| Recommended in a BOTNS episode | With a one-word title | Longer than 500 pages | Recommended by a librarian or bookseller | Science Fiction |
| That you chose because of the cover | With a number in the title | With a child on the cover | By an author of a different gender | That you saw someone else reading |
| Published in 2014 | Part of a series | BOTNS BINGO (free square) | That you think you will dislike | Six words or more in the title |
| Found in a used bookstore | By any Booktopia author | Fantasy | Historical Fiction | A novella |
| Currently on the bestseller list | By a small press | That you started but never finished | Middle-grade book (ages 8-12) | Borrowed from the library |
| By an author of a different culture | Middle-grade book (ages 8-12) | A play | Recommended by a librarian or bookseller | That you started but never finished |
| Six words or more in the title | Set in the place where you live | Thriller/Suspense | Published in 2014 | By any Booktopia author |
| That you think you will dislike | With a one-word title | BOTNS BINGO (free square) | With a child on the cover | With a number in the title |
| Translation | Set in another country | Part of a series | An audiobook | With only words on the cover |
| With a red cover | Longer than 500 pages | Recommended by a family member | Found in a used bookstore | Graphic novel |