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