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