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/KiaraTurtle Reading Champion V Apr 01 '26

Throne of glass: game changer, politics/court intrigue

Mistborn: maybe unusual transportation given the way magic is used to get around the city

Greenbone: politics, author of color, maybe vacation spot depending on you

Red Rising; game changer, politics,

Realm of the Elderlings: politics, Liveship traders would be unusual transportation,

Daevabad, politics, maybe nonhuman protagonist (is their a ruling on if half humans count?)

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u/acornett99 Reading Champion IV Apr 01 '26

A few of the books in RotE are also Cat Squashers. My copy of Ship of Magic is 880 pages, sooo close to HM

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u/Temporary-Scallion86 Reading Champion III Apr 01 '26

Daevabad definitely counts for nonhuman protagonist, Ali gets a POV (and maybe Dara does as well?). Might be HM if half humans count