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 picture book
2. An author’s debut
3. A series of 3 or more books
4. Main character isn’t a human
5. A title with 5 or more words
6. A book with a wattpad-style cover
7. A book from a genre outside your comfort zone
8. A Historical Fiction
9. A book with a wedding
10. A book about books or libraries
11. Read to someone (furry friends count too!)
12. A nonfiction book
13. Takes place somewhere that is not Earth
14. A comedy
15. A biography
16. Has Dinosaurs or Kaiju
17. A book about a game
18. Self-Help book
19. Dark Academia
20. A book about a house
21. A book you bought at a local bookstore or book sale
22. A Historical Fiction
23. A book originally published not in English
24. A book you’ve heard of on TV or social media
25. A secondhand book
26. A book over 500 pages
27. A book published in 1995
28. An audiobook
29. A banned book
30. A book by an author you’d never heard of
31. An impulse purchase book
32. A book where your favorite character wasn’t the main character
33. Set in the Future (or makes a prediction about the future for Nonfiction)
34. A book of poetry
35. Read a book in one day
36. A book written by a female author
37. A cozy book
38. A book with a red cover
39. A book with a wedding
40. A mystery/thriller that doesn’t start with a murder
41. A holiday read
42. A domestic thriller
43. A book from a high school reading list
44. A book with a ghostwriter
45. A seasonally appropriate book (not holiday)
46. A book with a wattpad-style cover
47. A paperback
48. A book that was adapted into a movie or TV show
49. A book you’ve never read by a favorite author
50. A mystery/ thriller that doesn’t start with a murder
51. A book about books or libraries
52. A (blank) of (blank) and (blank)
53. A book by an Ohio author
54. An award-winning book
55. A book originally published in a language other than English
56. A book originally written under a pen name
57. A book you think might scare you
58. A book with a pretty cover
59. A book with a love triangle
60. A novella
61. A graphic novel
62. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
63. A recommended book
64. A book you’ve been putting off
65. Dad Lit (Mass market thriller)
66. A classic
67. A short story from a collection
68. A book from the Elyria catalog home page lists
69. A book titled with someone’s name
70. A book set in a country that is not America
71. A book with a supernatural character