| A book that goes back and forth between time periods: The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry | A book with a talking animal | A Lambda Literary Award winner: Lost & Found by Kathryn Schulz | The first book in a series with at least 3 books: The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi | The oldest book (by original publication year) you own and haven’t read: January Thaw by Bellamy Partridge |
| A book you learned about from someone else’s bingo board (any year): Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata | A book of poetry published in the year 2000 or later | A book set in a country house: North Woods by Daniel Mason | A book by an author you love but who you haven’t read in over five years : Absolution by Alice McDermott | A book that’s a retelling of a myth/fable/fairytale/legend
: Bear by Julia Phillips |
| A book with a moon, a star, or a planet in its title: Raft of Stars by Andew Graff | A book recommended to you by someone at least ten years older or ten years younger than you: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry | Any book! (Free space): The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer | A book involving an old wooden ship: The Wager by David Grann | A book on Vulture’s Best Books of 2023 list: Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus |
| A book by a woman of the South Asian diaspora: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See | A book by an author with three or fewer published books: Trust by Hernan Diaz | A play by someone other than Shakespeare: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams | Read one of a friend’s favorite books from childhood: Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume | A book with a body of water on the cover: Haven by Emma Donaghue |
| A history of something: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann | A book set in a place you want to travel to: Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark | A book with a title that is a complete sentence: What You Are Looking For is in the Libraray by Mishiko Aoyama | A book with an elderly main character: West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge | A book translated from Spanish (or in Spanish): The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon |