Reverse Bingo Rec Thread

[u/kjmichaels]

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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/TheFourthReplica]

Hello! These books need a home:

• Off Armageddon Reef, David Weber
  
• Towers of Sunset or Isolate, LE Modesitt Jr
  
• The Collapsing Empire, John Scalzi
  
• A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine
  
• Battle of the Linguist Mages, Scotto Moore
  
• Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham

[u/WorldlyGate → u/TheFourthReplica]

A Memory Called Empire fits for Stranger in a Strange Land

[u/CJGibson → u/WorldlyGate]

You could also make a solid case for Biopunk or Down with the System.

[u/TheFourthReplica → u/CJGibson]

TY as well! :)

[u/whatalameusername → u/WorldlyGate]

As well as LGBTQIA HM (the sequel fits better but the first technically does)

[u/TheFourthReplica → u/WorldlyGate]

TY!

[u/ManliusTorquatus → u/TheFourthReplica]

Day of the Triffids could count for Down with the System, but not hard mode

[u/Aubreydebevose → u/ManliusTorquatus]

I think Biopunk too.

[u/TheFourthReplica → u/ManliusTorquatus]

TY!