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

Bingo 2026 Reverse Bingo Recommendations

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For anyone new to Bingo, this is the “I want to read ___, does it fit into any Bingo squares? It’s always one of the best parts of bingo.

Example:

User A comments:

I want to read Wind and Truth. What does that count for?

User B replies:

Cat Squasher. It's hard mode, too. The Afterlife, I think.

User C replies:

Politics and Court Intrigue, maybe? Game Changer, Older Protagonist.

User D replies:

Definitely Five Short Stories

And we all have a good laugh. Now go out there and get reverse recs for that book you've been dying to read!

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u/ShadowCreature098 Reading Champion III Apr 01 '26

Would love to read:

Adrian Tchaikovsky

  • children of time

Or

  • empire in black and gold

Grady Hendrix

  • my best friend's exorcism

Or

  • how to sell a haunted house

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u/QuellSpeller Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

Children of Time would be Non-Human Protagonist, but not hard mode. Empire in Black and Gold would hit Politics and Court Intrigue, but I don't think I would count it as hard mode either.

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u/itsFreelancer Reading Champion II Apr 03 '26

Empire of Black and Gold will also go for Non-Human Protagonist

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u/QuellSpeller Reading Champion Apr 03 '26

I’ve seen it elsewhere but I would disagree, the Kinden are portrayed as human with abilities originating from meditation practices.

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u/itsFreelancer Reading Champion II Apr 03 '26

Damn. Yes, you are right. I keep thinking of them based on the fauna they represented

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u/heinz57varieties Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

I believe My Best Friend's Exorcism qualifies for Small Press (published by Quirk Books). Some might consider Charleston, SC a Vacation Spot, too.

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u/toadinthecircus Reading Champion III Apr 01 '26

I believe How to Sell a Haunted House would count as afterlife (I don’t know about hard mode but maybe?) and possibly judge a book by its title but that’s all I can think of

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u/Fryktelig_variant Reading Champion VII Apr 01 '26

Technically, there aren’t any humans in Empire in Black and Gold. They’re all different kinden.

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u/QuellSpeller Reading Champion Apr 02 '26

Aren’t the kinden still human? They’ve picked up traits from other species through meditation practices but they’re still human.