| Story within a story | Collection of poetry | Passes the Bechtel-Wallace test | Set in a different season | Biography of a US political figure |
| Classic | Made into a TV series | Originally published this year | Recommended by a librarian | Recommended by a family member |
| About religion | Memoir or autobiography of a US political figure | ANY BOOK (free square) | Romance | Seen on Gilmore Girls |
| Best-seller | More than 500 pages | Non-human protagonist | Backlist from an author you read for another square | Wanted to read for more than a year |
| Set in more than one time period | An author of color | Set in a place you'd like to vacation | Written in the second person | Prize runner-up (e.g. short or long list, finalist) |
| Set in a country you've never visited | Translation | About travel | Month or day of the week in the title | Collection of poetry |
| Romance | Person on the cover | Originally published in the 21st century | Speculative fiction | Set in a place you'd like to vacation |
| That you think will make you a better person | Sub-title on the cover | ANY BOOK (free square) | Alternate history | An author from a country you've never visited |
| Originally published in the 20th century | Wanted to read for more than a year | Latest book by an author you love | Collection of short stories | Written under a pseudonym |
| Biography | About food | One-word title | About a person with a disability | Memoir or autobiography of a US political figure |