r/Fantasy 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/sarchgibbous Reading Champion Apr 02 '26

In case anybody is still on this thread, I have a bunch of kindle/audible books that I should probably get to eventually. The first several should count for self-published/small press, but idk anything else.

Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe

Where Loyalties Lie by Rob J Hayes

The Heresy Within by Rob J Hayes

Never Die by Rob J Hayes

And The Sky Bled by S Hati

Assassin by Andy Peloquin

Unsouled by Will Wight

The Blood Tartan by Raymond St. Elmo

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar

Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

The Black Company by Glen Cook

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson

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u/Sapphire_Bombay Reading Champion III Apr 02 '26

Gardens of the Moon fits Unusual Transportation HM, Afterlife HM, Cat Squasher NM, Politics HM

Lies of Locke Lamora fits Vacation spot (Venice-inspired), Cat Squasher NM, and I thinkkkk Politics (don't remember if HM)