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