| A book that goes back and forth between time periods: Happy Place by Emily Henry | A book with a talking animal: Open Throat by Henry Hoke | A Lambda Literary Award winner | The first book in a series with at least 3 books: A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos | 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 | A book by an author you love but who you haven’t read in over five years : Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury | 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 Mars Room by Rachel Kushner | A book recommended to you by someone at least ten years older or ten years younger than you: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson | Any book! (Free space): Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan | A book involving an old wooden ship: The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton | A book on Vulture’s Best Books of 2023 list: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton |
| A book by a woman of the South Asian diaspora: A Burning by Megha Majumdar | A book by an author with three or fewer published books: The Club by Ellery Lloyd | 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 City We Became by N.K. Jemisin |
| A history of something : The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said | A book set in a place you want to travel to | A book with a title that is a complete sentence: Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey | A book with an elderly main character | A book translated from Spanish (or in Spanish) |