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