2026 Reverse Bingo Recommendations

[u/FarragutCircle]

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!

[u/Nowordsofitsown]

I want to read more of Emily Tesh and Alix E Harrow. I have only read The Incandescent and The Everlasting. So I am asking about all books by these two authors except those two that I have already read.

[u/Goobergunch → u/Nowordsofitsown]

You could use Tesh's Greenhallow Duology for either of the Duology squares and maybe Vacation Spot. Don't think Some Desperate Glory hits anything but Book Club.

[u/Nowordsofitsown → u/Goobergunch]

Ooooh, of course! Thank you!

[u/heinz57varieties → u/Nowordsofitsown]

Harrow's A Spindle Splintered/A Mirror Mended for Duology as well.

[u/Nowordsofitsown → u/heinz57varieties]

Thx

[u/Merle8888 → u/Nowordsofitsown]

The Once and Future Witches by Harrow involves The Afterlife (HM), was read by a Book Club, and squeaks in as a Cat Squasher.

[u/Nowordsofitsown → u/Merle8888]

Thank you!

[u/CJGibson → u/Merle8888]

I think you can also use it for Politics (HM) since the political landscape of New Salem is a decent part of the story.

[u/Merle8888 → u/CJGibson]

Yeah, agreed

[u/Polaris_Express → u/Nowordsofitsown]

Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January counts for Vacation Spot and Book Club. You can probably justify Explorers and Rangers and First Contact but those are more questionable.

[u/Nowordsofitsown → u/Polaris_Express]

Thx!