(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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A book set in the Victorian era or written by a Victorian writer (Queen Victoria was born 203 years ago this month).
A book by Daphne du Maurier, who was born on 13 May, 1907.
A book with a mostly green cover (May’s birthstone is the emerald).
A novel with a main character whose name starts with ‘M’.
A book with a lily on the front cover, the word ‘lily’ in the title, or written by someone called Lily (the lily of the valley is the traditional flower of May).
A book that features a maypole or morris dancing, on the cover or as a significant part of the book (May Day is a traditional celebration which includes these dances).
A book set in Anglo-Saxon England (to mark 1287 years since the death of the Venerable Bede).
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A book featuring twins (the sun enters Gemini, from 21 May).
A book with a working class protagonist or narrator (May is Working Class History Month).
A book about a psychologist or psychology (Sigmund Freud would have been 166 this month).
A book about journalism or a journalist (3 May is International Press Freedom Day).
A book with the word ‘may’ in the title.
A book set in Oxford or written by someone who studied there (which has its own quirky May morning celebration on 1 May).
A book by Arthur Conan Doyle, born on 22 May, 1859.
A book set in any country in the European Union (9 May is Europe Day).
