Your favoriteauthor’sfavoritebooksIgnyte awardsshortlist/longlist/winnerlistunder 500GoodreadsratingsActivismShortstoriesFinish abookyou’veDNFedNonfictionbook aboutintersectionalfeminismCompletedwebcomicGraphicnovel/comic/mangaRomancewithbisexualrepYA book byanIndigenousauthorPick a challengefrom any of theprevious years’challenges torepeat!You knownothingabout basedsolely on thecoverBook ofpoetry by aBIPOC orqueer authorCookbookcover tocoverHistoricalfiction bookset in anEasterncountryTranscharacterwritten by atrans authorNonfictionbook aboutBIPOCand/or queerhistoryListen to anaudiobookperformed by aperson of color ofa book written byan author of colorAn authorlocal toyouThat’s been challengedrecently in your schooldistrict/library OR readone of the most-challenged/bannedbooks of the year by aqueer and/or BIPOCauthor.Comic orgraphicnovel thatfeaturesdisability repSocialhorror,mystery, orthriller novelAnindependentlypublishedbook by aBIPOC authorYour favoriteauthor’sfavoritebooksIgnyte awardsshortlist/longlist/winnerlistunder 500GoodreadsratingsActivismShortstoriesFinish abookyou’veDNFedNonfictionbook aboutintersectionalfeminismCompletedwebcomicGraphicnovel/comic/mangaRomancewithbisexualrepYA book byanIndigenousauthorPick a challengefrom any of theprevious years’challenges torepeat!You knownothingabout basedsolely on thecoverBook ofpoetry by aBIPOC orqueer authorCookbookcover tocoverHistoricalfiction bookset in anEasterncountryTranscharacterwritten by atrans authorNonfictionbook aboutBIPOCand/or queerhistoryListen to anaudiobookperformed by aperson of color ofa book written byan author of colorAn authorlocal toyouThat’s been challengedrecently in your schooldistrict/library OR readone of the most-challenged/bannedbooks of the year by aqueer and/or BIPOCauthor.Comic orgraphicnovel thatfeaturesdisability repSocialhorror,mystery, orthriller novelAnindependentlypublishedbook by aBIPOC author

BOOK RIOT’S 2023 READ HARDER - 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. Your favorite author’s favorite books
  2. Ignyte awards shortlist /longlist/winner list
  3. under 500 Goodreads ratings
  4. Activism
  5. Short stories
  6. Finish a book you’ve DNFed
  7. Nonfiction book about intersectional feminism
  8. Completed webcomic
  9. Graphic novel/ comic/ manga
  10. Romance with bisexual rep
  11. YA book by an Indigenous author
  12. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
  13. You know nothing about based solely on the cover
  14. Book of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author
  15. Cookbook cover to cover
  16. Historical fiction book set in an Eastern country
  17. Trans character written by a trans author
  18. Nonfiction book about BIPOC and/or queer history
  19. Listen to an audiobook performed by a person of color of a book written by an author of color
  20. An author local to you
  21. That’s been challenged recently in your school district/library OR read one of the most-challenged/banned books of the year by a queer and/or BIPOC author.
  22. Comic or graphic novel that features disability rep
  23. Social horror, mystery, or thriller novel
  24. An independently published book by a BIPOC author