You can join the Adult Library Summer BINGO! Challenge for 2026 to read a variety of themes for America's 250th birthday and to complete activities. Pick up a BINGO! card at the library and complete BINGO!s to earn entries into our monthly drawings. This month, we're featuring books for each theme to help you complete your BINGO! card.

• American Immigrant Story: The Book of Unknown Americans

• American Immigrant Story: Behold the Dreamers

• Visit a New State in a Book (Arkansas): A Painted House

• Visit a New State in a Book (Maryland): The Accidental Tourist

• Adapted into Movie/TV: 12 Years a Slave

• Adapted into Movie/TV: The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

• US Pop Culture: Girl on Girl

• US Pop Culture: Ready Player One

• Historical Novel: The Cold Millions

• Historical Novel: The Nickel Boys

• Freedom, Justice, Or Civil Rights: How the Word is Passed

• Freedom, Justice, or Civil Rights: Just Mercy                        

• American Cuisine: Fried Green Tomatoes

• American Cuisine: The Proposal

• Community or Family: Story of My Life

• Community or Family: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store

• Banned or Challenged: Lawn Boy

• Banned or Challenged: Beloved

• Famous Americans: The Doctors Blackwell

• Famous Americans: Team of Rivals

• American Crime: Small Mercies

• American Crime: American Predator

• Social Change: The Women's March

• Social Change: The Invention of Wings