| A book that goes back and forth between time periods | A book with a talking animal | A Lambda Literary Award winner | The first book in a series with at least 3 books: The Sweetness at the bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley | 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): Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders | A book of poetry published in the year 2000 or later | A book set in a country house: The Dutch House by Anne Patchett | 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: Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride | A book recommended to you by someone at least ten years older or ten years younger than you: Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Any book! (Free space): The Street by Ann Petry | A book involving an old wooden ship: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley | A book on Vulture’s Best Books of 2023 list |
| A book by a woman of the South Asian diaspora | A book by an author with three or fewer published books: The Gospel of Orla by Eoghan Walls | A play by someone other than Shakespeare: Our Town by Thornton Wilder | Read one of a friend’s favorite books from childhood | A book with a body of water on the cover: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese |
| A history of something | 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: The Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts | A book translated from Spanish (or in Spanish) |