Jo at The Book Jotter is running her Six in Six meme again this year. It's a fun way to summarize the first six months of your reading year by sorting books you've read into six different categories. Choose from the ones Jo suggests or feel free to create your own. The same book can obviously feature in more than one category.
I always enjoy this little exercise and participated in 2012 and 2013. I could have sworn I played along last year, too, but can't seem to find the post.
Six new-to-me authors:
Emily St. John Mandel
Rabih Alameddine
Elena Ferrante
Paula Hawkins
Nickolas Butler
Atul Gawande
Six tried-and-true authors:
Dorothy Whipple
Stewart O'Nan
Anthony Trollope
Thomas Hardy
Theodore Dreiser
Lucy Knisley
Six classic novels:
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
They Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan
Six Nonfiction titles:
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch
Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss
An Age of License: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley
Six in Translation:
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
The Horla by Guy de Maupassant
Six Newer Novels:
Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler
Euphoria by Lily King
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Enchanted August: A Novel by Brenda Bowen
Bittersweet: A Novel by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
How is your year stacking up? Let me know if you decide to play along.
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