Reminder that now is the perfect (and only ) time to get in your last-minute bingo prompts nominations!
Nominations close on Saturday, and I should be able to set the vote either Saturday afternoon (Western Europe time) or Sunday morning (also Western Europe time).
Thanks for all your nominations everyone! We have the prompts, now it’s time for some poll extravaganza!
Here is the full list, peruse it at your leisure:
2026 bingo prompt nominations
Science fiction
Fantasy
Historical fiction
Something spicy
Biography or memoir
Queer
Travel diary style
Non-fiction
Non-fiction about something you didn’t know about
A genre you don’t usually read
Cultural flair - prominently features an art, sport, or other cultural highlight relevant to the region of your target language
Cataclysm - about some kind of disaster (earthquake, fire, tsunami…)
Meta - A book about a book (someone is writing a book, or searching for a special book…)
Read something related to language in some way (other than being a language-learning textbook)
Plot involves revenge
Book contains time travel
Book about a topic you previously didn’t know about (politics, keigo, sports, etc.)
Going in Blind - no knowledge of the concept, only choosing it based on vibes
Has a creature/lifeform you have never seen in real life
Has ghost(s)
Has cat(s)
Non-human protagonist
Mythological/fantastical creatures
Disability - One or more of the characters have some sort of disability (blind, deaf, cannot walk, cannot speak, is missing a limb…)
Elderly main character(s)
You share a hobby with the protagonist
At least one character speaks a dialect
Main cast character hides (part) of their identity.
Book featuring a same-sex couple
Setting is a workplace (any occupation is ok)
Takes place, at least partially, at a shrine / temple
Set in a country that is not where the book’s language is spoken (ie, Japanese book set in Britain)
Set somewhere you have lived (or spent a lot of time)
New setting
Set in a period that’s not modern
Set in the past
Set in the future
Join/Participate in a Book Club
Past book club choice
Low interest book club nomination
A Natively level you haven’t covered yet (i.e., it doesn’t have to be your hardest book yet, although that would count, it could be a level you skipped over)
A higher Natively level than what you’ve read so far
A book that doesn’t have any ratings/gradings/reviews on Natively
Over 10 Reviews/Ratings - time to see what the hype is all about, can be tough to choose one if you’ve already read lots of popular titles
A book that you added to Natively
Random book - go on Natively, pick your desired level range and book type, and just randomly select and read a book among the results (as long as you can get your hands on it)
Book from someone else’s bingo card
Legacy - Last work of an author that has passed away
Read an author you’ve never read before
Book written by more than one author (magazine, anthology, collection of interviews, etc)
Book that has won an award
Published the year you were born
Published the year you started learning your target language
Published >30 years ago
Published during or after 2020
Published in 2026
Untranslated (at least in a language you can read)
Read something from the free samples/something you can read for free (such as syosetsu, kakuyomu, tonarinoyj, etc)
Book you keep hearing about but haven’t read yet
Book someone else thought you would like
Ask what to read next in the Seeking Recommendations Thread / What do I Read Next Megathread
Book chosen randomly by lucky draw or with a qualifier from the qualifier list (see below) from your TBR pile
2nd volume of a series
Finish a series (can be either one you are already reading or you can start a new one)
Book you planned to read in 2025 and either gave up on or replaced with another read for the 2025 bingo
I forgot I bought this - a book that you forgot you owned
Why is this in my TBR? - for titles in your TBR that you keep skipping over
Lowest-leveled book on your TBR list
Book that has been in your TBR pile the longest
Reread a story (could be a book you have read in another language or a different adaptation)
Book with a bad cover / book you bought or wanted to read despite the cover
Prettiest book you own
Cover is primarily composed of your favorite color
Title includes a number
One-word title
One-character / one-syllable title
Title that sounds curious to you
Title you didn’t understand when you first saw it
Read 1 vol. in a single day
Read without lookups (to challenge us intensive readers)
A book you got second-hand or borrowed from someone (includes things from used bookstores and library books)
Buddy read (read the same book as another person at the same time)
And now, the polls!
How does voting work?
Voting will be open until 2025-12-20T22:45:00Z
We are choosing 25 prompts, for a 5x5 bingo board, so naturally everyone gets to vote for their favourite 25 prompts, and the ones with the most votes in the end will be the official prompts for next year’s bingo.
Since the polls can only have so many options each, please try and limit yourself to your 25 votes, and spread them out across each of the 5 polls as you see fit.
Here we go!
Science fiction
Fantasy
Historical fiction
Something spicy
Biography or memoir
Queer
Travel diary style
Non-fiction
Non-fiction about something you didn’t know about
A genre you don’t usually read
Cultural flair
Cataclysm
Meta - A book about a book
Read something related to language in some way
Plot involves revenge
Book contains time travel
Book about a topic you previously didn’t know about
Going in Blind
0voters
Has a creature/lifeform you have never seen in real life
Has ghost(s)
Has cat(s)
Non-human protagonist
Mythological/fantastical creatures
Disability
Elderly main character(s)
You share a hobby with the protagonist
At least one character speaks a dialect
Main cast character hides (part) of their identity.
Book featuring a same-sex couple
Setting is a workplace
Takes place, at least partially, at a shrine / temple
Set in a country that is not where the book’s language is spoken
Set somewhere you have lived / spent a lot of time
New setting
Set in a period that’s not modern
Set in the past
Set in the future
0voters
Join/Participate in a Book Club
Past book club choice
Low interest book club nomination
A Natively level you haven’t covered yet
A higher Natively level than what you’ve read so far
A book that doesn’t have any ratings/gradings/reviews on Natively
Over 10 Reviews/Ratings
A book that you added to Natively
Random book from Natively
Book from someone else’s bingo card
Legacy - Last work of an author that has passed away
Read an author you’ve never read before
Book written by more than one author
Book that has won an award
Published the year you were born
Published the year you started learning your target language
Published >30 years ago
Published during or after 2020
Published in 2026
Untranslated (at least in a language you can read)
0voters
Read something from the free samples/something you can read for free
Book you keep hearing about but haven’t read yet
Book someone else thought you would like
Ask what to read next in the Seeking Recommendations Thread / What do I Read Next Megathread
Book chosen randomly by lucky draw or with a qualifier from the qualifier list (see below) from your TBR pile
2nd volume of a series
Finish a series
Book you planned to read in 2025 and either gave up on or replaced with another read for the 2025 bingo
Book that you forgot you owned
Why is this in my TBR?
Lowest-leveled book on your TBR list
Book that has been in your TBR pile the longest
Reread a story
0voters
Book with a bad cover / book you bought or wanted to read despite the cover
Prettiest book you own
Cover is primarily composed of your favorite color
Title includes a number
One-word title
One-character / one-syllable title
Title that sounds curious to you
Title you didn’t understand when you first saw it
Read 1 vol. in a single day
Read without lookups
A book you got second-hand or borrowed from someone
) time to get in your last-minute bingo prompts nominations!
How does voting work?
