Novels set over the course of a single day (or less)

Description
Can include reminisces and flashbacks, but the majority of events be rooted in the "present" and must take place over the course of a day (or less).
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
14,542 members
232 reviews
4
5 Members
cornerhouse, souloftherose, ahef1963, kitzyl, Navah-Tores
2
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
23,300 members
376 reviews
3.8
4 Members
cornerhouse, ahef1963, kitzyl, ManWithAnAgenda
3
The Mezzanine
by Nicholson Baker
2,350 members
51 reviews
3.9
3 Members
cornerhouse, kitzyl, ManWithAnAgenda
4
The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
13,647 members
243 reviews
3.9
3 Members
cornerhouse, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
5
On Chesil Beach
by Ian McEwan
9,022 members
388 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
cornerhouse, ahef1963, kitzyl
6
Ulysses
by James Joyce
27,473 members
377 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, kitzyl
7
Saturday
by Ian McEwan
10,914 members
232 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
cornerhouse, kitzyl
8
A Single Man
by Christopher Isherwood
2,633 members
95 reviews
4
2 Members
cornerhouse, ManWithAnAgenda
9
Woodcutters
by Thomas Bernhard
1,157 members
21 reviews
4.2
2 Members
cornerhouse, kitzyl
10
The British Museum is Falling Down
by David Lodge
1,001 members
21 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
cornerhouse
11
The Pilgrim Hawk
by Glenway Wescott
526 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
12
The New House
by Lettice Cooper
214 members
7 reviews
4.1
Member
souloftherose
13
Zebra Skin Shirt (A Strattford County Yarn)
by Gregory Hill
15 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
GWHill
14
Billiards at half-past nine
by Heinrich Böll
1,496 members
24 reviews
3.8
Member
spiphany
15
Before the Feast
by Saša Stanišić
334 members
11 reviews
3.8
Member
spiphany
16
Penelope, die Listenreiche
by Goar Markosjan-Kasper
3 members
Member
spiphany
17
Under the Volcano
by Malcolm Lowry
5,015 members
101 reviews
3.8
Member
cornerhouse
18
Between the Acts
by Virginia Woolf
2,264 members
29 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
19
Untouchable
by Mulk Raj Anand
856 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
20
Hogfather
by Terry Pratchett
12,591 members
175 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
21
The House in Paris
by Elizabeth Bowen
995 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kitzyl
Explanations
kitzyl: Disclaimer: gigantic flashback in the middle section.
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Breathing Lessons
by Anne Tyler
4,534 members
78 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kitzyl
23
One Fine Day
by Mollie Panter-Downes
419 members
19 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
kitzyl
24
After Dark
by Haruki Murakami
7,766 members
231 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
cornerhouse
25
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
by Winifred Watson
2,464 members
173 reviews
4.1
Member
kitzyl
26
The Light of Day
by Graham Swift
944 members
29 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
cornerhouse
27
Don Tarquinio
by Frederick Rolfe
58 members
4.2
Member
kitzyl
Explanations
kitzyl: Described in AJA Symon's The Quest for Corvoa as "an account of twenty-four hours in the life of a young nobleman in the company of the Borgia, A.D. 1495".
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Injury Time
by Beryl Bainbridge
274 members
8 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
kitzyl
29
Not to Disturb
by Muriel Spark
314 members
12 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
kitzyl
30
Molly Fox's Birthday
by Deirdre Madden
335 members
40 reviews
3.8
Member
kitzyl
31
The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
4,854 members
175 reviews
4
32
Seize the Day
by Saul Bellow
2,872 members
47 reviews
½ 3.5
33
Cosmopolis
by Don DeLillo
2,711 members
49 reviews
3.1
34
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
by Jon McGregor
1,700 members
56 reviews
3.9
35
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
by Alan Sillitoe
1,142 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
36
Moscow to the End of the Line
by Venedikt Erofeev
1,066 members
20 reviews
3.9
37
Requiem for a Spanish Peasant
by Ramón J. Sender
940 members
21 reviews
3.9
38
Intimacy
by Hanif Kureishi
928 members
19 reviews
½ 3.5
39
April Morning
by Howard Fast
886 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
40
Arlington Park
by Rachel Cusk
684 members
48 reviews
3
41
The Heart
by Maylis de Kerangal
653 members
38 reviews
4
42
The day lasts more than a hundred years
by Chingiz Aitmatov
649 members
15 reviews
4.1
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Mr. Phillips
by John Lanchester
610 members
13 reviews
½ 3.4
44
Summerwater
by Sarah Moss
605 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
45
Solar Bones
by Mike McCormack
556 members
25 reviews
3.9
46
The Poorhouse Fair
by John Updike
479 members
9 reviews
½ 3.3
47
Ghosts
by César Aira
408 members
20 reviews
½ 3.6
48
Next
by James Hynes
343 members
18 reviews
½ 3.5
49
The Story of a Brief Marriage: A Novel
by Anuk Arudpragasam
312 members
15 reviews
4
50
Guapa
by Saleem Haddad
260 members
10 reviews
4.1
51
Varamo
by César Aira
254 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
52
A Minor Apocalypse
by Tadeusz Konwicki
243 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
53
Free Day
by Inès Cagnati
159 members
1 review
3.8
54
little scratch: A Novel
by Rebecca Watson
154 members
3 reviews
3.9
55
Alastalon salissa : kuvaus saaristosta
by Volter Kilpi
114 members
3 reviews
½ 4.5
56
The Performance: A Novel
by Claire Thomas
108 members
7 reviews
3.8
57
Curfew
by José Donoso
103 members
1 review
3
58
Among the Lost
by Emiliano Monge
73 members
9 reviews
½ 3.5
59
Mo Said She Was Quirky
by James Kelman
70 members
1 review
½ 3.6
60
Red Dress in Black and White: A novel
by Elliot Ackerman
65 members
2 reviews
3.9
61
The International
by Glenn Patterson
59 members
2 reviews
4
62
Le cœur en dehors
by Samuel Benchetrit
43 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
63
Zukunftsmusik
by Katerina Poladjan
34 members
2 reviews
3.2
64
The Colour of Dawn
by Yanick Lahens
22 members
2 reviews
3
65
Kaya Days
by Carl de Souza
21 members
3 reviews
2.9
66
Kollateralschaden
by Olga Flor
13 members
3
67
Gotthard
by Zora del Buono
12 members
½ 4.3
68
Salam, Dalgat !
by Alisa Ganieva
9 members
1 review
3.8
69
Blooms Schatten
by Reto Hänny
6 members
4
70
Curvy Lovebox
by Nick Barlay
6 members
71
Nach allem, was ich beinahe für dich getan hätte
by Marie Malcovati
5 members
72
Während wir feiern: Roman
by Ulrike Ulrich
4 members
4