Book Bingo 2026: World Cup Country
Here are some suggestions for your 2026 Book Bingo NW category: World Cup Country, 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.
Note-- there are 5 countries in the World Cup not included on this list as the Library does not have any recent books published by authors from these countries:
Cabo Verde, Curaçao, Jordan, Paraguay, and Qatar
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Cleat Cute
USA. Fiction. In this kicky sapphic soccer romance from Wilsner, rookie Phoebe Matthews joins the U.S. women’s national team in New Orleans to fill in for injured veteran Grace Henderson, and sparks fly as the women challenge each other both on and off the pitch. (Publishers Weekly)
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Pink Slime
Uruguay. Fiction. Told in a conversational yet purposely discomfiting future subjunctive tense, the novel recounts the slow breakdown of society after deadly algae washed ashore, killed all the fish, and made other living creatures sick when the wind blew off the sea. With her eerie and unnervingly probable plot, strong narrative voice, and focus on the small, beautiful moments of life amid disaster, Trías's tale will continue to haunt readers long after they turn the final page. (Library Journal)
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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We Computers
Uzbekistan. Fiction. Centuries of poetic tradition and the possibilities of artificial intelligence animate this dizzying and gorgeous novel from Ismailov. The result, ably translated by Fairweather-Vega, is a rich and sensual tableau that makes an implicit argument for the value of human thought. Readers will go all in for this ambitious, genre-defying work. (Publishers Weekly)
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use
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