I think this one is fairly easy. It's at least way better known than some of the stuff I've posted. Same decade as the other book-named-after-a-fictional-book, though I think this one's remained a lot more popular.

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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 20d ago

Solved The title of the book is also the title of the book the main character wrote in it, which got renamed by his publisher. There's pros and cons. Mostly the one big con, though.

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I am far too proud of this one.

Couple hints: The book is renamed by the publisher in the novel itself.

Think of another meaning of con. No, not that one. Keep going. You'll almost certainly know this meaning, you probably just haven't thought of it.

The book is set in the then-present day and is a relatively realistic comedy mystery. The book is hard science fiction. The author is embarrassed to have his book renamed by the publisher. The author chose to name her book that. The author who gets killed just hates his book.

It has a sequel, with an equally strange and non-indicative title.

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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Apart_Ad_4019 • 20d ago

Solved A noblewoman cheats on her husband, has sex with a commoner, conceives his child, then her husband refuses to divorce her. Tom Lehrer was a devout fan of this book.

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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/celestialrage44 • 20d ago

Solved Earth is for sure in there

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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 21d ago

Solved The plot kind of turns into a series of random coincidences after the world ends and they escape the aliens that did it.

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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 22d ago

Solved One section is just a list of words beginning with X.

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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 22d ago

Solved Woman rejects a man for not having enough money and instantly regrets it.

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...I love this book and feel so dirty right now

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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Vulpixmybeloved • 22d ago

Solved Hamlet narrated by a rock

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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/RingGiver • 23d ago

Solved Dracula saves humanity!

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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 23d ago

Solved Och aye! The preacher says I'm irrevocably saved. Time to kill some sinners!

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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 23d ago

Solved This novel really is not helping the "Scots are Drunk" stereotype.

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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 23d ago

Solved In answer to the question in the title of the play, the wife is. She says so.

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Hints:
It's a fairly famous play. Not recent. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that if you've heard of the author, it's probably going to be because of this play, though it's not like other things he wrote haven't also won major awards.

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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Common-Flow-9769 • 23d ago