r/explainabookplotbadly is a subreddit with 8k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and ideas, and the community frequently discusses fiction, girl, magic, murder, and fantasy.
Explain a book plot badly and have other users try to guess it
Popular Themes in r/explainabookplotbadly
#1
Pain & Anger
: ""I said I want that twink obliterated! Not liberated!""
25 posts
#2
Ideas
: "A fictional nation in the Caribbean manages to invade and occupy the United States"
15 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "University dropout becomes a tour guide against his will."
1 post
#4
News
: "Man tells his life story, spends a lot of time fixated on his ex boyfriend and the child he got custody of when they broke up"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/explainabookplotbadly
#1
Fiction
21 posts
#2
Girl
: "Little Girl finds out she has two moms, throws a temper tantrum and calls the cops because she will not wear her buttons."
20 posts
#3
Magic
: "A death row murderer is offered a job where their boss will poison them on a daily basis instead of being killed. They accept, develop Stockholm Syndrome for their boss, and end up revealing their Magical abilities."
18 posts
#4
Murder
: "A mother leaves her autistic son with a punchy alcoholic father with Murderous tendencies to the point where he kills the neighbor's dog and then hunts the son down to do who knows what to make him not say he killed a dog."
17 posts
#5
Fantasy
: "Scheduling issues and math rocks: the game: the book series (also, Fantasy racism!!)"
15 posts
#6
War
: "Instead of making A-bombs, they created a superpowered, traumatized, horny teenager to win the War."
15 posts
#7
Family
: "Prominent member of society goes on a long and perilous journey with the son of his Family's gardener."
13 posts
#8
Man
: "A Man is bad at computers and this saves the world "
12 posts
#9
Love
: "Girl falls in Love with someone and after he dies, gets together with his decendent."
11 posts
#10
Horror
10 posts
Flair Used in r/explainabookplotbadly
#1
Solved
: "Closeted kids find jesus"
78 posts
#2
Unsolved Medium
: ""I said I want that twink obliterated! Not liberated!""
62 posts
#3
Unsolved Easy
: "Tomboy finds out Americans are racist, gets attacked by a racist, then gets saved by a man she used to stalk."
22 posts
#4
Unsolved Hard
: "This one is going to be tough"
20 posts
Member Growth in r/explainabookplotbadly
Yearly
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Last updated: June 15, 2026