Book Bingo NW 2025: Flower on the Cover or In the Title

Hopefully you won’t have a hard time finding a flower on the cover of a book! However, if you would like some suggestions for this summer’s Book Bingo, we rounded up some titles. Here’s a variety to interest you, from non-fiction to fantasy.

First up is Marigold Mind Laundry by Jungeun Yun, translated by Shanna Tan. In this book, Jieun accidentally wishes her family away, then vows to get them back. Along the way, she opens a laundry where she removes people’s deepest pains. This hopeful story follows Jieun and five people who come to her laundromat. Take note of the flower marigold in the title.

In The Twilight Garden by Sarah Nisha Adams, two London neighbors take an instant dislike to each other until a mysterious package arrives on the doorstep of one of the neighbors, inspiring him to return a shared garden to its former glory if only to annoy his new neighbor. This intricately plotted story will leave you feeling good. Quite a few flowers on the cover make this one ideal for book bingo.

For a hopeful tale about chosen family, try Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson. Ruby is a Métis woman who was adopted by white parents that did not teach her anything about her indigenous heritage. You get to learn about Ruby’s life as the narration jumps from childhood to her present and spend time with this complicated yet humorous character. A mosaic of flowers on the cover is enough to cover this bingo square.

This YA action-packed slow burn fantasy called The Dangerous Ones by Lauren Blackwood has an exploding flower on the cover to get it to qualify. This story is about a vampire killer, Jerusalem, in the American Civil War who teams up with an Ancient Vampire, Alexei, to fight against the South. Jerusalem’s hatred of vampire kind is tested by Alexei, who helps her get revenge.

Rounding out our fiction selection is a horror novel called The Honeys by Ryan La Sala. In this YA horror, Mars’ twin sister, Caroline, dies. Trying to figure out the mystery behind Caroline’s death, Mars befriends Caroline’s friends which leads to a supernatural twist in this psychological thriller. The cover is only flowers, filling the need for a flower on the cover.

Finally, let me wrap up with three nonfiction books. Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit gives a gentle look at George Orwell and focuses on his love of nature, starting with the roses he planted in 1936. His love of roses are depicted on the cover and in the title. If you’d like to discover the meanings of flowers across various cultures and time periods, check out Flowers and Their Meanings by Karen Azoulay. With a bouquet on the cover, it explores meaning, history, mythology and more about flowers. With a dandelion on the cover, The Book of (more) Delights by Ross Gay is a series of accessible essays that may frame the world in new perspectives.

Hopefully you’ll find one of these books with flowers on the cover or in the title interesting. Please see our list for additional options: Book Bingo NW 2025: Flower on the cover/in the title. As flowers are a perennial favorite for book covers, it shouldn’t be too hard to find a flower on the cover of a book!

~Posted by Meranda

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