It’s New Year, New Reading Goals here at Mr B’s, where our team is excitedly picking out their reads for the year ahead. Especially as 2026 has just been named the National Year of Reading: promoting reading for pleasure, and using books as a way to reconnect reading with the things that already inspire us – from playlists and football matches to films, food and family time.
So whether it’s a book that’s been sitting on the TBR pile for way too long, a classic everyone should read (but no one has), book five (and then six, and then seven) of a super-mega-fantasy series (Dungeon Crawler Carl, anyone?), or the latest prize-winner everyone’s been talking about, don’t worry – Team B’s got it in sight.
But we’re also super keen to try something new, something unexpected, and something wildly out of our comfort zones. Introducing: the Mr B’s 2026 Book Bingo!
If you’re after a fool-proof way to plan your 2026 reads, then look no further. Featuring 24 different categories of bookish inspiration (plus a free space!), these prompts allow you to pull from your existing shelves… and be pointed in some new literary directions!
We’ll be back each week with some recommendations for each category – but today we’ll start by highlighting our Hall of Fame!
We hope you have fun ticking off the categories, and that this bingo sheet inspires some excellent new reads.
Here’s to 2026 being another year of delightful reading!