| Graphic novel | Thriller | Protagonist with a different ethnicity from your own | Magical realism | Set in a place you'd like to vacation |
| Biography of a US political figure | Borrowed | That you think will make you a better person | Originally published within five years of the year you were born | Collection of poetry |
| Historical fiction | About food | ANY BOOK (free square) | Collection of essays | Story within a story |
| More than 500 pages | An author from a country you've never visited | Part of a series | Audiobook narrated by the author | Originally published in the 19th century |
| With recipes, patterns or puzzles | Prize winner | Recommended by a friend | Set in more than one time period | With more than one author listed on the cover |
| With more than one author listed on the cover | Prize winner | Classic you "should've read" | Speculative fiction | Protagonist with a different ethnicity from your own |
| Latest book by an author you love | Non-fiction about science | Originally published in the 19th century | Recommended by a friend | Biography of a US political figure |
| Written in the first person | An author of color | ANY BOOK (free square) | Already own | Audiobook with multiple narrators |
| Alternate history | Memoir or autobiography of a US political figure | Romance | An author with a disability | Audiobook narrated by the author |
| Graphic novel | Borrowed | That you want to read because of the cover | Backlist from an author you read for another square | Story within a story |