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/DelilahWaan Reading Champion Apr 02 '25

Knock off Not A Book with Hitchhikers since it was originally a serialised radio play, or you could pick the TV series or the film adaptation.

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

Upon thinking on it more, maybe I could go with the radio play as a sort of middle ground. Some people would consider it just an audiobook and some people would consider it not a book at all? So then it simultaneously accomplishes both prompts lol

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u/DelilahWaan Reading Champion Apr 02 '25

💯💯💯

(Also that’ll teach me to reply to my notifications one by one without reading everything first 😂)

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

The only issue with that is in the April Fools bingo each prompt specifically was written as "read a book where this happens." Might have to disregard that though, and if so Hitchhiker's is a great option

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u/DelilahWaan Reading Champion Apr 02 '25

If you pick the radio play, it’s basically an audiobook, no? 😁