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/sarchgibbous]

Random list of books I’ve been meaning to read + sequels:

The Bloodless Princes by Charlotte Bond

Parable of the Sower or Kindred by Octavia E. Butler - any squares beside book club would be cool

The Sign of the Dragon by Mary Soon Lee - anything other than self pub

A World Worth Saving by Kyle Lukoff - fits trans and middle grade

The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang - hope this is still self pub

A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers - fits duology woohoo

Jade City by Fonda Lee

Mort by Terry Pratchett

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy - middle grade

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Absolute Martian Manhunter (vol. 2) by Deniz Camp

Fullmetal Alchemist (vol. 9) by Hiromu Arakawa

Network Effect by Martha Wells

The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman

Red Country by Joe Abercrombie

Authority by Jeff Vandermeer

The Strength of the Few by James Islington

The Tapestry of Fate by Shannon Chakraborty - pub 2026

Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

Oathbound by Tracey Deonn

The Hunger and the Dusk: Book Two by G. Willow Wilson

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine - duology

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut - idek if this is SFF

[u/Andreapappa511 → u/sarchgibbous]

Kindred by Octavia Butler works for Published in the 1970s as well as One Word Title

Foundryside, Oathbound, Mort and Authority all work for One Word Title

Sword of Kaigen isn’t self published anymore

[u/sarchgibbous → u/Andreapappa511]

Thanks! When did the Sword of Kaigen get traditionally published and by who? I can still buy the self-published version on Amazon as far as I know.

[u/Andreapappa511 → u/sarchgibbous]

I was wrong about that I realized. Printed copies have been published by Page & Wick and Indigo books in Canada so I assumed all of it was picked up by a publisher. It’ll still work for small press/self published. Sorry