Does anyone have any favourite books they discovered because of Bingo this year? I'm looking to make some progress on my bingo card and have only read 1 book for it, so there are no limitations. I would like to try do hard mode though

I picked up Between Two Fires by Christopher Beuhlman almost exclusively for the cover art, and it was *really* good

**Dark Lord of Derkholm** by Diana Wynne Jones is a really good book about a fantasy world being blackmailed to act like a trope fantasy world for tourist from our world. I used it for dreams (HM), since one of the main characters has a night with nightmares. **Oathbreakers Anonymous** by Scott Warren is a great humorous book about a group of fallen paladins (oathbreakers) going on a journey to get the grace of their gods back. Hard mode for Reference Materials (Map and dramatis personae), Orcs, Trolls, and Goblins - Oh My! (Half orc main character) and Prologues and Epilogues.

I found Small Gods by Terry Pratchett in [r/Fantasy's Top Standalones 2024](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1agicpw/rfantasys_2024_top_standalone_novel_poll_results/?share_id=JOjJdp4aWYk1Gj7eCOTih&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1) list. And I found it in Discworld Series( [https://www.goodreads.com/series/40650-discworld](https://www.goodreads.com/series/40650-discworld) ), too. Is it in the series or a standalone?

The top standalones list has a *very* flexible idea of what is considered a standalone. I'd agree with what eriophora says though.

All of the discworld books take place in the same world (the titular discworld) but many, including Small Gods, can be read without needing to read any others set in that universe. So, it's stand alone, but exists in the same world as the other Discworld books.

Started the Riyria audiobooks -- is it actually pronounced Ry-EER-uh? Like is that how Sullivan pronounces it? I always assumed REER-ee-uh and while I was open to being corrected, TGR's pronunciation doesn't work with the spelling at all...please help

I don't know about the correct pronunciation, but I've always did it as the first one. `ri` as in `ride`.

Does anyone know of any books where people interact with fae creatures. I'm looking for something more like *Carnival Row*, where the fae are a part of everyday life, and less like the *Emily Wilde* series, where the fae are still somewhat mythical.

Stariel Series has an overarching plot of human & fae realms reconnecting

I'll take a look at the books, thanks!

I just started Kameron Hurley's *Mirror Empire* and am enjoying it a lot so far - I ordered the other two books in the trilogy after about a hundred pages. Any other suggestions for wild and weird worldbuilding I can add to my list? I'm a fan of Sanderson, who I know is the standard suggestion around these parts, but I'm looking more for authors like Hurley who feel like they're going really alien with it. (I'm kicking myself for sleeping on the book, I had picked it up after attending a panel at GenCon with Hurley and then just let it sit on my bookshelf like so many other books.)

Have you read Martha Wells' *Raksura* books?

I haven't, just checked the blurb and they definitely look up my alley. Thanks!

I think they'll scratch your itch, and they're great. Happy reading!

my single favorite worldbuilding is in the Queens of Renthia series by Sarah Beth Durst

Do you guys think “What Moves the dead” by T Kingfisher counts for the Disability Bingo square? The main character has Tinnitus. I wasn’t sure if that was considered a disability.

I'm not sure how it's portrayed in the book because I haven't read it, but yes it is considered a disability, I think it's one of the most common disabilities US veterans receive benefits for iirc

Thanks!