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, if you’re after a fool-proof way to plan out your 2026 reads, then look no further! Featuring 24 different categories of bookish inspiration (plus a free space!), our Book Bingo prompts allow you to pull from your existing shelves… and be pointed in some new literary directions!
Today we’re highlighting some of our Team’s favourite graphic novels! Ranging from children’s to teen to adult, covering both fiction and non-fiction, these graphic novels run from memoirs to magical adventures, political history to spine-tingling horror, featuring cowgirls, investigative cats, and many (many!) talking creatures.
We’d especially like to highlight Joe Sacco’s Palestine. One of Sôffi’s favourite graphics novels, she says: “A groundbreaking work of journalism (now back in print 20+ years after its creation!), Palestine takes readers on a journey of the daily struggles of Palestinians under the Israeli occupation. Between 1991-92 Joe Sacco captured the hopes, fears and resilience of ordinary people, as well as soldiers, refugees, and activists – which still ring true in 2026.”
Check out the link to shop Team B’s selection of favourite graphic novels – or look below, to see which bookseller chose which book!
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!