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Add a bit of pizzazz to your TBR list by chasing all of the squares on this year’s TLQ Book Bingo Card!

The Literary Queers (TLQ) reads and discusses queer books, movies, and other media. Our 2026 Book Bingo card is designed to help you expand your reading list this year. We’ll be pulling together suggestions for each box throughout the year, so come read along with us at @TheLiteraryQueers on Instagram.

Remember - the definition of “queer” is up to you!

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All the prompts from TLQ’s 2026 Book Bingo!

First row of bingo squares:

  1. TLQ’s Book of the Month: Read along with our Book of the Month.
  2. Trailblazer: Read about a real or fictional (queer) historical icon.
  3. Delightfully Evil: A book where the villian isn’t straight or cis.
  4. Beyond Borders: Queer stories of immigration, exile, or cultural identity.
  5. Life, According To…: Memoir or autobiography.

Second row of bingo squares:

  1. Gender-Bending Sci-Fi: Speculative fiction that play with gender.
  2. TLQ’s Ace/Aro Series Pick: Join our exploration of Ace/Aro/Aspec experiences.
  3. Certified Classic: Pick up a widely recognised classic with queer themes.
  4. Smutty Smut: Guilty pleasure... A book that’s intentionally explicit.
  5. Global Queer Voices: Queer story set outside North America or Western Europe.

Third row of bingo squares:

  1. Graphic Narrative: Read a queer graphic novel or comic.
  2. Trans Lead: A book where the main character is trans.
  3. Free square! Read any queer book!
  4. Hidden History: A book uncovering overlooked queer history.
  5. Found Family: A story where chosen family is central.

Fourth row of bingo squares:

  1. Indigenous Voices: Read a story by an indigenous author.
  2. Poetry Collection: Read a poetry or verse collection that features queer themes.
  3. Intersex Text: The author or a character is intersex.
  4. The Book Was Better: Read a book that’s also a movie.
  5. Banned or Challenged: A book that’s been banned or censored somewhere.

Fifth row of bingo squares:

  1. Joy Joy Joy: A queer story centred on happiness and fulfillment, not trauma.
  2. In Translation: A queer story that wasn’t originally written in your native language.
  3. Short & Sharp: A collection of queer short stories.
  4. Bi Baddies: Read a book with bisexual character(s).
  5. To Be Continued…: A queer book that’s part of a series or collection. </aside>

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Download The Bingo Card

Get it in Colour:

TLQ 2026 Book Bingo.pdf

Get it in Grey:

TLQ 2026 Book Bingo (greyscale).pdf

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Read Along With Us

As we check off a box on the grid, we’ll tell you what we’ve read.

Know a good book? Suggest a book for Bingo!

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