2026 Summer Reading Bingo Challenge

CANADA READS INSPIRED 2026 SUMMER READING BINGO CHALLENGE:

• Rebecca and Tara have filled in the boxes with books they’ve read or that are on their TBR (the Bingo card and list of titles will be pinned to Rebecca and Tara’s Instagram accounts)
• The Challenge will begin June 5 and run through September 5, 2026
• When you complete a bingo line, dm Rebecca (@canadareadsinspired) or Tara (@onabranchreads) on Instagram or email them at  craspod2019@gmail.com with a screenshot or list of titles
• You may enter more than one Bingo line; one completed line equals one entry
• If you have already read a book on the card, you can count it towards your bingo
• At the end of the Challenge, they will draw the name of one winner and that person will receive a $50 gift card from the independent bookstore of their choice.
• The giveaway is not affiliated with YouTube or Instagram

2026 BINGO TITLES: 

• Small Ceremonies by Kyle Edwards – Indigenous fiction, 368 pages
• Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive by Alison Gadsby — short stories, 200 pages
• The Distance of a Shout by Michael Ondaatje – poetry, 240 pages
• Nowhere by Jon Claytor – graphic novel, 445 pages
• Doubles by Nora Gold – novella, 86 pages
• Lies I Told My Sister by Louise Ells – literary fiction, 268 pages
• Opposite Sully’s Gym by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson – mystery, 320 pages
• Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin – cozy mystery, 329 pages
• Lilac People by Milo Todd – LGBT historical fiction, 303 pages
• The Hunger We Pass Down by Jen Sookfong Lee — horror, 367 pages
• Finding Flora by Elinor Florence – historical fiction, 384 pages
• All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whittaker — crime fiction, 576 pages
• I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together by Maurice Vellekoop – graphic novel, 496 pages
• Vanished Beyond the Map by Adam Shoalts – non-fiction, 288 pages
• Legendary Frybread Drive-In by Indigenous authors – YA short stories, 352 pages
• Nosy Parker by Lesley Crewe – historical fiction, 264 pages
• Outsider by Brett Popplewell – non-fiction, 384 pages
• Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson — memoir, humour, 363 pages
• Palm Meridian by Grace Flahive – LGBT romance
• Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey — literary fiction,320 pages
• Pennies by Lora Senf – middle grade horror, 384 pages
• Chasing Summer by Frankie Scott – romance, 368 pages
• Suddenly Light by Nina Dunic – short stories, 240 pages
• Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo — literary fiction, 498 pages

If you have any comments or suggestions that you would like to share with Rebecca and Tara or you are interested in joining their monthly virtual book talk, please email them at craspod2019@gmail.com