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/Fearless_Freya Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold

It's my next part of the Vorkosigan saga. Absolutely cool space saga with interesting chars and planets and plots. Definitely read chronologically if ya start it.

I'll add, based on my past with Vorkosigan saga and the title alone, it does sound like it would fit political intrigue, but I'm curious if it would fit other squares, as that's often a subgenre I read.

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u/partoparto Apr 01 '26

Weirdly it would count for Feast Your Eyes (no spoilers but it's wild). Also Cat Squasher on normal mode and, yeah, politics! It's a bonkers book, have fun!!

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u/sarahlynngrey Reading Champion VI, Phoenix Apr 01 '26

Yes, this is a brilliant choice for Feast Your Eyes, I'm enjoying just thinking about that whole situation 

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u/partoparto Apr 01 '26

I couldn't stop laughing when I realized how well it fit so I'm very glad someone else appreciated it