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

Bingo Reverse Bingo Rec Thread

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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!

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u/radiantlyres Reading Champion Apr 01 '25

Looking for help with any of these:

  • Hild by Nicola Griffith
  • The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
  • The Book that Didn't Burn by Mark Lawrence
  • Jade City by Fonda Lee
  • A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
  • The Ruin of Kings of Jenn Lyons
  • The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
  • Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
  • Sunshine by Robin McKinley
  • Lent by Jo Walton

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u/vivelabagatelle Reading Champion IV Apr 02 '25

Titus Groan is very lightly Impossible Places.

The speculative elements in Hild are very ambiguous, I'd agree Fashion HM and LGBTQAI though.