• shagdalen read Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb [A family member — Recommendations board]
• thetaylorcarr read little bosses everywhere: how the pyramid scheme shaped america by bridget read [A blurb on the cover — Recommendations board]
• thetaylorcarr read how to commit a post-colonial murder by nina mcconigley [A debut novel published this year — 2026 board]
• JPWeaver read The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai [A book by a Nobel Prize winner — 2026 board]
• john read The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett [A book with a drink on the cover or in the title — 2026 board]
• meegan read Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk [A book by a Nobel Prize winner — 2026 board]
• nathan read God’s Country by Percival Everett [An alternate history book — 2026 board]
• bookliz read Fun Home by Alison Bechdel [A book adapted into a stage production (play, musical, opera) — 2026 board]
• silby read Morality by Bernard Williams [A book from a used book store — 2026 board]
• shagdalen read Gliff by Ali Smith [A book you learned about from a stranger on the Internet — 2026 board]
• patrickhogan read ~~ story of your life by ted chiang [A Hugo Award or Nebula Award winning book — 2026 board]
• rsilbe read The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett [A Hugo Award or Nebula Award winning book — 2026 board]
• tato read A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon [Korean — Translations board]
• tato read A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon [A book translated from Chinese, Japanese, or Korean — 2026 board]
• Peyduck read The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith [A book a friend wants you to read — 2026 board]
• jules read The Dead Mountaineer’s Inn by Boris & Arkady Strugatsky [Someone ten years older than you — Recommendations board]
• jules read The Dead Mountaineer’s Inn by Boris & Arkady Strugatsky [Russian — Translations board]
• jules read The Dead Mountaineer’s Inn by Boris & Arkady Strugatsky [A book about a vacation — 2026 board]
• nance read The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni [A book by an author you’ve never read before, blurbed by an author you love — 2026 board]
• rsilbe read Question 7 by Richard Flanagan [A book review — Recommendations board]
• nathan read The English Teacher by Lily King [A book about books — 2025 board] and got a bingo!
• lisa read A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places by Christopher Brown [A non-fiction book on a topic that interested you had as a child — 2026 board]
• sneedles read A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles [A book with a movie or tv adaptation that you’ve already seen — 2025 board]
• sneedles read Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros [A book a friend wants you to read — 2026 board]
• MegTurls read I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman [Read a book with a book club (or make a one-off book club and read a book with a friend) — 2025 board]
• MegTurls read Katabasis by R. F. Kuang [A book about an off-putting woman — 2026 board]
• mclark read A Slowly Dying Cause by Elizabeth George [A book centered on one or more sibling relationships — 2026 board]
• tato read The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older [A science fiction/speculative fiction book — 2025 board]
• bookliz read The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk [A book with a time of day in the title (day, night, morning, dawn, dusk, etc.) — 2025 board] and got a bingo!
• rsilbe read The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat [A book a friend wants you to read — 2025 board] and got a bingo!
• silby read On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle [A book first translated into English in the last five years — 2025 board] and got blackout bingo!
• thetaylorcarr read to anyone who ever asks: the life music and mystery of connie converse by howard fishman [A book with a ghost in it — 2025 board]
• JPWeaver read Moby Dick by Herman Melville [A book about a specific/niche subculture — 2025 board] and got blackout bingo!
• mclark read Storm Watch by C.J. Box [A Western — 2025 board] and got a bingo!
• john read The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie [A book with a movie or tv adaptation that you’ve already seen — 2025 board]
• meegan read Clandestine in Chile by Gabriel García Márquez [FREE SPACE (Any book) — 2025 board] and got blackout bingo!
• jstolze read Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro [A book on the NYT’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list — 2025 board] and got blackout bingo!
• jules read True Grit by Charles Portis [A Western — 2025 board] and got blackout bingo!
• nance read Hell’s Angels by Hunter S. Thompson [A book about a specific/niche subculture — 2025 board] and got blackout bingo!
• shagdalen read Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney [Pick and read a book off of a friend’s shelf without their input — 2025 board] and got blackout bingo!
• Peyduck read Fire Punch by Tatsuki Fujimoto [A book with an important tree — 2025 board] and got blackout bingo!
• patrickhogan read no one is talking about this by patricia lockwood [A novel by a poet — 2025 board] and got a bingo!
• lisa read Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte [A book on Time’s The 100 Must Read Books of 2024 list — 2025 board]

A book by an author you read (or were supposed to read) in school	A book about an artist	An alternate history book	A book from a used book store	A non-fiction book on a topic that interested you had as a child
Have a friend choose a genre for you; read a book in that genre	A book with the name of a city in the title (must be referring to the city)	A book by a Nobel Prize winner	A book adapted into a stage production (play, musical, opera)	A book on Time’s The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 list
A book featuring a lighthouse	A book you learned about from a stranger on the Internet	FREE SPACE (any book)	A book about a vacation	A book with a drink on the cover or in the title
A book centered on one or more sibling relationships	A Hugo Award or Nebula Award winning book	A book translated from Chinese, Japanese, or Korean	A book by an author you’ve never read before, blurbed by an author you love	A book a friend wants you to read
A debut novel published this year	A book that’s in the public domain	A book set in the last place you traveled to	A book with “murder” or “death” in the title	A book about an off-putting woman