| A book that goes back and forth between time periods: Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay by William Boyd | A book with a talking animal | A Lambda Literary Award winner | The first book in a series with at least 3 books: The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville | 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 | A book set in a country house: Murder on the Moor by C.S. Challinor | 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: Quench the Moon by Walter Mackin | A book recommended to you by someone at least ten years older or ten years younger than you | Any book! (Free space): Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead | A book involving an old wooden ship: The Secret River by Kate Grenville | 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: Grist Mill Road by Christopher J. Yates | A play by someone other than Shakespeare | Read one of a friend’s favorite books from childhood | A book with a body of water on the cover: The Romantic by William Boyd |
| A history of something: The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding by Robert Hughes | A book set in a place you want to travel to: Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese | A book with a title that is a complete sentence | A book with an elderly main character: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout | A book translated from Spanish (or in Spanish) |