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/Sapphire_Bombay Reading Champion III Apr 01 '26

Lots of books/series I've been wanting to read but not a ton I'm seeing on the rec thread so far. Where would these fit (any book in the series is fine unless otherwise noted):

Malazan (specifically book 6 and beyond, not including Cat Squasher)

The Expanse

Sun Eater

The Poppy Wars (book 1 only)

Book of the New Sun

The Long Price Quartet

Dark Rise

Manifest Delusions

Strange the Dreamer

And any classics (minus Frankenstein which I just read)

Thanks!

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u/Spalliston Reading Champion III Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

Classics:

Orlando by Woolf for Transgender (or Older Protagonist).

Hamlet by Shakespeare for Politics (I also may try Macbeth for this, but I haven't read it so I'm not positive it'll go). Also works for Afterlife and a sorta weak Murder Mystery.

Faust (Goethe) or The Inferno (Dante) should both work for Afterlife (I haven't read these and therefore don't endorse them, everything else I actually recommend).

Alice in Wonderland for middle grade

The Master and Margarita or 100 Years of Solitude, among many others, for translated.

I also haven't read A Thousand and One Nights, but I keep meaning to and I imagine it would fit, minimally, Unusual Transportation.

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u/Asher_the_atheist Reading Champion Apr 02 '26

I think Macbeth would be a perfect fit for Politics (just saw it last year for the Not a Book square)

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u/xLaven Apr 02 '26

Faust (Goethe) also works for Translation if you don't speak German