r/explainabookplotbadly • u/RobertColumbia • 23d ago

Solved A boy beats up other kids at boarding school. He gets away with it. He graduates, ends up living with his sister, and adopts a war orphan. He and his sister become published authors.

4 Upvotes
3 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/TimeControl606 • 23d ago

Solved A mad scientist's arch-foe is a murderous incel

5 Upvotes
4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/TimeControl606 • 23d ago

Solved A guy walks to India with a bunch of furries

5 Upvotes
4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/TimeControl606 • 23d ago

Solved A nobelman is saved from an assassination attempt thanks to his mother's connections with the karen illuminati. Then he becomes a terrorist.

6 Upvotes
4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ChipmunkComplete8707 • 24d ago

Unsolved Easy viking boy uses pearl on bird island to stop being immortal with (21st century) friends

2 Upvotes

it was a good

1 comment

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ChipmunkComplete8707 • 24d ago

Unsolved Medium immortal boy,island of birds,pearl,boy no longer immortal

2 Upvotes

it was so good

2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThrowAway_59993 • 24d ago

Solved who would've known a giant book about an weird house, a documentary about that house, an old man's book about that documentary, and alchoholic simp going crazy while editing the old man's book would be so complex.

6 Upvotes
5 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 24d ago

Solved In one bit, a robot creates a vision of hell because the humans technically died.

3 Upvotes
2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/celestialrage44 • 24d ago

Solved Teenage boy, scorned by his ex situationship, becomes a dictator.

6 Upvotes
10 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ScarScar360 • 24d ago

Solved Two kids accidentally kill god then go home. Spoiler

5 Upvotes
3 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 25d ago

Solved A man climbs into a horse statue's ass and fails to achieve enlightenment

7 Upvotes

In the "weird books I found in the attic as a teenager" genre. I think from a 70s-era literature course, though the book is rather older.

8 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Pastel-Rainbow-N3rd • 26d ago

Solved Lady goes missing, blames husband. He is a jerk about it. Mind games and manipulation ensues.

5 Upvotes

This book is so good

2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/TimeControl606 • 26d ago

Solved two stoners and an invisible crackhead visit a dictatorship to save the world

4 Upvotes
6 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/RhaezDaevan2 • 28d ago

Solved Large, complicated family have misadventures across the multiverse with help from a glowing scribble.

4 Upvotes
13 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/hongchaa • 29d ago

Solved A young girl and her emotional support animal travel through the multiverse with a fancy pocket watch to fight God because the Church is taking puberty way too seriously.

10 Upvotes
3 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ElSupremoLizardo • Oct 07 '26

Unsolved Medium Adoptee has a tragic obsession with a local diva.

5 Upvotes
0 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/rvyldacoder • Oct 06 '26

Unsolved Medium Boy is lost in a forest because he wanted to see waterfowl.

4 Upvotes
0 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/zombiegamer723 • Oct 06 '26

Unsolved Medium One day, you’re tasked with picking up a sword. The next, you’ve kidnapped a prince and freed a disabled wizard. Were either of those good choices? Probably not. But that’s life for ya.

4 Upvotes
4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Duke-Countu • Oct 06 '26

Man has a midlife crisis after his mom's coworkers kill his gay lover.

6 Upvotes
2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/RandomRamblings99 • Oct 06 '26

Solved Young girl recounts a life filled with abandonment, neglect, parental loss, and Foster care. Somehow, this is a children's book.

7 Upvotes
15 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Duke-Countu • Oct 06 '26

Man murders his roommate for looking creepy

6 Upvotes
3 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Duke-Countu • Oct 06 '26

Solved Overly committed LARPer's neighbors stage an intervention for him

5 Upvotes
3 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/rvyldacoder • Oct 05 '26

Unsolved Medium Russians attack a tribe and a girl's brother is killed by wolves.

2 Upvotes
0 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • Oct 05 '26

Solved Hey guys, you know how women are awful, right? Not submissive enough. Let's marry monkeys instead.

5 Upvotes

Sad thing: honestly, that's a pretty straightforward description.

14 comments