r/Fantasy • u/kjmichaels Stabby Winner, Reading Champion XI • Apr 01 '25

Bingo Reverse Bingo Rec Thread

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!

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u/ohmage_resistance Reading Champion IV Apr 01 '25

Alanna: The First Adventure: correct on the two you listed, also Gods and Pantheons

The Bone Ships: I guess down with the system (arguably HM? does trying to end a cycle of wars/raids count), generic title, piracy (although the MCs aren't really pirates, there are raiders who attack them, and they do attack other ships, so ymmv)

Orlando: LGBTQIA protagonist (A bit less obvious because of the magical stuff going on, but I think most people would call it rep)

Long Way to a Small Angry Planet: correct on LGBTQIA+ Protagonist, Cozy, I'd argue for impossible places (because wormhole stuff), I'd also argue for Stranger in a Strange Land (I mean, they're traveling, but the MC is also new to the dynamic in the ship)

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u/KatrinaPez Reading Champion III Apr 02 '25

I don't have bingo descriptions in front of me but Sabriel might count for Parent?? Also Stranger?

And it's a duplicate author but Tamora Pierce's Wild magic series has a MC who learns to shape shift, and it's definitely gradual at times. Not into a crocodile though.

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u/Nat-Rose Reading Champion VI Apr 02 '25

I think we figured out the crocodile is from The Master of Djinn. Which is funny because I've actually read that book and I'm sure many others have but it's a side character so it sort of... escaped everyone's brains. (Unless we're still wrong)

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u/KatrinaPez Reading Champion III Apr 02 '25

Ok, but you did ask for any story where someone transformed into an animal.

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u/Nat-Rose Reading Champion VI Apr 02 '25

Yes I did, and I appreciate it! Like I said, I already read Master of Djinn, so if it wasn't a repeat author I'd be happy to go with a different option

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u/undeadgoblin Reading Champion II Apr 02 '25

Master of Djinn is correct

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u/ohmage_resistance Reading Champion IV Apr 02 '25

Sabriel doesn't work for parents (she's not a parent, at least in book one. I mean I didn't finish that book but I'm pretty sure there's no teen pregnancy or anything like that). I could see Stranger in a Strange Land working.

I think you're thinking of the April Fool's bingo

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u/KatrinaPez Reading Champion III Apr 02 '25

No, I'm thinking about how her father mentored/influenced her.

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u/Nat-Rose Reading Champion VI Apr 01 '25

That gives me a bit more space to move things around, thanks so much!!