| Written by someone under 21 | By or about a member of the LGBTQ community | A play | Recommended by a family member | With only words on the cover |
| Set in a place you want to visit | With a red cover | Middle-grade book (ages 8-12) | With a child on the cover | By an author who shares your first name |
| A novella | Set during a war or conflict | BOTNS BOOK BINGO (free square) | That you chose because of the cover | That you started but never finished |
| Six words or more in the title | Science Fiction | With food as the theme | Found in a used bookstore | Biography or memoir |
| By an author of a different gender | Published before 1970 | Cozy Mystery | 10 short stories | Recommended in a BOTNS episode |