2026 Book Bingo Brainstorming

[kingstoken]

Wow, the end of the year approaches, which means planning for next year's book bingo! (Good news, I'm very close to being finished my bingo card, only one square left to go, which I'm pretty sure I can read/listen to one book before the end of the year.)

This is the list with substitutions from last year:

*Over 300 Pages
*Book in Series
*LGBTQ+
*From your TBR
*Recommended
*POC Author
*Multiple POVs
*YA/Children's
*ebook/Audiobook
*Classic/Retelling
*Female Author
*Sci-fi/Fantasy
*Free Space
*Anthology/Collection
*Biography/Memoir
*Friendship
*Banned Book
*Name in the Title
*Movie/TV Tie-in
*With a Woman Protagonist
*From the Library
*Thriller/Suspense
*Set Somewhere You've Been
*Crime/Mystery
*Non-Human POV
*Author you've never read before
*Book older then you are
*Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling
*Graphic novel or Comic
*Pet or Animal Companion
*A main character over the age of 30
*Under 100 Pages
*Romance Plot or Sub-plot
*Translated
*Humour
*Non- fiction
*With a Blue Cover
*Horror or Paranormal
*Colour in the Title
*Seasonal Read
*Book made into a film or tv series
*Historical (fiction or non-fiction)
*Number in title
*Female author
*Three word title
*Craft, Hobby or Cookbook
*Written by an author from your state or country
*Animal on the cover
*Disability or Mental health
*Read a book from the year you were born
*Mythology
*Title begins with first letter of your name
*Dystopian
*Book mentioned in another book
*Diverse reads
*One word title
*Award Winning/Bestseller
*Disabled Author
*Non-western Setting
*Set in your state/country
*Title is at Least Five Words Long
*indigenous author
*Has illustrations (but not a comic or graphic novel)
*Set at a school/university
*No sex/romance
*Re-read
*A favourite author blurbed it
*Figures without facial features on the cover
*First Person POV
*Job/Profession in the title

If you have any suggestions please comment on this post and I will add them to the list.  Then in a few days I will make the 2026 Bingo card!

Comments

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

What a great list!

>>If you have any suggestions please comment on this post and I will add them to the list.<<

There are lots of book bingo cards and lists in the Reading Challenges post over on goals_on_dw. You could find more ideas there.

>>Then in a few days I will make the 2026 Bingo card!<<

You're welcome to add your bingo to the above list if you want -- just comment with a link when you have posted the card.

There's a Bingo Card Generator if you want to automate one.

Re: Thoughts

[kingstoken]

Thank you, I'll check those out.

[smallhobbit]

There's such a great list I can't think of any other category. Looking forward to it as always 😃

[kingstoken]

Yay! Glad to have you back for another year!

[cornerofmadness]

A friend of mine sent me this from a review groups 2025 bingo (for romance) but some are amusing and aren't romance specific. You might like a few of them https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/12/sbtb-2025-unhinged-romance-bingo/

[kingstoken]

Thank you! Some of those are funny, but I think a couple of them with some tweaking could work.

[the_other_sandy]

Looking forward to the new bingo card!

Suggestion: Job/Profession in the title (e.g., The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill, Librarian Tales, The Eighth Detective, etc.)

[kingstoken]

Oh, that's a good one. I shall at it to the list.

[the_other_sandy]

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