nature/wildernesssettingredherringcreepychildrenstoryaboutsiblingsprotagonistactssuspiciousfor noreasonisolatedhousedinnerpartysceneone or morecharactersexplicitlydescribed asa psychopathcollege orprivateschoolsetting"she was actuallydreaming/imaginingthings the wholetime!"two peopleare actuallyone personpolice areincompetentsmalltownvibeseveryonesuspectsthe wrongpersonsomeonedisappearsunnecessarymisogynypovchangemidwaythroughsomethingthat happenedyears agogets revealedlater onpets areactingweirdcheatingprotagonistmakes badchoicesinvolvingtheir safetythe villainis alwaysone stepaheadDualpovUnreliablenarratorepilogue withthe protagonistmoving on fromthe events of thenovelpodcastthespouse isthe villainsupernatural/unexplainedelementplottwistintensescenefeaturing theprotagonistdrivingsomeonecomes backfrom thedead or"dead"plothole"she let out abreath shedidn't knowshe washolding"mentalillnessused as aplot devicenature/wildernesssettingredherringcreepychildrenstoryaboutsiblingsprotagonistactssuspiciousfor noreasonisolatedhousedinnerpartysceneone or morecharactersexplicitlydescribed asa psychopathcollege orprivateschoolsetting"she was actuallydreaming/imaginingthings the wholetime!"two peopleare actuallyone personpolice areincompetentsmalltownvibeseveryonesuspectsthe wrongpersonsomeonedisappearsunnecessarymisogynypovchangemidwaythroughsomethingthat happenedyears agogets revealedlater onpets areactingweirdcheatingprotagonistmakes badchoicesinvolvingtheir safetythe villainis alwaysone stepaheadDualpovUnreliablenarratorepilogue withthe protagonistmoving on fromthe events of thenovelpodcastthespouse isthe villainsupernatural/unexplainedelementplottwistintensescenefeaturing theprotagonistdrivingsomeonecomes backfrom thedead or"dead"plothole"she let out abreath shedidn't knowshe washolding"mentalillnessused as aplot device

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