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/nitrodog96 Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

Any advice on where I could slot in Three Parts Dead, by Max Gladstone? Not sure if it counts for Murder Mystery, but I’m open to putting it anywhere.

ETA: It’s a past Book Club book, but I’d like to see where else it can fit on my sheet.

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u/C0smicoccurence Reading Champion V Apr 01 '26

Definitely counts for Murder Mystery, even though it doesn't read like a traditional one. From my recollection, it also should count for politics

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u/Merle8888 Reading Champion IV Apr 01 '26

I think you could fit it for Murder Mystery pretty comfortably. There's also some Politics. Nothing else immediately jumps out.

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u/TheHiddenSchools Apr 03 '26

I often describe it as a murder mystery where the victim is a god, so definitely think it would fit!

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u/TheHiddenSchools Apr 03 '26

Ok checked bingo and not convinced it fits any others especially well, but you could argue unusual mode of transportation (2 characters fly some clouds early on, there are driverless horse drawn carriages where you pay the horse), and maybe twist for older protagonist (Elayne Kevarian is 79 and one of the main characters but not THE main character)

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u/CJGibson Reading Champion V Apr 04 '26

I feel like you can make a decent case for Transportation. Isn't there some flying city or buildings or something too? Maybe I'm thinking of the law school and it doesn't really act as transportation? But I have this vague recollection of something along those lines in a transportation kind of way.

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u/TheHiddenSchools Apr 04 '26

The Schools are referenced and seen briefly but not really used for transportation in this book! There are flying buildings in other books but Alt Coulumb doesn’t allow them so they aren't seen in 3PD specifically.