Summer reading is in full swing.
Vacations and beach days are perfect for diving into a good book, and we’re here to help you build the perfect TBR. USA TODAY’s Book Challenge is back by popular demand, and you have a chance to win a $100 gift card to Bookshop.org. Our printable bingo card has categories across genres to expand your reading goals and is open from now until September 30, 2025.
Our last winner was Lisa Dawn Thompson, a reader from Tennessee who crossed off a row of bingo squares after reading “The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern” by Lynda Cohen Loigman (comfort read) and “Nesting” by Roisin O’Donnell (set in a place you want to visit), among others.
Want to try your luck this round?
How to participate in USA TODAY’s Summer Book Challenge
To submit your bingo card, fill out this entry form and let us know your contact information and what books you’ve read to complete the challenge. Be sure to read all instructions and only fill the form out once.
Click here for a printable version of the bingo board.
Anyone who participates by submitting a bingo card will be entered into a gift-card giveaway. The winner will be notified via email within five business days after the drawing. You must be 18 or older to enter. Check out the full contest rules here.
The challenge includes intentionally varied bingo spaces so readers of all genres can participate. For example, you could read five books and clear the entire top row, or take advantage of the free space in the middle and check off four other boxes. Each box needs to correspond to a different title – no counting one book in multiple boxes! Books should be read during the contest entry period, July 1 to September 30).
Here’s an example of how I would fill it out:
- Whodunit mystery: “A Murder for Miss Hortense” by Mel Pennant
- Nonfiction: “How to Lose Your Mother” by Molly Jong-Fast
- Set in space: “Of Monsters and Mainframes” by Barbara Truelove
- Makes you laugh: “Endling” by Maria Reva
- LGBTQ+ author: “A Language of Limbs” by Dylin Hardcastle
We’d love it if you also tagged us on social media (@usatodaylife) with your filled-out bingo card (here’s how to add photos of book covers to your card using Instagram story), but remember, you still have to fill out the entry form for a chance at the giveaway.
Clare Mulroy is USA TODAY’s Books Reporter, where she covers buzzy releases, chats with authors and dives into the culture of reading. Find her on Instagram, subscribe to our weekly Books newsletter or tell her what you’re reading at cmulroy@usatoday.com.
