While you’re working on your summer reading logs, why not participate in the Books & Bites Bingo Summer-Fall reading challenge?
Reading challenges are a great way to set reading goals for yourself, discover new authors and genres, and have fun while doing it.
How Do I Play?
From now through Dec 30, 2025, keep track of books you read or listen to by writing the title and author in the matching square on the Summer-Fall Books & Bites Bingo card.
Complete all 25 squares for a chance to win a $100 Joseph-Beth gift card! You’ll also earn an enamel pin (while supplies last).
During the month of December, turn in your completed card at the Ask a Librarian, Customer Service, or Teen Desks, or use our online form.
What’s Up with All the Asterisks (*)?
In addition to one free square in the center of the card, you can double up on certain prompts. You may pair any prompt with an asterisk with a prompt without an asterisk. However, you can’t use a title more than twice.
Plus, you can earn another free square if you decide to read The Dark Library by Mary Anna Evans and 1) attend our Book Club discussion of it or 2) listen to the October episode of the Books & Bites podcast. You may listen to the episode any time after it airs.
What Are the Prompts?
Check out the list of reading prompts below or download the Summer-Fall Books & Bites Bingo Card (PDF, 440 KB).
To find suggestions for your squares, listen to the Books & Bites podcast, visit the Books & Bites webpage, join the Books & Bites Facebook group, attend the Books & Bites Book Club, or sign up for the Books & Bites newsletter.
- A book that features the internet or social media
- Read an eBook or listen to an audiobook*
- Feel-good fiction
- A book set outside the U.S., U.K., or Canada
- Enjoy a book while drinking a cold beverage*
- Read a book on vacation or on a holiday*
- A book with a dragon
- A debut novel*
- A book with a tree on the cover
- A romantasy
- Listen to an episode of the Books & Bites podcast
- A challenged or banned book
- Share a book that fits one of the prompts to the Books & Bites Facebook group or email it to [email protected]*
- Read The Dark Library by Mary Anna Evans or another book set in a library**
- Try Book Match Bundles or a Teen BookVenture*
- By a Hispanic-American author
- A dystopian or post-apocalyptic book
- A book released in 2025
- A book by an author you’re thankful for
- A book with a blue cover
- Attend Silent Book Club or read for 1 hour at the library*
- Any book you want
- A book with a crime or criminal activity
- A book from the Books & Bites newsletter, display, or website*
*You may pair any prompt with an asterisk with a prompt without an asterisk. You can’t use a title more than twice.
**Read The Dark Library and 1) attend our Book Club discussion of it or 2) listen to the October episode of the Books & Bites podcast for a free square of your choice!