Six in Six

Emma at Words and Peace

Emma at Words and Peace is now hosting Six in Six, a flexible meme in which at or around the end of the sixth month (June) one may list six titles in six categories chosen from books one has read so far during the year. For 2026 therefore it’ll be six books in six categories in the sixth month on the twenty-sixth day of the month (for me.) 

Let's see if I can pull this off... if not I guess you'll never know I even tried! Ha! Emma has way better ideas than I do, so be sure to check out her list. (Here) I've read or reread all these books in 2026:

Around the world:

1. Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières -- GREECE
2. The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras -- COLUMBIA
3. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy -- Fictitious island off Antarctica, 1000 miles from AUSTRALIA
4. Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante -- ITALY
5. A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar -- INDIA
6. The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali -- IRAN

Memoirs/Biographies:

1. Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy
2. Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances by Kwame Alexander
3. Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li
4. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
5. The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
6. Toni at Random by Dana A. Williams

Humorous (at least partially):

1. So Far Gone by Jess Walter
2. Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
3. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
4. The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
5. Vigil by George Saunders
6. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach

Animals important to story:

1. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville -- WHALES, especially one big white Sperm whale.
2. Moby Dick by Will Eisner -- See above
3. Why Read Moby-Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick -- See above
4. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov -- BLACK CAT
5. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett -- CAT
6. Whistler by Ann Patchett -- HORSE

Classics:

1. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster (1924)
2. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Sparks (1961)
3. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (1967)
4. Animal Farm by George Orwell (1945)
5. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville (1851)
6. Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life by Max Ehrmann (1927)

Poetry:

1. Startlement: New and Selected Poems by Ada Limón
2. Little Alleluias: Collected Poetry and Prose by Mary Oliver
3. Goldenrod: Poems by Maggie Smith
4. Woman Without Shame: Poems by Sandra Cisneros
5. Poems and Prayers by Matthew McConaughey
6. Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances by Kwame Alexander

How'd I do? Just a few duplicates, not bad.

Pick your categories and join in the fun! So what if you can't have it done by the 26th? Emma suggests you make the list during July!

-Anne