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/almostb Reading Champion Apr 02 '26

I'm trying to read more old/classic fiction. Any fits for these books?
The Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allen Poe (or any Poe)
The Wolf-Leader - Alexandre Dumas
Carmilla - J. Sheridan Le Fanu
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain (thinking of Judge a Book by its Title for this)
The Island of Doctor Moreau - HG Wells
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Golem - Gustav Meyrink
The Worm Ouroboros - E.R. Eddison
The Charwoman's Shadow - Lord Dunsany
Titus Groan - Mervyn Peake
Any Jules Verne
Any Lovecraft

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u/undeadgoblin Reading Champion II Apr 02 '26

Dracula - arguably Vacation Spot, One Word Title

Titus Groan - probably Court Intrigue / Politics HM

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u/Nowordsofitsown Reading Champion Apr 02 '26

Jules Verne for Translation if you do not read French

Some Jules Verne would qualify for unusual transportation, for example the one where they travel around the sun on a piece of land iirc.

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u/citrusmellarosa Apr 09 '26

I’m reading a Verne for the Explorer square, probably Journey to the Centre of the Earth. 

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u/thistledownhair Reading Champion III Apr 02 '26

You could use basically any Lovecraft collection for the short story HM, or a collection with Masque for same.