A book that goes back and forth between time periods: How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue | A book with a talking animal | A Lambda Literary Award winner | The first book in a series with at least 3 books | The oldest book (by original publication year) you own and haven’t read |
A book you learned about from someone else’s bingo board (any year) | A book of poetry published in the year 2000 or later: Above Ground by Clint Smith | A book set in a country house: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver | A book by an author you love but who you haven’t read in over five years | A book that’s a retelling of a myth/fable/fairytale/legend
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A book with a moon, a star, or a planet in its title: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage and the Origins of the FBI by David Grann | A book recommended to you by someone at least ten years older or ten years younger than you: Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah | Any book! (Free space): The Wilderness That Bears Your Name by James Pearson | A book involving an old wooden ship | A book on Vulture’s Best Books of 2023 list: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin |
A book by a woman of the South Asian diaspora: World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil | A book by an author with three or fewer published books: The Hail Mary Project by Andy Weir | A play by someone other than Shakespeare: A Raisin In the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry | Read one of a friend’s favorite books from childhood | A book with a body of water on the cover: A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders |
A history of something: How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr | A book set in a place you want to travel to | A book with a title that is a complete sentence | A book with an elderly main character | A book translated from Spanish (or in Spanish) |