Book Bingo 2026 - 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. A comedy
2. A book from a genre outside your comfort zone
3. Has Dinosaurs or Kaiju
4. A book about a game
5. A book you think might scare you
6. A book with a love triangle
7. A book you bought at a local bookstore or book sale
8. A holiday read
9. A book with a supernatural character
10. A graphic novel
11. An author’s debut
12. A book with a wattpad-style cover
13. Set in the Future (or makes a prediction about the future for Nonfiction)
14. A book from a high school reading list
15. A recommended book
16. A book you’ve never read by a favorite author
17. Takes place somewhere that is not Earth
18. A title with 5 or more words
19. A book with a wedding
20. A banned book
21. A book by an author you’d never heard of
22. A novella
23. A book where your favorite character wasn’t the main character
24. A secondhand book
25. A paperback
26. Read to someone (furry friends count too!)
27. A (blank) of (blank) and (blank)
28. A book about a house
29. A book written by a female author
30. Main character isn’t a human
31. Read a book with a red cover
32. A book where the title is someone’s name
33. An audiobook
34. A biography
35. Celebrity Book Club Pick
36. A book originally written under a pen name
37. A domestic thriller
38. A retelling
39. Dark Academia
40. A classic
41. A series of 3 or more books
42. Independently published
43. A book over 500 pages
44. A book written by an author of color
45. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
46. Read a book with a coworker (Asynchronous)
47. A mystery/thriller that doesn’t start with a murder
48. A book that was adapted into a movie or TV show
49. Dad Lit (Mass market thriller)
50. An award-winning book
51. A nonfiction book
52. A book with a pretty cover
53. An impulse purchase book
54. A reread
55. A book by an Ohio author
56. Read a book in one day
57. A book published the year you were born
58. A book of poetry
59. A short story from a collection
60. A book you’ve heard of on TV or social media
61. A seasonally appropriate book (not holiday)
62. A cozy book
63. A book originally published in a language other than English
64. A Historical Fiction
65. A book about books or libraries
66. Self-Help book
67. A book you’ve been putting off
68. A book set in a country that is not America
69. A book from the Elyria catalog home page lists
70. A book with a ghostwriter
71. A picture book