| Historical Fiction | Science Fiction | A novella | Recommended by a librarian or bookseller | With a one-word title |
| Has been on your TBR for longer than two years | Reread something | With a child on the cover | Six words or more in the title | That you started but never finished |
| That you think you will dislike | Borrowed from the library | BOTNS BINGO (free square) | Graphic novel | Published in 2014 |
| With an animal on the cover | Recommended in a BOTNS episode | Published before 1970 | Set in the place where you live | Part of a series |
| Currently on the bestseller list | Set in another country | Thriller/Suspense | Cozy Mystery | Biography or memoir |