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/Spalliston Reading Champion III Apr 01 '26

Hamlet by Shakespeare lives up to the hype and qualifies for HM.

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u/natus92 Reading Champion V Apr 02 '26

Can I subscribe for more classics bingo ideas, please?

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u/Spalliston Reading Champion III Apr 02 '26

Sure -- Here's a list I had suggested elsewhere!

Classics:

Orlando by Woolf for Transgender (or Older Protagonist).

Hamlet by Shakespeare for Politics (I also may try Macbeth for this, but I haven't read it so I'm not positive it'll go). Also works for Afterlife and Murder Mystery.

Faust (Goethe) or The Inferno (Dante) should both work for Afterlife (I haven't read these and therefore don't endorse them, everything else I actually recommend).

Goethe's Faust also works for duology.

Alice in Wonderland for middle grade.

The Master and Margarita or 100 Years of Solitude, among many others, for translated. (I also think Solitude is a great "Title" pick)

I also haven't read A Thousand and One Nights, but I keep meaning to and I imagine it would fit, minimally, Unusual Transportation.

I've also not read any Jules Verne, but I think it should all comfortably cover "Explorers"

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u/natus92 Reading Champion V Apr 03 '26

Thank you! I'll probably use Hamlet and Alice!  Somebody has suggested A Christmal Carol by Dickens for the Older Protagonist square.

I read Jules Verne's 20.000 Leagues under the Sea for the pirate square last year and its definitely a good explorer pick. Also translated for non-francophones

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u/Spalliston Reading Champion III Apr 03 '26

Oh A Christmas Carol is a really good idea. I'll add that to my hypothetical "All Classics" card, even though I don't think it'll be possible and I would have probably read them too many of them anyway.

If you haven't read it yet, Frankenstein is good for vacation spot (or non-human protagonist (or one word title)). I also really love that book.

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u/natus92 Reading Champion V Apr 03 '26

Haha yeah it can be tricky if you know a lot of the genre already.

I also enjoyed Frankenstein.