book aboutlittle-knownhistorybook about apiece of mediayou love (a TVshow, a movie,a band, etc)queermysterystaff pick froman indiebookstore(Preferably, fromyour local indiebookstore.)“cozy”book by aBIPOCauthor.banned bookand complete atask on BookRiot’s How toFight BookBans guidegenre-blendingbookA book thatsomeone elsehasrecommendedto youstandalonefantasybookthe first bookin a completedyoung adult ormiddle gradeduologycomic intranslationbook aboutimmigrationor refugeesbookbasedsolely onits settingqueernormbookholidayromancethat isn’tChristmas2025release bya BIPOCauthorliterary fictionby a BIPOC,LGBTQIA+,and/or disabledauthornonfictionbook aboutnature or theenvironmentbookaboutobsessionwordlesscomicwork ofweirdhorrorbookabout amoralpanicbook thattakesplace inAsiaromancebook thatdoesn’t havean illustratedcoverbook aboutlittle-knownhistorybook about apiece of mediayou love (a TVshow, a movie,a band, etc)queermysterystaff pick froman indiebookstore(Preferably, fromyour local indiebookstore.)“cozy”book by aBIPOCauthor.banned bookand complete atask on BookRiot’s How toFight BookBans guidegenre-blendingbookA book thatsomeone elsehasrecommendedto youstandalonefantasybookthe first bookin a completedyoung adult ormiddle gradeduologycomic intranslationbook aboutimmigrationor refugeesbookbasedsolely onits settingqueernormbookholidayromancethat isn’tChristmas2025release bya BIPOCauthorliterary fictionby a BIPOC,LGBTQIA+,and/or disabledauthornonfictionbook aboutnature or theenvironmentbookaboutobsessionwordlesscomicwork ofweirdhorrorbookabout amoralpanicbook thattakesplace inAsiaromancebook thatdoesn’t havean illustratedcover

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