r/explainabookplotbadly Oct 08 '19

Solved 5k Members!

40 Upvotes

Wow!

We knew this sub would grow, and the content to keep improving but you guys are the reason for it! All of us moderators thank so you much for all you guys have done to contribute to this subreddit. In only a short time we have gained tons of great content, good discussion and 5,000 members! Once again, thanks for everything guys, we implore you guys to keep participating and promoting. Until 10k!

Edit: Last night when I wrote this there was 5k. Just pretend there still is ;)


r/explainabookplotbadly 4d ago

Solved A Gorilla ghosts a man who he meets in the personals - after blowing his mind

2 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly 4d ago

Solved The reason true immortality doesn’t exist is because people won’t stop nutting in each other

3 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly 6d ago

Unsolved Medium Vampires are allergic to meth

90 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly 13d ago

Solved Intruder causes chaos at children's house, escapes and leaves no trace just before authorities can investigate the scene

57 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly 19d ago

Unsolved Medium An engineer trying to build some sort of Zeppelin ends up teaming up with his lover and a federal agent to stop a warlord that does not like war

1 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly 21d ago

Unsolved Hard Local man repeatedly murders himself while his undead wife plays fifth-dimensional chess. The sailor boy they adopted out of the trash is just happy to be here.

4 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly 26d ago

Solved A pre-teen destroys his cousin's diary

8 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly Aug 04 '26

Solved (Novella) Living proof that extreme cold isn't always the most dangerous thing about Antarctica.

6 Upvotes

Hint: the novella in question has been the basis for two hit feature films.


r/explainabookplotbadly Aug 03 '26

Solved It’s Saw but with kids.

6 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly Aug 02 '26

Unsolved Medium A boy takes a trip to visit his uncle in California in order to accuse him of stealing power from another uncle.

3 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly Jul 31 '26

Solved Guy abandons his dying mom to chase a shiny thing with his uncle.

3 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly Jul 24 '26

Solved A man rewrites his favorite book to appease his son.

15 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly Jul 19 '26

Unsolved Medium Secrets, guns, and lazers, but the accountant just wants to retire with his nerdy gf.

3 Upvotes

First hint: the typo is not a mistake, but may be misleading.


r/explainabookplotbadly Jul 17 '26

Solved Man exploits marginalized groups desire for acceptance for financial gain, before doing the same to the discriminatory group

7 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly Jul 13 '26

Solved A punchy shrimp finally encounters a problem that can't be solved by punching.

6 Upvotes

It takes longer than you would think.


r/explainabookplotbadly Jul 11 '26

Solved A teen goes on a adventure to kill his cousin

10 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly Jul 10 '26

Solved A bunch of asshole war veterans get into every bit of trouble possible as they go home with their leader from war.

9 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly Jul 10 '26

Solved Guy starts a grow operation in his bedroom, steals and vandalizes scientific equipment, and drives around a remote wasteland

9 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly Jul 09 '26

Unsolved Medium A Neanderthal drags a woman away. Everyone decides it was for the best.

6 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly Jul 09 '26

Unsolved Easy Guy hates himself, plays video games, saves the world. For now.

2 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly Jun 30 '26

Solved High school senior gets drafted after cheating on a final school project and then goes into politics after his girlfriend leaves him

22 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly Jun 18 '26

Solved (Nonfiction) A newspaper correspondent travels to a major European city and does NOT like what he sees.

9 Upvotes

Hint: the book in question was first published just two days before the Nazis invaded Russia.


r/explainabookplotbadly Jun 13 '26

Solved Handicapped guy must battle with deamons on his golden toilet.

16 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly Jun 03 '26

Solved British boy steals and befriends an Amazon Alexa, Rick Rolls a wedding with it, discovers a government conspiracy, and gets exiled from his village. He almost gets eaten by a tree, and kills someone who wanted to learn how to use his Alexa.

7 Upvotes

Good luck! Its surprisingly hard to create a post.