History BetterThanItSounds / LiteratureAToJ

* ''[[spoiler: Literature/JurassicPark]]'': Ambitious wildlife park fails because of a disgruntled employee and a serious, unexpected flaw in the breeding program. Chaos theoretician predicts that the wildlife park will go wrong before it does, but says there is no way to know (before it happens) how it will go wrong.

** Or: BEGONE THOUGHT: The Book.
** ''[[spoiler:[[RockOpera 2112]]]]'': As above, but with a bitchin' guitar solo.
** ''[[spoiler:Film/{{Brazil}}]]'': As above, but written by Creator/MontyPython.
** ''[[spoiler:Music/DiamondDogs]]'': As above, but written by Music/DavidBowie.

** ''[[spoiler:Leviathan Wakes]]'': Ice trucker makes a viral video. A detective falls in love with an asteroid.
** ''[[spoiler:Caliban's War]]'': Ice trucker makes a delivery to a farm and helps a dad make a viral video for his daughter. A grandma cusses a lot.
** ''[[spoiler:Abaddon's Gate]]'': Clergy from various religions meet and get along fine. Ice trucker helps reopen a highway.
** ''[[spoiler:Cibola Burn]]'': Detective fiddles with some old computers. Cancer saves the day.
** ''[[spoiler:Nemesis Games]]'': Ice trucker and his crew go on vacation while their vehicle is being repaired. Lots of people die.
** ''[[spoiler:Babylon's Ashes]]'': A custody battle turns ugly.
** ''[[spoiler:Persepolis Rising]]'': Ice trucker decides to retire, but has trouble getting through customs.
** ''[[spoiler:Tiamat's Wrath]]'': Plan to increase highway traffic causes massive damage to infrastructure.
** ''[[spoiler:Leviathan Falls]]'': Man gets out of bed and invites everyone to a meeting of the minds to solve traffic issues.

* ''[[spoiler:The Abolition of Man]]'': Using his critique of two [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible So Bad They're Horrible]] high school textbooks as a starting point, a college professor gives three connected philosophical lectures.

* ''[[spoiler: Literature/GenerationKill]]'': A reporter rides in a jeep with a severely dysfunctional family to chronicle their adventurous road-trip. They are led by Comicbook/CaptainAmerica, [[Franchise/XMen Iceman]], Film/EncinoMan, and Film/TheGodfather. Oh, and ambushes.

** ''[[spoiler:For the Emperor]]'': Man with nice hat scares the enemy away by levelling half of the city they're fighting over and killing a public official. He also shoots a couple who are happily in love for seemingly no reason.

* [[spoiler: ''The Ghost and Mrs. [=McClure=]]]: A bookshop owner finds the ghost of a 1940's detective haunting her property. Together, they solve a murder case!

* [[spoiler: ''The Ghost and Mrs. McClure]]: A bookshop owner finds the ghost of a 1940's detective haunting her property. Together, they solve a murder case!

* [[spoiler:''Literature/AdAstraPerAspera'']]: Fusion between ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' and ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' in space and with a multiverse.

* ''[[spoiler:[[Creator/AstridLindgren Emil i Lönneberga]]]]'': A boy has fun with his sister, donates food to the poor and takes his seriously ill best friend to hospital. His father repeatedly yells at him and locks him up.

* [[spoiler:''Literature/AdAstraPerAspera'']]: Fusion between ''1984'' and ''IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' in space and with a multiverse.

* [[spoiler: ''The Historian'']]: Teenaged girl narrates how her father narrates [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment how his mentor narrates]] a search for Dracula's grave, while trying to outwit a group of [[AcceptableTargets evil communists]] who want to turn Stalin into a vampire.

* [[spoiler:''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'']]: A young boy and a runaway slave raft down the Mississippi River. The author will shoot you if you try to analyze the plot.

* [[spoiler:''Literature/AllAmericanGirl'']]: Ordinary girl saves the president then falls in love with his son.

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* ''[[spoiler: Literature/TheGunsOfTheSouth]]'': South Africa wins the American Civil war with machine guns.

* ''[[spoiler:Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas]]'': After committing serial burglary and animal abuse, [[EasilyForgiven a curmudgeon is promptly forgiven and welcomed into a loving community]]. All it takes is one song.
** Or: A man tries to reduce noise pollution in a mountainous area. He fails. This is considered a good thing.
** Alternatively: A curmudgeon learns that you can't steal an abstract concept after committing serial burglary, animal abuse, and grand larceny.

* ''[[spoiler:Literature/TheCatInTheHat]]'': Feline in striped headgear entertains two kids on a rainy day by annoying a fish.

* ''[[spoiler:Literature/GreenEggsAndHam]]'': {{Determinator}} refuses to let breakfast go to waste.

* ''[[spoiler:Literature/BattleRoyale]]'': Japanese teenagers go on a field trip, discuss their favorite rock-and-roll songs, and violently murder one another.

** [[spoiler:The Literature/BookOfGenesis]]: The universe is built from scratch. A talking snake's nutritional advice results in everything being ruined forever. A Middle-Eastern shepherd is promised might and wealth for his successors for no apparent reason. Then a fashion victim is sold into slavery, subsequently framed for a crime that didn't happen, and later becomes TheGoodChancellor.
** [[spoiler:The Literature/BookOfExodus]]: A conflagarated shrubbery offers advice. A conflict between immigrants and locals is resolved violently; the immigrants leave.

** [[spoiler:The Literature/BookOfGenesis]]: A world is built from scratch. A Middle-Eastern shepherd is promised might and wealth for his successors for no apparent reason. Then a fashion victim is sold into slavery, subsequently framed for a crime that didn't happen, and later becomes TheGoodChancellor.

** Even better, from its own trope page: "''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' meets ''Series/{{CSI}}''".

** Or: It's like ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', but without Edward.

* ''[[spoiler: Literature/TheHost2008]]'': [[BodySnatcher Alien]] hangs out with humans and learns about ThePowerOfLove. There are no [[Literature/{{Twilight}} vampires]] present.

* ''[[spoiler:Ella and Friends]]'': A friendly girl, a girly girl, a ridiculously normal girl, a boy who everyone thinks is a genius, a crybaby obsessed with Batman, a weird boy, and a boy who is constantly threatening to beat people up go to school and unintentionally cause trouble, causing them to get constantly held back. Their attempts to solve their problems often involve [[PaperThinDisguise wearing fake beards]]. In the most well known book, they save their school from being bulldozed with an insect.