| Passes the Bechtel-Wallace test | Debut | Non-human protagonist | An author of color | With an unreliable narrator |
| That you want to read in spite of the cover | Best-seller | Story within a story | Classic you "should've read" | Backlist from an author on your current year favorites list |
| Recommended by another Book Bingo player | Memoir or autobiography | ANY BOOK (free square) | Re-read | One-word title |
| Originally published in the 21st century | Outside your comfort zone | Biography of a US political figure | Alternate history | Originally published in the 20th century |
| With more than one author listed on the cover | Banned in a country outside the US | About a person with a disability | Set in more than one time period | That you want to read because of the cover |