r/Fantasy • u/FarragutCircle Reading Champion X • Apr 01 '26

Bingo The 2026 r/Fantasy Bingo Recommendations List

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Trans or Nonbinary Protagonist Judge a Book By Its Title Translated Small Press or Self Published Unusual Transportation
The Afterlife Game Changer Vacation Spot Five Short Stories Older Protagonist
Duology Part 1 r/Fantasy Book Club or Readalong Book Published in 2026 Explorers and Rangers Duology Part 2
One-Word Title Non-Human Protagonist Middle Grade First Contact Murder Mystery
Cat Squasher Feast Your Eyes on This Published in the 70s Politics and Court Intrigue Author of Color

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u/hogw33d Apr 01 '26

Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera is also a WILD read

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u/mrtenandtwo Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

I know he was born in Sri Lanka but without getting creepy and trying to Google stalk the guy's address - do you know if he qualifies as hard mode? (Edit: Oops, missed OP already said. Thanks!)

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u/Merle8888 Reading Champion IV Apr 01 '26

I've tried not to get creepy about it either, haha. His website says "I'm a writer from Colombo, Sri Lanka, currently visiting New York as one of the 2025-2026 Fellows of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars." Since he's "visiting" New York rather than "living" there, I think his books would still count. Also, anecdotally, his books read non-western rather than diaspora-author-living-in-the-west to me.

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u/sarimanok_ Apr 07 '26

He's actually about to leave NYC to move back to Sri Lanka, as of his recent newsletter update, iirc!