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