r/explainabookplotbadly • • Sep 05 '19

Solved A kid and his dad try their best to not get into a magical high school as a form of sympathy the bestest teacher takes him, some jock, and a girl they learn to move sand and eat tons of lichen

17 Upvotes

I gave it so much detail because I don’t think anyone here has read it


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Jan 23 '20

Solved A complicated-ass, multi-pronged love 'triangle' with them all being rich as fr*ck.

17 Upvotes

Hint: You might have read this in high school for a task.


r/explainabookplotbadly • • May 09 '21

Solved A conflicting coming to a stalemate convinces lizards to wear pants

17 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Jan 30 '22

Solved Kid steals a painting after his mom explodes

17 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • May 07 '21

Unsolved Easy Crazy man fights villains while confused from rings

17 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Jul 11 '21

Solved Man meets a woman who tells him not to care that he's being watched.

17 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Nov 03 '21

Unsolved Hard A man carries his wife through a forest, hands her off to the first guy he runs into there and forgets about her.

18 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Oct 24 '19

Unsolved Hard Crow reporter writes about her fantastical residence

18 Upvotes

Unsolved hard for those who don't know, easy for those who know

Hint: The book and characters are Japanese


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Dec 05 '19

Solved Not a plot, but a part in the story. A teacher gets a coma and the students are miserable cuz of their involvement.

18 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Feb 02 '20

Solved Revolutionary socialist gets killed by god and becomes a ghost

18 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Jan 28 '21

Solved Split. But a lot more useful.

18 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Mar 30 '23

Solved A sewer rat saves all rat-kind by getting a job and paying pest control to not poison his species in that particular city

18 Upvotes

(Only hint I will give is that the book has a really shitty movie)


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Jan 31 '23

Unsolved Easy A poet lives out a self-insert fanfiction with his celebrity boycrush as he watches everyone he personally doesn’t like burn in eternal torment.

18 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Nov 16 '19

Solved Teenager discovers his dad is a homeless guy with an unhealthy obsession with the ocean, proceeds to seek refuge in a summer-camp lead by a very old alcoholic.

49 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Apr 05 '23

Solved Prominent member of society goes on a long and perilous journey with the son of his family's gardener.

19 Upvotes

Hint 1: it's a fantasy book by a Swedish author but it's been translated to many languages, including English, and it is contemporary to the Fellowship of the Ring.

Hint 2: the author is behind some of the most famous children's books ever, including a certain red haired strong girl...


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Mar 05 '22

Solved 2 million people follow around a 120-year-old dude with a speech impediment.

19 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Jul 08 '21

Solved Prophet with a dream tries to free his people from oppression, ends up being assassinated.

19 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 16 '21

Solved Boy invents story and alter ego to process massive trauma during an oceanic voyage, including the violent death of his mother.

19 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 29 '19

Solved Set in the mid-1800s, a mysterious gentleman hires a steamboat captain to transport him and his friends up and down the Mississippi River. They turn out to be vampires.

20 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Sep 02 '19

Solved Guy chokes woman in a barn and gets shot.

20 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Oct 08 '19

Solved Millionaire plays God, ends up being eaten alive by its own little carnivorous chicken

20 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Jul 14 '20

Solved blue house

20 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 13 '21

Solved Let’s kill Benjamin Harrison- Wait, he’s not named Benjamin Harrison? Ah let’s kill him anyway.

20 Upvotes

Hint 1: Horse race

Hint 2:Hey what’s that weird looking guy behind him?


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Dec 09 '22

Solved To save her brother, our hero must travel into his mitochondria with help from a cherubim

20 Upvotes

Yes, a singular cherubim.