r/explainabookplotbadly is a subreddit with 8k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and news, 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
: "Depressed teen trapped in a depressed universe by a bunch of depressed people had to kill a depressed God to escape. Spoiler warning: the ending is very depressing"
20 posts
#2
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"
3 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Main character steals their friends' time, to build a palace."
2 posts
#4
Advice Requests
: "The book is about overpopulation and accurately predicted the future down to the POTUS's name being "Obomi""
1 post
Popular Topics in r/explainabookplotbadly
#1
Fiction
21 posts
#2
Girl
: "Girl finds out she’s important, saves her country by being a lamp"
20 posts
#3
Magic
: "Lonely guy meets a Magic guy who has 6 children and falls in love"
18 posts
#4
Murder
: "Suicidal doctor contemplates abortion, decides Murder is the moral option"
17 posts
#5
Fantasy
15 posts
#6
War
15 posts
#7
Family
: "Misanthropic man wants to keep boy and his dog on Island with him forever but realises he wants to see his Family again"
13 posts
#8
Man
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
: "Vampires are allergic to meth"
92 posts
#2
Unsolved Easy
: "This story gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "invasive plant species"."
28 posts
#3
Solved
: "EVERY character is a serial killer"
15 posts
#4
Unsolved Hard
: "This one is going to be tough"
13 posts
#5
Meta
: "A Fight That Changed Everything"
1 post
Member Growth in r/explainabookplotbadly
Yearly
+632 members(8.9%)
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Last updated: September 19, 2026