books that span a single day (or less!)
created by moski
last updated February, 2026
This Is Where It Ends
Marieke Nijkamp
Bomber
Len Deighton
The Most
Jessica Anthony
Saturday
Ian McEwan
After Dark
Haruki Murakami
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Ulysses
James Joyce
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Elif Shafak
That's All I Know
Elisa Levi
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
Kathleen Rooney
little scratch
Rebecca Watson
Graveyard Shift
M.L. Rio
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
They Both Die at the End (Death-Cast, #1)
Adam Silvera
The Sun Is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon
Bomber by Len Deighton takes place over 24 hours. Very cool idea for a list btw
perfect, tysm!!
Another banger moski!!
I offer you 🤲 That's All I Know by Elisa Levi
added🥳🥳 ty friend!!
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of course!
The Most by Jessica Anthony, which I’m reading right now, takes place over the course of eight hours!
thank u sm thats perfect!!!
This is how it ends by Marieke Nijkamp could go on this list, the German title is literally 54 minutes cause that's the timeframe.
added!!! tysm!
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