| Translation | A play | Science Fiction | Recommended by a librarian or bookseller | Cozy Mystery |
| That “everyone” but you has read | That you saw someone else reading | That you think you will dislike | Recommended in a BOTNS episode | That you chose because of the cover |
| By a small press | Recommended by a family member | BOTNS BINGO (free square) | Thriller/Suspense | By an author of a different gender |
| With only words on the cover | Published in 2014 | Young Adult novel | Published before 1970 | By an author of a different culture |
| Biography or memoir | 10 short stories | Six words or more in the title | Set in another country | A novella |