The 2020 Genre Bingo challenge was listed in a group I am in on Goodreads. The goal is to read books to make as many “bingos” as you want. This challenge has 25 prompts (genres). I like a challenge, so I hope to complete all of them. So far, I have completed the Genre Bingo challenge twice (2018 and 2019). I have fun trying to make the various “bingos”, and am often surprised which genres I check off first. I will update this list as I work on the challenge.
To make a 2020 Genre Bingo card, visit https://osric.com/bingo-card-generator/. The genres suggested are Adventure, Biography, Chick-lit, Classics, Coming of Age, Crime, Dystopian, Family Saga, Fantasy, General Nonfiction, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, Historical Nonfiction, Humor and Comedy, Horror, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Memoir, Mystery or Thriller, Paranormal, Poetry, Romance, Satire, Science Fiction, Science Nonfiction, Self-Help, Short Stories or Novella, Suspense, Tragedy, Travel, Westerns, Young Adult, Young Adult Fantasy.
UPDATE: I completed this challenge in June 2020.
MY BINGO CARD

PROMPTS
- Biography – Audrey Hepburn by Barry Paris
- Historical Fiction – Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
- Paranormal – Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
- Graphic Novel – Locke & Key: Clockworks by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
- Historical Nonfiction – Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
- Young Adult – Puddin’ by Julie Murphy
- Self-help – The Fringe Hours by Jessica N. Turner
- Chick-lit – Trophy Life by Lea Geller
- Adventure – Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
- Coming of Age – I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
- Young Adult Fantasy – Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
- Magical Realism – Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
- Any Book – How Quickly She Disappears by Raymond Fleischmann
- Satire – Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
- Dystopian – Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
- Science Fiction – Artemis by Andy Weir
- Horror – The Twelve by Justin Cronin
- Travel – Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
- Suspense – The Look-Alike by Erica Spindler
- Humor – Naked by David Sedaris
- Literary Fiction – White Oleander by Janet Fitch
- General Nonfiction – Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
- Family Saga – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
- Tragedy – The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Science Nonfiction – Cosmos by Carl Sagan