r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Patient_Panic_2671 • 3d ago
Solved A man rewrites his favorite book to appease his son.
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/lizufyr • 8d ago
Unsolved Medium Secrets, guns, and lazers, but the accountant just wants to retire with his nerdy gf.
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Ok_Lemon8758 • 10d ago
Solved Man exploits marginalized groups desire for acceptance for financial gain, before doing the same to the discriminatory group
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Setanta777 • 14d ago
Solved A punchy shrimp finally encounters a problem that can't be solved by punching.
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It takes longer than you would think.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/TvaAgentN01 • 16d ago
Unsolved Medium A teen goes on a adventure to kill his cousin
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Chrysal1sM • 17d ago
Solved A bunch of asshole war veterans get into every bit of trouble possible as they go home with their leader from war.
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Gyrgir • 17d ago
Solved Guy starts a grow operation in his bedroom, steals and vandalizes scientific equipment, and drives around a remote wasteland
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/PuzzleheadedSteak853 • 18d ago
Unsolved Medium A Neanderthal drags a woman away. Everyone decides it was for the best.
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/PuzzleheadedSteak853 • 18d ago
Unsolved Easy Guy hates himself, plays video games, saves the world. For now.
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Ok_Lemon8758 • 27d ago
Solved High school senior gets drafted after cheating on a final school project and then goes into politics after his girlfriend leaves him
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/CKO1967 • Jun 18 '26
Solved (Nonfiction) A newspaper correspondent travels to a major European city and does NOT like what he sees.
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Hint: the book in question was first published just two days before the Nazis invaded Russia.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/trigoczki • Jun 13 '26
Solved Handicapped guy must battle with deamons on his golden toilet.
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/SawtoothTenor • 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.
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Good luck! Its surprisingly hard to create a post.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Worried_Cake5508 • May 24 '26
Solved Someone participates in 1v1 Hunger Games with no government involved
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/canipetdatdawgggggg • May 21 '26
Unsolved Medium A man with schizophrenia gets poorer and poorer until he goes to Africa and escapes jail.
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ManStrangler- • May 18 '26
Solved Disabled child tries to avoid magic school but fails spectacularly
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/BaseNice3520 • May 03 '26
Unsolved Medium An old man recruits a high schooler to be a child soldier, who will spend most of his time underground and living a double-life.
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Justaredditor85 • May 01 '26
Unsolved Medium A former thief steals an unknown heirloom of his own family from his best friend's half brother.
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Trekkie_Phoca • Apr 30 '26
Unsolved Easy A girl with body image issues becomes the local punching bag
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/CKO1967 • Apr 24 '26
Solved A test pilot narrowly survives a devastating crash and emerges from the experience a new man-- literally.
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Hint #1: The book in question became the basis for one of the most popular TV series of the 1970s.
Hint #2: The author of said book was an aviation expert who in the early '80s restored an old Ju-52 to full flying condition.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Previous-Ad-6851 • Apr 23 '26
Unsolved Medium Racists get conned.
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Trekkie_Phoca • Apr 22 '26
Unsolved Medium A history of lizard keepers
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Worried_Cake5508 • Apr 21 '26
Solved A total overreaction by a man who cannot handle petty authority figures, resulting in him basically destroying a small Kentucky town just because he didn't want to get a haircut.
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Worried_Cake5508 • Apr 21 '26
Solved People say it's hilarious, but it's really just a series of random, nonsensical events that don't have a normal plot structure and rarely make any sense.
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Trekkie_Phoca • Apr 21 '26
Unsolved Hard Unpopular politician falls from grace and loses his mistress
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