| Historical Fiction | With a number in the title | That “everyone” but you has read | With time travel | A novella |
| Longer than 500 pages | With a red cover | Recommended by a librarian or bookseller | By any Booktopia author | With an animal on the cover |
| By a small press | With food as the theme | BOTNS BOOK BINGO (free square) | Science Fiction | Thriller/Suspense |
| That you saw someone else reading | Was turned into a movie or TV show | A play | 10 short stories | Set during a war or conflict |
| By an author of a different culture | Published before 1900 | A dark, upsetting, or sad book (like episode | A classic that you should have read in school | Set in another country |