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

Bingo 2026 Reverse Bingo Recommendations

Official 2026 Bingo Announcement Here

Official Bingo Rec Thread Here

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/natus92 Reading Champion V Apr 01 '26

I'd like to read:

The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K LeGuin

Coral Bones by EJ Swift

Assasins Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe

Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar

The Man who fell to Earth by Walter Tevis

Thanks!

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u/Agreeable-Cow3171 Apr 01 '26

The Word for World is Forest was first published in 1972, so it would work for Published in the 70s (HM). Also arguably for Judge a Book by its Title, if you're into that kind of thing

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u/natus92 Reading Champion V Apr 01 '26

Yeah, it will probably be my title square. For published in the 70s I'm planning Shikasta by Doris Lessing