The r/Fantasy Book Bingo 2024 is here, and 75 recommendations for what to read
I was innocently spending my post-work, pre-dinner limbo as I usually do - rotting on the sofa watching BookTube - when I stumbled across a video from Covers With Cassidy getting extremely excited about r/Fantasy Bingo. I was immediately invested - I love a reading challenge. After watching the video and checking out the challenge page, I was in.
What is r/Fantasy Book Bingo 2024?
This is the 10th annual book bingo reading challenge hosted on the r/Fantasy reddit which runs from 1st April to 31st March the following year, featuring 25 reading prompts on a bingo card with different difficulty levels. There will be an official submission post in March 2025 to log your results.
The Rules
You cannot repeat an author on the board
Only one re-read is allowed
You cannot use a book more than once
You may substitute one square for a previous bingo prompt
Difficulty Levels
Standard promts as written
Hard Mode - an added challenge for each prompt
Hero Mode - review every book that you read for the challenge (on whatever platform you choose!)
The Prompts
The Links
The r/Fantasy Book Bingo 2024 page on Reddit
The Storygraph Reading Challenge page
The editable Canva version of the graphic (please check the guidance on the main Reddit page for how to use)
The r/Fantasy recommendations page
And now for the recommendations and suggestions…
I’m not going for Hard Mode at all so my recommendations (and my suggestions for myself!) will meet the criteria of the main challenge, though some will obviously count for Hard Mode accidentally.
1) First in a Series - read the first book in a series
2) Alliterative Title - read a book where at least two words in the title start with the same letter
3) Under the Surface - read a book that is set underground or underwater
4) Criminals - read a book with criminal characters
5) Dreams - read a book where a character dreams
6) Entitled Animals - read a book with an animal in the title
7) Bards - read a book where the main charcater is a bard, musician, poet, or storyteller
8) Prologues and Epilogues - read a book with a prologue and/or an epilogue
9) Self-Published or Indie Publisher - read a book that is self-published, or published by an indie press
10) Romantasy - read a fantasy romance
11) Dark Academia - read a book classed as dark academia
12) Multi-POV - read a book with at least three POVs
13) Published in 2024 - read a book published in 2024
This is one that I’m going to go with the flow for! It’ll happen naturally.
14) Character with a Disability - read a book with a prominent character who has a disability
15) Published in the 1990s - read a book published in the 90s
16) Orcs, Trolls, and Goblins - Oh My! - read a book featuring orcs, trolls, or goblins
17) Space Opera - read a sci-fi book about a large cast of characters, set primarily in space or on spaceships.
18) Author of Color - read a book by an author of colour
19) Survival - read a book where the focus is on survival
20) Judge A Book By Its Cover - read a book where you love the cover
The prompt is up to interpretation and publishers are killing it with fantasy covers at the moment so I’ll have no shortage of options to fulfil this prompt.
21) Set in a Small Town - read a book mainly set in a small town
22) Five SFF Short Stories - read any five short stories or novelettes
Going to be honest here, I don’t really read short stories very often so I’m completely stuck on this one. Please help! This is a potential swap space for me, though.
23) Eldritch Creatures - read a book featuring a being or creature from another plane or realm, usually horrific and weird
24) Reference Materials: Read a book that features extra content: a map, footnotes, glossary, dramatis personae
25) Book Club or Readalong Book - read a book previously featured in an r/Fantasy readalong or book vlub
Are you planning on joining in with the challenge?
Written by Sophie
