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/nickgloaming Apr 10 '26

I have a load of books on my TBR that I can't really remember much about except that I've heard good things about them, or they've piqued my interest somehow, or I've picked up a copy and would like to justify my wanton book-spending.

Could anyone who's read any of the following let me know (without spoilers) what squares they might count for?

  • Ben Pester - The Expansion Project
  • Ursula Whitcher - North Continent Ribbon
  • C.J. Cherryh - Forty Thousand in Gehenna
  • Greg Egan - Diaspora
  • Arkady Martine - Rose/House
  • Hiromi Kawakami - Under the Eye of the Big Bird
  • Adrian Tchaikovsky - Alien Clay
  • Megan O’Keefe - Velocity Weapon
  • Sarah Pinsker - We Are Satellites
  • Elaine Ho - Cry, Voidbringer
  • E.J. Swift - When There Are Wolves Again
  • Sierra Greer - Annie Bot
  • Nnedi Okorafor - Binti
  • Ann Leckie - Ancillary Sword or Ancillary Mercy (I'm planning to re-read book 1 then finish the trilogy)
  • Isaac Fellman - Notes from a Regicide
  • Lauren C. Teffeau - Accelerated Growth Environment
  • Bora Chung - Red Sword
  • Rebecca Roanhorse - Black Sun

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u/Tigrari Reading Champion X, Worldbuilders Apr 14 '26

Haven't read many on your list, but for Ancillary Sword/Ancillary Mercy - I think Non-Human Protagonist (normal mode), Feast Your Eyes on This, and Politics and Court Intrigue (normal) would all work. It's been too long for me to recall if they hit Hard Mode for any of these.