| That you saw someone else reading | Biography or memoir | Published before 1970 | Graphic novel | Recommended in a BOTNS episode |
| A classic that you should have read in school | An audiobook | With only words on the cover | Historical Fiction | With a child on the cover |
| That you think you will dislike | Borrowed from the library | BOTNS BINGO (free square) | A play | Poetry collection |
| Published in 2014 | Fantasy | Has been on your TBR for longer than two years | Found in a used bookstore | Translation |
| Part of a series | That you started but never finished | Thriller/Suspense | With a number in the title | Recommended by a librarian or bookseller |