Book Bingo 2026!

Oh my gosh, it's summer, a great time to read outside! When deciding on what you'll read, consider taking a look at the library's book bingo card. If any of your reads fit into a category on the book card, fill out a row or more, give it back to the library and you could win a prize. This page will be periodically updated throughout the summer, so please come back and see what's new now and then!

Need help getting started?

Print the front and back of the card below, or come in and pick up a hard copy.

Some titles that match bingo categories are listed below, in case you need a suggestion! And we have a book bingo category display here too. Please keep in mind that staff are here to help!

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Summer Reading - Events for Adults

Saturday, June 27th: Summer Reading Kickoff Party

Not just for kids! Starting at 11:00 am, we'll have the band Hungrytown here, an Escape Room challenge for adults and several sessions of bingo, so please stop by the library on Saturday!

Wednesday, July 22nd: Beer and Book Bingo

We'll play another type of Book Bingo, and offer up some local beers along with soft drinks and snacks!

Below are just SOME of this year's prizes:

Drawing will be held for these items (and more) for everyone who completes one row!

Kindle case

Separate drawing will be held for these items for readers who fill a whole card!

Below are some interesting titles that match the bingo categories...

but they are just examples! Please email me if you have any additional suggestions

for titles at kwilliams@cwmars.org.

Revisionist U.S. history (a new and different view of U.S. history)

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, by Nikole Hannah-Jones

American Patriots: A Short History of Dissent by Ralph F. Young

Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson

An indigenous peoples' history of the United States, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

One day, everyone will always have been against this, by Omar El Akkad

These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore

Titles that take place in the Berkshires

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

The Garden Plot: A Mystery, by Deborah J. Benoit

Hope Leslie, by Catharine Maria Sedgwick

House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

North Woods by Daniel Mason

Book about nature or gardening (ie. seeds, to match this summer's reading theme)

Close to home: the wonders of nature just outside your door, by Thor Hanson

Compost after reading: a practical manifesto for purposeful decomposition, by Cassandra Marketos

The continuous vegetable garden : create a perpetual food garden that sows and grows itself, by Charlie Nardozzi

Garden for life: strategies for easier, greener, more joyful gardening as we age, by Rhonda Fleming Hayes

From Seed to Table, by Diane Devereaux

What We Sow, by Jennifer Jewell

Write a review for the Milne's BookShare page

You can write an enticing review (whether you liked the book or not), and we will post it on our Book Share page. We love hearing what you think about books you've read! You can also pick up a print copy, in English or in Spanish, at the library.

Graphic Novel, Teen or Adult

Teens/Young Adults

Forgive-me-not, by Mari Costa

Wake now in the fire, by Jarret Dapier

Hello Sunshine, by Keezy Young

Adults

Anxietyland, by Gemma Correll

As I Dream of You, by Jennifer Lee

Bone Broth, by Alex Taylor

Book that takes place in, or is about, a World Cup 2026 country that you know little about

Just a few examples:

Belgium: 33 Place Brugmann, by Alice Austen

Croatia: Slanting towards the sea, by Lidija Hilje

Ivory Coast and the Congo: Saka Saka: Adventures in African cooking, south of the Sahara, by Anto Cocagne

Ivory Coast: Comrade Papa, by Gauz

The Netherlands: I am you, by Victoria Redel

Morocco: Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, by Laila Lalami

Norway: Killing Moon, by Jo Nesbø

Find the full list of World Cup 2026 soccer-playing countries on the FIFA website.

Book about Democracy or Free Speech

American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union, by Jon Meacham

Democracy awakening: notes on the state of America, by Heather Cox Richardson

Free speech handbook: a practical framework for understanding our free speech protections, by Ian Rosenberg

Owned: how tech billionaires on the right bought the loudest voices on the left, by Eoin Higgins

We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution, by Jill Lepore

Audiobooks and podcasts

Audiobooks

A few recent, highly-rated audiobooks:

King of Kings, by Scott Anderson

A Guardian and a Thief, by Megha Majumdar

Murders and Acquisitions, by Thomas Dunne

Our guide to awesome audio

Audiobooks available in our catalog

Podcasts

IHeart podcast awards 2026

The Top 50 podcasts in the U.S. in 2026

Virtual or in-person Milne Public Library or book event

All Milne Public Library events

Author talks at the Milne

Book-related events near Williamstown:

Author series at the Mount

Book by Person of Color, Indigenous or LGBTQIA+ author

Authors of Color

Black freedom: a visual history of Juneteenth and emancipation days, by Blair Murphy Kelley

Coyoteland, by Vanessa Hua

How the word is passed: a reckoning with the history of slavery across America, by Clint Smith

Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee

A splintering, by Dur E Aziz Amna

Indigenous authors

Bitter over sweet, by Melissa Llanes Brownlee

Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Python's Kiss, by Louise Erdrich

There There, by Tommy Orange

Wild people quiet, by Tara Gereaux

LGBTQIA+ authors

The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune

How far the light reaches: a life in ten sea creatures, by Sabrina Imbler

Hungerstone, by Kat Dunn

The Lilac People, by Milo Todd

On Earth we're briefly gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong

Book of poetry, short stories OR essays

Poetry

The Book of Alice: Poems, by Alice Forde

The distance of a shout: selected poems, by Michael Ondaatje

Short Stories

American fantasy, by Emma Straub

The animal room, by Lauren Acampora

Essays

Braving the truth : essential essays for reckoning with and reimagining faith, by Rachel Held Evans

The evolution of fire : essays on crisis and becoming, by Angela Pelster

Books about food, including cookbooks!

Dinner tonight: 200 quick recipes for inspired weeknight cooking, America's Test Kitchen

A feather and a fork: 125 intertribal dishes from an Indigenous food warrior, by Crystal Wapepah

Madaq : simple and delicious everyday recipes with the flavors of Morocco by Nargisse Benkabbou

The new vegetarian: 500+ recipes for a lifetime of great meals, America's Test Kitchen

Maangchi's big book of Korean cooking: from everyday meals to celebration cuisine, by Maangchi

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South, by Michael W. Twitty

Book about social issues

Please ask a Milne staff member for help with finding a title about an issue you care about!

Movies based on books

The housemaid, by Freida McFadden

Movie available on Starz and Prime Video

Project Hail Mary, book by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary, on DVD

The Love Hypothesis, book by Ali Hazelwood

Movie coming out late 2026 on Prime Video

People We Meet on Vacation, book by Emily Henry

Movie available on Netflix

The Odyssey, epic by Homer

Movie coming out July 2026