A book that goes back and forth between time periods: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North | A book with a talking animal | A Lambda Literary Award winner | The first book in a series with at least 3 books | 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 | 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 | A book recommended to you by someone at least ten years older or ten years younger than you | Any book! (Free space): The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach | A book involving an old wooden ship | 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: Drowning by T.J. Newman | 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: She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb |
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: I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb | A book with an elderly main character: The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras | A book translated from Spanish (or in Spanish) |