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