| A book that goes back and forth between time periods: The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada | A book with a talking animal: His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik | A Lambda Literary Award winner | The first book in a series with at least 3 books: All Systems Red by Martha Wells | 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 Girls by John Bowen | 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
: The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager |
| 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) | 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: Pond by Claire-Louise Bennet | 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 | A book with a title that is a complete sentence: How To Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu | A book with an elderly main character | A book translated from Spanish (or in Spanish) |