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
: "AI so mad about not being able to touch grass that it kills nearly every single human being on the planet, keeps handful of survivors solely to abuse"
25 posts
#2
Ideas
: "A fictional nation in the Caribbean manages to invade and occupy the United States"
10 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "University dropout becomes a tour guide against his will."
3 posts
#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"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/explainabookplotbadly
#1
Fiction
: "Our author makes the setting of their novel as two dimensional as their characters. "
21 posts
#2
Girl
: "Girl finds out she’s important, saves her country by being a lamp"
20 posts
#3
Magic
: "She’s the man but there are knights and Magic and stuff"
18 posts
#4
Murder
: "Suicidal doctor contemplates abortion, decides Murder is the moral option"
17 posts
#5
Fantasy
: "Isekai where a girl goes to a Fantasy land and steal’s someone’s shoes"
15 posts
#6
War
: "WW2, exept in the Medieval Ages, & everyone fights with magic Wizard staffs. Also, the War is ended by a “very powerful spell” instead of A-Bombs."
15 posts
#7
Family
: "Teen is sent to summer camp because his toxic Family believes he stole from them."
13 posts
#8
Man
: "A delusional huMan searches for his dad"
12 posts
#9
Love
: "Lonely guy meets a magic guy who has 6 children and falls in Love"
11 posts
#10
Horror
10 posts
Flair Used in r/explainabookplotbadly
#1
Unsolved Medium
: "A celebrity gets cornered into telling his life story. It takes a LO-O-ONG time."
97 posts
#2
Unsolved Easy
: "AI so mad about not being able to touch grass that it kills nearly every single human being on the planet, keeps handful of survivors solely to abuse"
33 posts
#3
Solved
: "People lie to a kid, to commit xenocide. Pun intended."
33 posts
#4
Unsolved Hard
: "This one is going to be tough"
22 posts
Member Growth in r/explainabookplotbadly
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Last updated: June 29, 2026