Book Bingo: Monsters
Here are some suggestions for your 2025 Book Bingo NW category: Monsters. 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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Strange Japanese Yokai
Teen Nonfiction. An extraordinary collection of mysterious creatures in every possible shape and size, each with their own unique back story. The book is illustrated with hundreds of full-color drawings showcasing the fascinating features of these strange creatures. (Publisher description)
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Fifty Beasts to Break your Heart
Fiction. In this collection, each whimsical yet unsettling tale drags readers into a painful memory. It may be unrequited love, a best friend's betrayal, a lost dream, a callous ex, or simply moving away or growing up, but each story touches on a different universal hurt. And yet, it is a pleasant sort of sorrow, like listening to favorite sad songs and knowing that someone understands and has felt this before. (Library Journal)
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Greenteeth
Fiction. Jenny Greenteeth, a millennia-old monster, serves as the offbeat narrator of this sinister, Arthuriana-infused fantasy debut from O'Neill...Jenny’s unique perspective and the bond among the adventurers add some much-needed levity. This will be a hit with fans of classic quest fantasies. (Publishers Weekly)
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Beast of the North Woods
Fiction. Cryptozoologist Morgan Carter goes hunting for the world’s most unlikely murder suspect in frigid Door County, Wisconsin...Neatly combines the codes of real-world homicide investigation and of tales of beasts from the dark side. (Kirkus)
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Monstrilio
Fiction. Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago’s lung. Acting on fierce maternal instinct and the dubious logic of an old folktale, she nurtures the lung until it gains sentience, growing into the carnivorous little Monstrilio. (NoveList)
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Chlorine
Fiction. In Song’s disturbing and visionary debut, a child pushed too hard to succeed becomes a monster of her own making. (Publishers Weekly)
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They Bloom at Night
Teen Fiction. Seventeen-year-old Vietnamese American Nhung--or Noon--and Noon's mother live on their boat Wild Things in Mercy, La., where a sinister red algae bloom has mutated the wildlife in the aftermath of a deadly hurricane. (Publishers Weekly)
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We Mostly Come Out at Night
Teen Fiction. An ambitious anthology centering queer monstrosity in all its forms. Each entry opens with a stunning black-and-white chapter illustration, whetting readers' appetites for the tale to follow. Stories range from ethereal fairy-tale retellings to dystopian quests of teens seeking love and acceptance in dust-soaked, drowned-out Earths. (School Library Journal)
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Someone You Can Build A Nest in
Fiction. A shapeshifting monster finds love with a human whose family hopes to exterminate her kind in this mix of fantasy, horror, and romance. A wonderfully weird horror romance that requires an acquired taste and a strong stomach. (Kirkus)
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Women and Other Monsters
Nonfiction. In this wry and deeply personal essay collection, Electric Literature editor-in-chief Zimmerman uses the female-coded monsters of Greek mythology to explore the cultural constraints and contradictions of modern femininity. Zimmerman’s call for women to reclaim their own monstrosity rings loud and clear. (Publishers Weekly)
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