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Books That Take Place in a Very Short Amount of Time

It's amazing what can be done in literature, as a weekend, a day, several hours, or even a single moment in time can be stretched to 500 pages.
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After Dark (Haruki Murakami)
After Dark
1
Haruki Murakami
All You Need Is Kill (Hiroshi Sakurazaka)
All You Need Is Kill
2
Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer)
Artemis Fowl
3
Eoin Colfer
Before I Fall (Lauren Oliver)
Before I Fall
4
Lauren Oliver
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
5
Kurt Vonnegut
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
6
Roald Dahl
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
7
Charles Dickens
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
8
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Dinner, Herman Koch
The Dinner, Herman Koch
9
Dirty Little Secrets (Cj Omololu)
Dirty Little Secrets
10
Cj Omololu
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
11
Philip K. Dick
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
12
Dan Brown
Eleven Hours (Pamela Erens)
Eleven Hours
13
Pamela Erens
Embers
Embers
14
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
15
James Joyce
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock (Matthew Quick)
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
16
Matthew Quick
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
17
J.D. Salinger
Gerald's Game (Stephen King)
Gerald's Game
18
Stephen King
Graffiti Moon (Cath Crowley)
Graffiti Moon
19
Cath Crowley
Help a Bear Is Eating Me
Help a Bear Is Eating Me
20
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual
21
Georges Perec
The Mezzanine
The Mezzanine
22
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
23
Virginia Woolf
The Night My Sister Went Missing (Carol Plum-Ucci)
The Night My Sister Went Missing
24
Carol Plum-Ucci
On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan)
On Chesil Beach
25
Ian McEwan
Room Temperature
Room Temperature
26
Rose Sees Red (Cecil Castellucci)
Rose Sees Red
27
Cecil Castellucci
Saturday (Ian McEwan)
Saturday
28
Ian McEwan
Seize the Day (Saul Bellow)
Seize the Day
29
Saul Bellow
A Single Man
A Single Man
30
Snuff
Snuff
31
The Sportswriter
The Sportswriter
32
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight (Jennifer E. Smith)
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
33
Jennifer E. Smith
This Is Not a Drill (Beck Mcdowell)
This Is Not a Drill
34
Beck Mcdowell
Twelve Angry Men (Reginald Rose)
Twelve Angry Men
35
Reginald Rose
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
36
James Joyce
The Uncertain Hour (Jess Browner)
The Uncertain Hour
37
Jess Browner
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
38
Malcolm Lowry
The Unfortunates
The Unfortunates
39
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
40
Edward Albee
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