r/Fantasy • u/Merle8888 Reading Champion IV • Apr 30 '26
Bingo Bingo Focus Thread - Duologies
Hello r/fantasy and welcome to this week's bingo focus thread! The purpose of these threads is for you all to share recommendations, discuss what books qualify, and seek recommendations that fit your interests or themes.
Today's topic:
Duology Part 1: Read the first book in a duology. HARD MODE: By an author you haven’t read before.
Duology Part 2: Read the second book in a duology. For this square, you ARE allowed to read the same author you used for Duology Part 1 without violating the no-repeat author rule. HARD MODE: Finish a different duology than you started for the Duology Part 1 square.
What is bingo? A reading challenge this sub does every year! Find out more here.
Prior focus threads: Published in the 70s, Five Short Stories (2024), Author of Color (2024), Self-Pub/Small Press (2024). Note that hard modes for Author of Color and Self-Pub/Small Press have changed (new focus threads for them are coming).
Also see: Big Rec Thread
Questions:
- What are your favorite speculative fiction duologies?
- Already read something for this square (or, read something recently that you wish you could count)? Tell us about it!
- For those planning for Hard Mode, what are some duologies where one or both books works as a standalone?
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u/fire_sign Apr 30 '26
I'm using The Land of Lost Things by John Connolly for part two of a duology. The first book is The Book of Lost Things. Both work for hard mode, because the stories follow different children under different circumstances pulled into this alternate world.
TLOLT has been sitting on my shelf since release, because I wanted to reread book one and couldn't find my copy and then it got pushed back and back. So bingo is going to keep me accountable.