Working on No One Will Come Back for Us by Premee Mohamed, since I started it in May.

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Finished:

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (science fantasy mystery) | bingo: number, different continent, LGBTQIA+, award HM, game, steppin' up HM, late to the party HM, jerk HM

Necromancer heirs (and their cavaliers) from each of nine houses are invited to take part in a challenge: those that succeed will become the Emperor's new elite.

I liked this more than I thought I would when I started, and I'll probably read the sequels at some point. With that said, although I found the plot reasonably solid, the setup is kinda YA, and what little is mentioned about the wider situation/world building goes almost entirely unexplained. (Also: if you ever see it described as "lesbian necromancers in space", there's only, like, 5 seconds of space.)

Liar Game, Volume 1 by Shinobu Kaitani (thriller-ish seinen manga) | bingo: different continent HM, minority author, adaptation, orange, game

An unrealistically naive college student is forced to participate a mysterious game, which threatens to leave her in massive debt if she loses. To avoid this, she decides to enlist the help of a conman.

I enjoyed the drama adaptation of this back in the day, and this was pretty much 1-to-1 with my memory of the first episode, just more manga-y.

A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny (non-scary horror) | bingo: creature HM. game

Jack the Ripper's dog companion describes each day of October, as they--along with a variety of other Victorian horror characters and their familiars--prepare for a Halloween ritual.

This was fine, but it never super grabbed me. Might be fun to read a chapter a day leading up to Halloween.