mentalillnessused as aplot deviceunnecessarymisogynyredherringthespouse isthe villaincollege orprivateschoolsettingsupernatural/unexplainedelementtwo peopleare actuallyone personepilogue withthe protagonistmoving on fromthe events of thenovelUnreliablenarratorpolice areincompetentsomethingthat happenedyears agogets revealedlater onpovchangemidwaythroughplottwistone or morecharactersexplicitlydescribed asa psychopaththe villainis alwaysone stepaheadDualpovsomeonecomes backfrom thedead or"dead"Free!"she was actuallydreaming/imaginingthings the wholetime!"dinnerpartyscenenature/wildernesssettingprotagonistmakes badchoicesinvolvingtheir safetyplotholeeveryonesuspectsthe wrongpersonsomeonedisappearscreepychildrenisolatedhouse"she let out abreath shedidn't knowshe washolding"protagonistactssuspiciousfor noreasonpodcastintensescenefeaturing theprotagonistdrivingsmalltownvibescheatingstoryaboutsiblingspets areactingweirdmentalillnessused as aplot deviceunnecessarymisogynyredherringthespouse isthe villaincollege orprivateschoolsettingsupernatural/unexplainedelementtwo peopleare actuallyone personepilogue withthe protagonistmoving on fromthe events of thenovelUnreliablenarratorpolice areincompetentsomethingthat happenedyears agogets revealedlater onpovchangemidwaythroughplottwistone or morecharactersexplicitlydescribed asa psychopaththe villainis alwaysone stepaheadDualpovsomeonecomes backfrom thedead or"dead"Free!"she was actuallydreaming/imaginingthings the wholetime!"dinnerpartyscenenature/wildernesssettingprotagonistmakes badchoicesinvolvingtheir safetyplotholeeveryonesuspectsthe wrongpersonsomeonedisappearscreepychildrenisolatedhouse"she let out abreath shedidn't knowshe washolding"protagonistactssuspiciousfor noreasonpodcastintensescenefeaturing theprotagonistdrivingsmalltownvibescheatingstoryaboutsiblingspets areactingweird

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