police areincompetentpovchangemidwaythroughthespouse isthe villaintwo peopleare actuallyone personsomeonedisappearssomeonecomes backfrom thedead or"dead"creepychildrennature/wildernesssettingFree!pets areactingweirdplotholecheatingprotagonistmakes badchoicesinvolvingtheir safetyprotagonistactssuspiciousfor noreasonstoryaboutsiblingsepilogue withthe protagonistmoving on fromthe events of thenovelplottwistdinnerpartysceneeveryonesuspectsthe wrongpersonunnecessarymisogynysupernatural/unexplainedelementredherringpodcastUnreliablenarratorsomethingthat happenedyears agogets revealedlater onDualpovisolatedhouseone or morecharactersexplicitlydescribed asa psychopath"she let out abreath shedidn't knowshe washolding"college orprivateschoolsettingintensescenefeaturing theprotagonistdrivingsmalltownvibes"she was actuallydreaming/imaginingthings the wholetime!"the villainis alwaysone stepaheadmentalillnessused as aplot devicepolice areincompetentpovchangemidwaythroughthespouse isthe villaintwo peopleare actuallyone personsomeonedisappearssomeonecomes backfrom thedead or"dead"creepychildrennature/wildernesssettingFree!pets areactingweirdplotholecheatingprotagonistmakes badchoicesinvolvingtheir safetyprotagonistactssuspiciousfor noreasonstoryaboutsiblingsepilogue withthe protagonistmoving on fromthe events of thenovelplottwistdinnerpartysceneeveryonesuspectsthe wrongpersonunnecessarymisogynysupernatural/unexplainedelementredherringpodcastUnreliablenarratorsomethingthat happenedyears agogets revealedlater onDualpovisolatedhouseone or morecharactersexplicitlydescribed asa psychopath"she let out abreath shedidn't knowshe washolding"college orprivateschoolsettingintensescenefeaturing theprotagonistdrivingsmalltownvibes"she was actuallydreaming/imaginingthings the wholetime!"the villainis alwaysone stepaheadmentalillnessused as aplot device

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