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Acclaimed Books Bingo

Acclaimed Books Bingo is a printable card of 25 buzzed-about titles, from Fourth Wing and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo to heavier hitters like Pachinko, 1984, and A Little Life. Use it to see how many you've already read, or hand it to your book club and mark off titles as people share what's on their shelf. It's free, no signup required. Print it for your next book club meeting or keep it on your phone for browsing the shelves.

All 40 board items

  • Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver
  • The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead
  • The Wager – David Grann
  • Severance – Ling Ma
  • Fourth Wing – Rebecca Yarros
  • The Deluge – Stephen Markley
  • How to Say Babylon – Safiya Sinclair
  • Doppelganger – Naomi Klein
  • Humanly Possible – Sarah Bakewell
  • King: A Life – Jonathan Eig
  • The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory – Tim Alberta
  • Land of Milk and Honey – C Pam Zhang
  • Lone Women – Victor LaValle
  • Past Lives – Lee Isaac Chung
  • The Most Secret Memory of Men – Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
  • The Iliad (Emily Wilson translation)
  • Ink Blood Sister Scribe – Emma Törzs
  • Lord of the Flies – William Golding
  • Invisible Man – Ralph Ellison
  • Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut
  • Deliverance – James Dickey
  • A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles
  • A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
  • A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman
  • 1984 – George Orwell
  • The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
  • The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
  • The Nickel Boys – Colson Whitehead
  • The Testaments – Margaret Atwood
  • The Overstory – Richard Powers
  • Pachinko – Min Jin Lee
  • Circe – Madeline Miller
  • Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens
  • The Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides
  • The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins
  • The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
  • Normal People – Sally Rooney
  • The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett
  • The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid

How to use this bingo card

  1. Print the card or open it on your phone.
  2. Mark a square whenever that item happens.
  3. Get 5 in a row, across, down, or diagonal, to win.

FAQ

What's on the Acclaimed Books Bingo card?

25 widely read and talked-about titles, spanning literary fiction, memoir, and a few genre hits like Fourth Wing, so there's something almost every reader has touched.

Is this for solo reading or a book club?

Both work. Read solo and check off titles as you finish them, or bring it to book club and compare who's read the most.

Can I swap in different books?

Yes, use these 25 as a jumping-off point, then customize the squares on the bingo maker with your own favorites or your club's reading list.

Is it free to use?

Completely free, no account needed. If you want more recent releases, check out 2025 Books Bingo too.

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