police areincompetentisolatedhouse"she was actuallydreaming/imaginingthings the wholetime!"thespouse isthe villainsmalltownvibesredherringone or morecharactersexplicitlydescribed asa psychopathpets areactingweirdstoryaboutsiblingsprotagonistactssuspiciousfor noreasonprotagonistmakes badchoicesinvolvingtheir safetysomethingthat happenedyears agogets revealedlater onthe villainis alwaysone stepaheadDualpovpovchangemidwaythroughunnecessarymisogynysupernatural/unexplainedelementnature/wildernesssettingsomeonecomes backfrom thedead or"dead"plothole"she let out abreath shedidn't knowshe washolding"intensescenefeaturing theprotagonistdrivingepilogue withthe protagonistmoving on fromthe events of thenovelsomeonedisappearscollege orprivateschoolsettingmentalillnessused as aplot deviceeveryonesuspectsthe wrongpersonUnreliablenarratordinnerpartyscenecheatingcreepychildrenplottwistpodcasttwo peopleare actuallyone personpolice areincompetentisolatedhouse"she was actuallydreaming/imaginingthings the wholetime!"thespouse isthe villainsmalltownvibesredherringone or morecharactersexplicitlydescribed asa psychopathpets areactingweirdstoryaboutsiblingsprotagonistactssuspiciousfor noreasonprotagonistmakes badchoicesinvolvingtheir safetysomethingthat happenedyears agogets revealedlater onthe villainis alwaysone stepaheadDualpovpovchangemidwaythroughunnecessarymisogynysupernatural/unexplainedelementnature/wildernesssettingsomeonecomes backfrom thedead or"dead"plothole"she let out abreath shedidn't knowshe washolding"intensescenefeaturing theprotagonistdrivingepilogue withthe protagonistmoving on fromthe events of thenovelsomeonedisappearscollege orprivateschoolsettingmentalillnessused as aplot deviceeveryonesuspectsthe wrongpersonUnreliablenarratordinnerpartyscenecheatingcreepychildrenplottwistpodcasttwo peopleare actuallyone person

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