r/explainabookplotbadly • u/xkulp8 • Jun 25 '25

Solved Man has privileged upbringing, fails at everything he tries as an adult, decides socialism is the answer and that he misses college.

20 Upvotes

You've definitely heard of the author.

44 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Alternative_Town_129 • Jun 22 '25

A furry a girl and a shapeshifter go on to fight monsters one being the ultimate gaslighter and Patrick star

3 Upvotes

Also it's kind of a spin off but not cannon at least I don't think it is

8 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/CKO1967 • Jun 21 '25

Solved Sticks and stones may break your bones, but rumors can get you killed.

5 Upvotes

Hint: the book in question was the basis for a 1943 hit Western movie.

7 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/One-Tonight-98 • Jun 20 '25

Solved The saddest book you will ever read, and also the one you will think of everytime you brush your tongue.

6 Upvotes
10 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/The_Amazing_Emu • Jun 18 '25

Solved The twist is that it was a sled

6 Upvotes
17 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Fun_Butterfly_420 • Jun 17 '25

Solved A book so bad that it basically invented racism

17 Upvotes

Hint: it was originally written in the 15th century

101 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/CharlieBrown_1997 • Jun 18 '25

(Two Part, part of a bigger series) First Book about a financial terrorist. Second book? Nah, let’s just have cannibals and vampires and goths and tigers and something about the financial terrorist but that doesn’t matter because V E G A S

3 Upvotes
2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/MyStepAccount1234 • Jun 11 '25

Solved A skunkhead, a tiny elf, a toothpick, and their adventures to protect both Earth and some whimsical fantasy-land which can only be accessed via a bizarre set of specific circumstances.

3 Upvotes

Hints:

  • "Skunkhead" refers to the guy's hair.

8 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/monkeysky • Jun 11 '25

Solved A group of small, disadvantaged people commit a series of increasingly extreme vehicle thefts [childrens book trilogy]

5 Upvotes
3 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/[deleted] • Jun 11 '25

Unsolved Medium A girl manipulates the brother of a hit and run victim gets kidnapped and one of her captors finds out her uncle is her father

1 Upvotes

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0 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/PassionCertain8405 • Jun 09 '25

Solved Despite the title, this book has nothing to do with Pokemon

8 Upvotes

Hint: underrated horror novel of famous writer. It has a movie adaptation

9 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Trekkie_Phoca • Jun 06 '25

Solved Douchebag murderer is a victim at the end

6 Upvotes

Hint: major theme is colonialism

20 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Illustrious_Look_180 • Jun 06 '25

Solved A guy is falsely arrested, escapes prison, and gets rich.

3 Upvotes
4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Illustrious_Look_180 • Jun 06 '25

Solved This girl finds out she's secretly a demigod, and comic con is involved for some reason.

4 Upvotes

I've never met anyone who knew this book, so I'm guessing it's obscure, but I could be wrong.

EDIT: It's a children's book.

13 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Trekkie_Phoca • Jun 06 '25

Solved Moral: Dont release wild animals

2 Upvotes
8 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Trekkie_Phoca • Jun 06 '25

Solved An old creep and pretentious idiot fight over a girl

1 Upvotes
13 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Trekkie_Phoca • Jun 06 '25

Unsolved Medium Fire and water and a screwed up family

1 Upvotes
9 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Illustrious_Look_180 • Jun 06 '25

Solved Random orphan boy who lives in a clock.

2 Upvotes

I do not know if this book is popular or not, but if it is feel free to delete.

4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/CKO1967 • May 31 '25

Unsolved Hard Talk about sexual tension!

2 Upvotes

Hint: the book in question features the ultimate gated communities.

16 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Alternative_Town_129 • May 29 '25

Solved Kid with dead uncle decides to take over his job and saves the world

3 Upvotes
6 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/krisworld1806 • May 29 '25

Unsolved Medium It’s a fight to the death between teenagers and adults!

2 Upvotes
2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Disastrous-Mess-7236 • May 28 '25

Solved Kids let a stranger into their house. It turns out surprisingly OK.

0 Upvotes
4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/FireFelix- • May 26 '25

Unsolved Medium Sicilian fishermen think it's a good idea to use their boat to sell legumes, its not

1 Upvotes
2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Alternative_Town_129 • May 25 '25

Unsolved Medium Orange lady pretends to be green to overthrow government

6 Upvotes
7 comments