Visit BOTNS Book Bingo and print one copy of this game card for each player, refreshing the page before each print, or have the players print their own bingo cards. These instructions will not be printed. You can also select an embeddable card only version of the game or a multiple card version of the game when playing on line, or with a smart phone.
Click/Mark each block when you see or hear these words and phrases. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout "BOOKS ON THE NIGHTSTAND!". Or play as a drinking game and for every block you mark off, take a sip, and finish your drink each time you get five blocks in a row.
| Borrowed from the library | Nonfiction | By an author of a different culture | An audiobook | With a red cover |
| That you chose because of the cover | Cozy Mystery | That you think you will dislike | Young Adult novel | That you saw someone else reading |
| Set in a place you want to visit. | Six words or more in the title | BOTNS BOOK BINGO (free square) | Science Fiction | A presidential biography |
| With a number in the title | Longer than 500 pages | Translation | That “everyone” but you has read | That you've pretended to have read |
| Historical Fiction | Part of a series | A dark, upsetting, or sad book (like episode | By an author of a different gender | Was turned into a movie or TV show |