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