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'' was translated to English, the publisher decided to give the books in the series similar-sounding titles. So they translated the title of the second book, ''The Girl Who Played With Fire,'' completely faithfully, and then gave the other two books brand-new titles: ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'' and ''The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest.''[[note]]The original Swedish titles of the books translate roughly into "Men who hate women" and "The pipe dream that blew up."[[/note]] That way, it was immediately obvious to people that the books were related. A few years later, a Swedish humor novel by Jonas Jonasson was translated into English. Its title was faithfully translated into English as ''The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.'' This title clearly resembled the ''Millennium'' titles, and because of this, it's become common for English-language publishers to give Swedish novels English titles along the lines of "The person who did a thing."

* One formula that has become popular recently in Brazil are literary adaptations of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' campaigns, mainly made by Youtubers such as [[https://www.youtube.com/user/AuthenticGames Authentic Games]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbTVTephX30ZhQF5zwFppBg RezendeEvil]], whose channels are crowded with ''Minecraft'' gameplay videos.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has spawned various UrbanFantasy novels that featured a FirstPersonSmartass protagonist..

* Invoked throughout Grady Hendrix' '''Literature/PaperbacksFromHell'', since, once one novel succeeded, others tried to capitalize on its success.

* When Creator/StephenKing published ''Literature/TheGreenMile'' in serial format, lesser-known horror writer John Saul attempted the same thing with ''The Blackstone Chronicles''. It didn't work as well.

* The success of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' has created a market for many new YoungAdult {{Dystopia}} novels. To name a few: ''Literature/TheMazeRunner'' by James Dashner, ''Literature/ShipBreaker'' by Paolo Bacigalupi, The ''DustLands'' trilogy by Moira Young, ''Wither'' by Lauren [=DeStefano=]. Many of these also hold to ''Literature/TheHungerGames'''s structure: ActionGirl protagonist (with the notable exception of ''The Maze Runner'', which has a male main character), present-tense first-person narration and social commentary, with many of them, such as ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'' by Veronica Roth and the ''LegendTrilogy'' by Marie Lu, often accused of ripping ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' off. In addition, many dystopian YA series have been released that have taken a LighterAndSofter, more romance-based approach, such as ''Literature/{{Delirium}}'', ''Literature/{{Matched}}'' and ''TheSelection''; these are often criticized for not utilizing their dystopian premises properly, neutering the edge of books like ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' and ''Literature/ChaosWalking'' and being watered-down dystopia for the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' audience.
** Many of these novels have covers featuring circular emblems reminiscent of the Mockingjay pin. While writers have no control over what the covers look like, these might be publishers' attempt to get the books popular so it still counts as this trope. For example: ''Literature/{{Divergent}}''[='s=] Dauntless symbol, the ''LegendTrilogy''[='s=] Republic logo, ''TheTesting''[='s=] coin or ''Literature/IAmNumberFour''[='=]s Loric number symbols. This has even spread to other genres in YA, such as fantasy: look at ''[[SevenRealms The Demon King]]''[='=]s serpent flashpiece, ''Literature/SnowLikeAshes'''s chakram or the Charter Magic symbols found on the newer editions of the ''Literature/OldKingdom'' series.
** The success of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' has also benefited {{Dystopia}} YA books that were already written before/being written during ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', due to being republished in light of the genre's popularity. These include ''Literature/HouseOfTheScorpion'', ''ShadesChildren'', ''PredatorCities'', ''Literature/{{Uglies}}'' and the already-popular ''Literature/ChaosWalking''.

* The non-fiction book ''The World Without Us'' (2007), whose premise is showing what would happen to the world if all humans suddenly vanished one day, was followed by two 2008 documentaries that were basically ''The World Without Us'' with the serial numbers filled off: ''Film/LifeAfterPeople'' and ''Film/{{Aftermath}}: Population Zero'' (each would later give birth to full TV series, with only ''Life'' staying true to the original premise). After that there was a noticeable shift in post-apocalyptic fiction from sterile, gray or [[RealIsBrown brown]] settings often brought by nuclear warfare to "green" overgrown cities where humans had been [[DepopulationBomb decimated by some disease]] and/or anarchy, but everything else was doing alright: ''Film/IAmLegend'' (2007), ''{{Revolution}}'' (2012), ''Videogame/TokyoJungle'' (2012), ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' (2013) and ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' (2014).

* Speaking of ''Fifty Shades of Grey'', it spawned the ''Eighty Days'' trilogy; another trilogy of BDSM romance books called ''Eighty Days Yellow'', ''Eighty Days Blue'' and ''Eighty Days Red.'' As you may have noticed, even the title is designed to sound a bit like "Fifty Shades." It's no coincidence that it's got a number in the beginning and is followed by a color. And then there's the short story collection ''12 Shades of Surrender'', which is exactly what it sounds like.

* In 2017, Elena Favilli published a book titled ''Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls'', which told stories of real-life women and girls who defied gender stereotypes in order to change the world. A year later, Ben Brooks published a book titled ''Stories for Boys who Dare to be Different'', which, you guessed it, stories of real-life boys and men who defied THEIR gender stereotypes in order to change the world.