Book Bingo
- Sophie Bjorkquist
- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 6, 2021
BLACKOUT! @ms.bjork here, this summer I participated in Seattle Public Library and Seattle Art and Lecture’s Adult Summer Reading Book Bingo and I read 24 books to get BLACKOUT! It was so fun, I love the library. <3 Below is the list of categories and books, have you read any of these? What would you pick for some of these spaces?
Romance: Set This House In Order by Matt Ruff
Two people with dissociative personality disorder try to figure out their lives and their relationships.
On Your Shelf: Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
A witch is killed in a small town in Mexico and people have different views of what happened.
Small Press: Walk Don’t Run by Dale Hom
A graphic novel about growing up Asian American in Seattle in the 1960s.
Beach Read: The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle
A man gets wrongfully committed to a psych hospital and must fight a buffalo monster with his new friends
Black Joy: Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
A Black relationship set in Britain.
Activism or Social Justice: Care Work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Essays on Disability Justice
Made You Laugh: Holy Cow by David Duchovny
A cow in an existential crisis tries to escape the farm and move to India.
Coming of Age: They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera
In a world where we get notified when we have 24 hours left to live, 2 boys live their last day together.
Recommended by Library Staff/Peak Picks: The Removed by Brandon Hobson
A Cherokee family mourns the loss of their son and tries to move forward.
Graphic Novel or Comic: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
A lesbian woman finds out her dad was gay after he has died.
Recommended by a Friend: Convenience Store Woman by Suyaka Murata
A woman works at Smile Mart for 18 years.
QTBIPOC: Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
Letters written in the form of a memoir by a non-binary Nigerian author.
FREE SPACE!
Mystery or Crime: The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson
A serial killer escapes from prison to kill his copy cat killer while a detective chases them both.
Cli-fi or Environmental Fiction: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Essays on the intersection of science and native folk lore.
Poetry of Essays: Funny Weather by Olivia Lang
Essays about resilient artist throughout history.
Asian American or Pacific Islander Author: Inferno by Christine Cho
The memoir of a woman who experiences post partum psychosis.
SAL Speaker: The Untelling by Tayari Jones
After telling everyone she is pregnant, a young woman is forced to recant her statement.
Speculative Fiction: Later by Stephen King
A boy can see dead people and gets blackmailed into helping a cop solve a murder.
BIPOC Food Writing: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
After her mother dies, Zauner turns to cooking as a way to be close to her mother and her Korean heritage.
Sports: Running with the Kenyans by Adharanand Finn
Finn moves to Kenya in an attempt to learn how to run faster.
Olympics Host City: Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
The story of a homeless ghost who haunts a train station.
A Book From A Series: The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
Two detectives must exorcise a ghost on a train.
A Book From A Series: A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark
A detective in an alternate universe in Cairo must solve a murder and save the world.
Recommended by A Local Bookseller: Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
Three outsiders think they are aliens and attempt to separate themselves from society.
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