literary fictionby a BIPOC,LGBTQIA+,and/or disabledauthorbookaboutobsessionwordlesscomicbook about apiece of mediayou love (a TVshow, a movie,a band, etc)romancebook thatdoesn’t havean illustratedcoverA book thatsomeone elsehasrecommendedto youbook thattakesplace inAsiastandalonefantasybookqueermysteryholidayromancethat isn’tChristmasbookbasedsolely onits setting“cozy”book by aBIPOCauthor.book aboutimmigrationor refugeesbook aboutlittle-knownhistorynonfictionbook aboutnature or theenvironmentbookabout amoralpanicthe first bookin a completedyoung adult ormiddle gradeduology2025release bya BIPOCauthorbanned bookand complete atask on BookRiot’s How toFight BookBans guidegenre-blendingbookcomic intranslationqueernormbookwork ofweirdhorrorstaff pick froman indiebookstore(Preferably, fromyour local indiebookstore.)literary fictionby a BIPOC,LGBTQIA+,and/or disabledauthorbookaboutobsessionwordlesscomicbook about apiece of mediayou love (a TVshow, a movie,a band, etc)romancebook thatdoesn’t havean illustratedcoverA book thatsomeone elsehasrecommendedto youbook thattakesplace inAsiastandalonefantasybookqueermysteryholidayromancethat isn’tChristmasbookbasedsolely onits setting“cozy”book by aBIPOCauthor.book aboutimmigrationor refugeesbook aboutlittle-knownhistorynonfictionbook aboutnature or theenvironmentbookabout amoralpanicthe first bookin a completedyoung adult ormiddle gradeduology2025release bya BIPOCauthorbanned bookand complete atask on BookRiot’s How toFight BookBans guidegenre-blendingbookcomic intranslationqueernormbookwork ofweirdhorrorstaff pick froman indiebookstore(Preferably, fromyour local indiebookstore.)

2025 Book Riot 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. literary fiction by a BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and/or disabled author
  2. book about obsession
  3. wordless comic
  4. book about a piece of media you love (a TV show, a movie, a band, etc)
  5. romance book that doesn’t have an illustrated cover
  6. A book that someone else has recommended to you
  7. book that takes place in Asia
  8. standalone fantasy book
  9. queer mystery
  10. holiday romance that isn’t Christmas
  11. book based solely on its setting
  12. “cozy” book by a BIPOC author.
  13. book about immigration or refugees
  14. book about little-known history
  15. nonfiction book about nature or the environment
  16. book about a moral panic
  17. the first book in a completed young adult or middle grade duology
  18. 2025 release by a BIPOC author
  19. banned book and complete a task on Book Riot’s How to Fight Book Bans guide
  20. genre-blending book
  21. comic in translation
  22. queernorm book
  23. work of weird horror
  24. staff pick from an indie bookstore( Preferably, from your local indie bookstore.)