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