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