2022 BOTY Lists - 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.

1. already stressed about 2023 most anticipated lists
2. "best of the year lists DON'T matter"
3. "best of the year lists DO matter"
4. ctrl+f [your title]: "results not found" (FREE)
5. "a tumultuous year in publishing"
6. increasingly specific subcategories
7. ads that take up 90% of the page
8. US publications using the UK cover
9. angry tweets about BOTY lists
10. surprising debut that actually deserves the praise
11. no mention of international literature beyond annie ernaux
12. "you've reached your monthly article limit"
13. exactly one poetry or short story collection
14. happy tweets about BOTY lists
15. 80% PRH titles
16. mediocre bestseller included bc of sales
17. not sure if the guardian counts for US media
18. books you will buy but never read
19. another celebrity memoir
20. amazon links
21. largehearted boy's list of lists
22. "timely" political nonfiction
23. "best books of the year (according to amazon)"
24. the same 5 books top every list
25. "cancelled" author still makes the cut