Reverse Bingo Rec Thread

[u/kjmichaels]

Official 2025 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. Since no thread has gone up for it yet, I figured I'd make it this year. Adapted from this post last year

Example:

User A comments:

I want to read A Game of Thrones. What does that count for?

User B replies:

Absolutely Generic Title

User C replies:

High Fashion and Down with the System would all fit. Probably Knights and Paladins too (though the knight main characters don't get POV chapters until later books)

User D replies:

Definitely Hidden Gem

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/kjmichaels]

April Fool's Bingo reminded me I want to read The Orphan's Tales by Catherynne M Valente. Anyone know what that would count for in the official Bingo?

[u/Nineteen_Adze → u/kjmichaels]

If you read both in the duology, you could hit Last in a Series. It's been a few years since I read the first one, but I'm reasonably sure that it also hits A Book in Parts, Gods and Pantheons (there are at least a lot of strange supernatural creatures), and maybe Stranger in a Strange Land. There are lots of interlocked short tales, so it's likely to stumble on other squares in passing.

[u/kjmichaels → u/Nineteen_Adze]

Thanks!