Book Bingo 2026: Water
Here are some suggestions for your 2026 Book Bingo NW category: Water, selected by library staff at The Seattle Public Library. Book Bingo is our annual adult summer reading program presented in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures and King County Library System.
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Purified
Nonfiction. If we're running out of water, how will we make our beer? By purifying sewage water - this book shows that it's already being done safely.
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The Flow
Nonfiction. How else can you relate to water besides physical science? Through encounters with water this author explores themes of wildness and wonder, loss and healing, mythology and history, cyclicity and transformation.
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Chasing Icebergs
Nonfiction. Water shortages driven by climate change could lead to a "Cold Rush" for icebergs, corrupting governments, entrepreneurs, and indigenous people.
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Water
Nonfiction. “The story of water is not technological, but political.” (Kirkus) Cities began where water was easy to access, and control of water determined a lot of human history, right up to the current climate crisis.
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Deep Water
Nonfiction. Studying ocean ecosystems can show us the interconnectedness of life on Earth. "The toxic legacies of human industry written into the bodies of ocean creatures are a reminder that the deep is not a place of forgetting, but an ark of memory" (Publishers Weekly)
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All the Water in the World
Fiction. After New York City was flooded by rising seas, 13-year-old Nonie and her family stayed behind. When a severe storm destroys their shelter at a museum, Nonie, and the few survivors head out on the water, hoping to reach Nonie's aunt's farm. (Publishers Weekly)
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Fathom Fall
Young Adult Fiction. The Maze Runner meets Fortnite : a boy finds out the monsters from his favorite video game are real. They came for our water, but they'll settle for your blood. (Amazon)
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We the Poisoned
Nonfiction. In Flint, Michigan, state and local government actors and Wall Street investors inflicted immense suffering on the mostly Black population and covered up their involvement.
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The Water Remembers
Nonfiction. For a Northern California tribe, salmon are vital to survival and identity. After a catastrophic fish kill, Amy Bowers Cordalis reignites her family's 170-year fight against the U.S. government. ...the battle is not just about fishing - it is about protecting a way of life and a river's right to exist. (NoveList)
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Something in the Water
Fiction. Buried secrets, environmental disaster, and a legacy of corruption hit too close to home when a Black journalist and her family make a fresh start in small-town Texas - and find trouble just beneath the promising surface. (NoveList)
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