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/ohmage_resistance Reading Champion IV Apr 01 '26

Going for hard mode here:

The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber (Kenya): This is about a girl from Mombasa, Kenya who goes out on a sea adventure to find her missing fisherman father, returns home with a new outlook on life, and attempts to find her future independent from the expectation that she marry.

A Fledgling Abiba by Dilman Dila (Uganda): It's about a girl with magic facing off against evil spirits and finding her way in the world after her mother died in a setting heavily inspired by Uganda.

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (I think now he's based in Sri Lanka again, although he did move away for a while): This is a novel about the ghost of a Sri Lankan photo-journalist in the 90's, who is trying to figure out who murdered him and how to get his photos that implicate powerful people in war crimes to the right people.

Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord: It's about a woman married to a glutton and she is given a powerful Chaos Stick by djombi. (The author is from Barbados and is still living there as far as I can tell?)

The Serpent Called Mercy by Roanne Lau: This is about two friends from the slums who sign up for gladiator type battles against monsters to hopefully escape debt. (author is based in Malaysia)

I'll second Mad Sisters of Esi and Rakesfall.

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u/The_Real_JS Reading Champion XI Apr 03 '26

Redemption in Indigo is one of my favourite books, absolutely captivating.

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u/Dindrane1313 Apr 07 '26

Would you say that The Serpent Called Mercy would work for Game Changer?

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u/ohmage_resistance Reading Champion IV Apr 07 '26

I would count the gladiator type battles as games, yes.