Six in Six: 2026 Edition

Six in Six was the idea of Jo of The Book Jotter, who sadly stopped blogging in 2025, and is now hosted by Emma of Words and Peace. I’ve been taking part in this every year since it began (I was shocked when I looked back through my posts and discovered that Jo started it in 2012!) so I’m pleased a new host has picked it up. Six in Six is a great way to look back on our reading over the first six months of the year. The idea is to choose six categories (there’s a list of suggestions on Emma’s blog, but participants can come up with new topics of their own if they prefer) and then try to fit six books or authors we’ve read from January-June into each category. My attempt for 2026 is below – as you’ll see, some of these books could have fit more than one category, but I only wanted to use each book once. ~ Six books in translation The Blind Woman of Sorrento by Francesco Mastriani (Italian) Embers by Sándor Márai (Hungarian) Suspicion by Seichō Matsumoto (Japanese) Gigi and The Cat by…