2024 Bingo Recommendations List

Have you really enjoyed reading a work that qualifies and want to recommend it to others? This is the prime spot to help people out with those recommendations.

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1 Older Than You Are Water, Water Everywhere What’s Yours is Mine Family Drama It Takes Two
2 New Release Plays With Words Independent Author Bookception Disability Representation
3 Eazy, Breazy, Read-zie Stranger in a Strange Land One Less There is Another… LGBTQIA+ Lead
4 Now a Major Motion Picture It’s About Time Award Winner Mashup Local to You
5 Debut Work It’s a Holiday Institutional Minority Author Among the Stars
Alt. Same Author, New Work She Blinded Me With Science Pseudonymous Work Translated A Change in Perspective

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fievel,

Really a good idea, thanks for such creativity. Also nice to make suggestion in the official thread.

JaymesRS,

Questions, Complaints, Whines, General Commentary, Shitposting

misericordiae,

Just a quick note, Jaymes and I seeded the Storygraph challenge they built with literally hundreds of literary and genre fiction books (some of which they’ve crossposted here), in case you’re looking for ideas and prefer a more visual browse. (No account required!)

JaymesRS, (edited )

ALT - A Change in Perspective

Written in third-person perspective. HARD MODE: Second-person perspective.

JaymesRS,
  • This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
  • The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
  • The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  • Space Vampire (Choose Your Own Adventure #9) by Edward Packard
JaymesRS, (edited )

ALT - Translated

Not originally in your native tongue. HARD MODE: Has been translated into at least ten other languages. This Wikipedia page is a good place to start for widely translated works.

JaymesRS,
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
  • Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
  • The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
  • What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
  • Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
  • Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief by Maurice Leblanc
  • The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Frodis_Caper,

“100 Years of Solitude” Gabriel García Márquez (this works for HARD MODE) “Love in the Time of Cholera” Gabriel García Márquez

JaymesRS, (edited )

ALT - Pseudonymous Work

Published under a pen name. HARD MODE: The author generally never writes under their own name.

JaymesRS,
  • Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
  • Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
  • A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
  • Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
  • The Beast Master by Andre Norton
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
JaymesRS, (edited )

ALT - She Blinded Me With Science

The author has a background and degree in a hard science. HARD MODE: More than one post graduate degree.

JaymesRS,
  • The Postman by David Brin
  • Contact by Carl Sagan
  • The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson
  • Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
  • Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
JaymesRS, (edited )

ALT - Same Author, New Work

An author you’ve read before, but a series (or standalone) you haven’t. HARD MODE: Give an author you didn’t like a second chance.

JaymesRS, (edited )

Among the Stars:

Features space, astronomy, or stardom. HARD MODE: The title references the theme, too.

pancake,

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

Audalin,

Mr Palomar by Italo Calvino.

Also qualifies for hard mode (the character is named after an observatory).

JaymesRS,
  • Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
  • Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf (movie stars count)
JaymesRS, (edited )

Minority Author:

Minority or LGBTQIA+ author. A minority can be any member of a generally underrepresented population where you live. HARD MODE: Minority and LGBTQIA+.

JaymesRS,
  • Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
  • Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  • Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang
  • The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
  • Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
  • The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
  • Jade City by Fonda Lee
Frodis_Caper,

Anything by Roxanne Gay and Nikki Giovanni will work for HARD MODE.

JaymesRS, (edited )

Institutional:

Set at a non-commercial institution or facility, like a school, science lab, or prison. HARD MODE: Not a school.

fievel,

The institute, by Stephen King

JaymesRS,
  • Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
  • Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
  • The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
  • Any of The Scholomance Series by Naomi Novik
JaymesRS, (edited )

It’s a Holiday:

Takes place during a specific holiday, which is significant to the plot. HARD MODE: Not Christmas, a fictional variation of Christmas, or other winter festival.

JaymesRS,
  • Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
  • Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie
  • We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
  • V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
  • Walpurgisnacht by Gustav Meyrink, Mike Mitchell
  • A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
JaymesRS, (edited )

Debut Work:

An author’s first work. HARD MODE: The author is widely regarded as having a profound impact on the genre/topic.

JaymesRS,
  • Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
  • Carrie by Stephen King
  • The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
  • Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
  • Neuromancer by William Gibson
misericordiae,

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie, with the caveat that her early work is a bit racist. Styles, for example, I recall having an n-word casually dropped into a conversation, along with a couple of antisemitic remarks. If you don’t mind reading around that, however, it’s a nice little Poirot case.

JaymesRS,

I had a similar experience when I was working through some of the early “The Shadow” pulps and was surprised a couple times at just how blatant the racism was.

JaymesRS, (edited )

Local to You:

The author lives in or writes about a location local to you (city, state, province, territory, etc.). HARD MODE: The author has spent a significant amount of time there, but wasn’t born there.

JaymesRS, (edited )

Mashup:

A combination of two or more genres or non-fiction topics. HARD MODE: Unusual combo, like fantasy thriller.

misericordiae,

Have read and enjoyed:

  • Iron Truth by S.A. Tholin - space opera with horror elements
  • Leech by Hiron Ennes - gothic sci-fantasy horror, set in some kind of post-apocalypse
  • The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison - fantasy of manners mystery
  • The Mister Trophy by Frank Tuttle - fantasy mystery
  • The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope - historical fantasy
  • Ghosts in the Snow by Tamara Siler Jones - fantasy mystery
  • Priest of Bones by Peter McLean - fantasy organized crime
  • When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger - cyberpunk mystery
JaymesRS, (edited )

Award Winner:

Has won a significant literature award. HARD MODE: More than one award.

JaymesRS,
  • Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
  • Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
  • Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang
  • A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
  • The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
misericordiae,

I would love some suggestions for awards to look up, that you’d consider big for your country or preferred genre. I’ve looked up lists of awards, but they tend to be pretty US-focused, and it’s hard to tell what’s actually significant.

I’m familiar with the Hugos (SFF), Nebula (SFF), Bram Stoker (horror), Edgars (mystery), Pulitzer (lit), Booker (lit), and Newbery (kids).

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