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Thriller/Mystery/Horror Novel Bingo - Call List

(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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  1. something that happened years ago gets revealed later on
  2. "she let out a breath she didn't know she was holding"
  3. nature/wilderness setting
  4. small town vibes
  5. protagonist acts suspicious for no reason
  6. Dual pov
  7. one or more characters explicitly described as a psychopath
  8. plot twist
  9. cheating
  10. epilogue with the protagonist moving on from the events of the novel
  11. everyone suspects the wrong person
  12. police are incompetent
  13. someone comes back from the dead or "dead"
  14. intense scene featuring the protagonist driving
  15. isolated house
  16. creepy children
  17. the villain is always one step ahead
  18. podcast
  19. unnecessary misogyny
  20. "she was actually dreaming/imagining things the whole time!"
  21. pets are acting weird
  22. supernatural/unexplained element
  23. mental illness used as a plot device
  24. someone disappears
  25. red herring
  26. pov change midway through
  27. two people are actually one person
  28. the spouse is the villain
  29. college or private school setting
  30. story about siblings
  31. dinner party scene
  32. Unreliable narrator
  33. protagonist makes bad choices involving their safety
  34. plot hole