| A book that goes back and forth between time periods: The Savage Detective by Roberto Bolaño | A book with a talking animal | A Lambda Literary Award winner | The first book in a series with at least 3 books: The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo | 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: The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng | 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: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride | A book recommended to you by someone at least ten years older or ten years younger than you: All Systems Red by Martha Wells | Any book! (Free space) | A book involving an old wooden ship: Babel: An Arcane History by R. F. Kuang | 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 McMasters Guide to Homicide: Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes | 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 |
| A history of something | A book set in a place you want to travel to: Australia (Granta 70) by Multiple | A book with a title that is a complete sentence: They’re a Weird Mob by Nino Culotta | A book with an elderly main character: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson | A book translated from Spanish (or in Spanish): Tomorrow in the Battle Think On Me by Javier Marias |