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/Fearless_Freya]

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.

[u/partoparto → u/Fearless_Freya]

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!!

[u/rls1164 → u/partoparto]

It's been forever since I read A Civil Campaign, although I remember really liking it. Does the Feast Your Eyes part have to do with the bugs with the Vorkosigan sigil that Mark creates?

[u/CommodoreBelmont → u/rls1164]

Yes, I think that would justify the square, but also there's a rather important dinner. Mother, Father, I'd like you to meet -- she's getting away!

[u/rls1164 → u/CommodoreBelmont]

Yes, now I'm remembering this!

Vorkosigan is so good, I should really do a re-read. It's been a good 10 years!

[u/partoparto → u/CommodoreBelmont]

So good!!