MicrohistoryBookabout acult/cultsQueerPictureBookWritten byan AfricanAuthorNonfictionBookaboutResistanceBookwritten bya deafauthorWritten byanIntersexauthorNonfictionComicWrittenby alibrarianNonviolentTrueCrimeBookBook RecentlyAdapted forFilm/TV/MusicalShortstoriesSet inSpaceGraphicnovel/comic/mangaNonfictionbook aboutAI or socialmediaRomantasybook aboutBIPOCand/or queercharacterYA bookby aLatineAuthorA work ofmagicalrealism orfabulismGothic novelpublished inthe last ten(10) yearsPick achallenge fromany of theprevious years’challenges torepeat!Featuredon a BestCoversListSports bookbya woman,trans, ornonbinarywriterMC whousesthey/thempronounsGenreBook inTranslationMicrohistoryBookabout acult/cultsQueerPictureBookWritten byan AfricanAuthorNonfictionBookaboutResistanceBookwritten bya deafauthorWritten byanIntersexauthorNonfictionComicWrittenby alibrarianNonviolentTrueCrimeBookBook RecentlyAdapted forFilm/TV/MusicalShortstoriesSet inSpaceGraphicnovel/comic/mangaNonfictionbook aboutAI or socialmediaRomantasybook aboutBIPOCand/or queercharacterYA bookby aLatineAuthorA work ofmagicalrealism orfabulismGothic novelpublished inthe last ten(10) yearsPick achallenge fromany of theprevious years’challenges torepeat!Featuredon a BestCoversListSports bookbya woman,trans, ornonbinarywriterMC whousesthey/thempronounsGenreBook inTranslation

BOOK RIOT’S 2026 READ HARDER - 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.


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  1. Microhistory
  2. Book about a cult/cults
  3. Queer Picture Book
  4. Written by an African Author
  5. Nonfiction Book about Resistance
  6. Book written by a deaf author
  7. Written by an Intersex author
  8. Nonfiction Comic
  9. Written by a librarian
  10. Nonviolent True Crime Book
  11. Book Recently Adapted for Film/TV/Musical
  12. Short stories
  13. Set in Space
  14. Graphic novel/ comic/ manga
  15. Nonfiction book about AI or social media
  16. Romantasy book about BIPOC and/or queer character
  17. YA book by a Latine Author
  18. A work of magical realism or fabulism
  19. Gothic novel published in the last ten (10) years
  20. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
  21. Featured on a Best Covers List
  22. Sports bookby a woman, trans, or nonbinary writer
  23. MC who uses they/them pronouns
  24. Genre Book in Translation