# Books that take place over one or two days **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-take-place-over-one-or-two-days/731196 "2015-09-14T12:03:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-take-place-over-one-or-two-days/731196/21 "2015-09-21T13:46:26Z")
Ok it’s 3 says, as in _3 Days of the Condor_, both book and movie. Any _24_ episode. There was a Johnny Depp movie whose title escapes me, but he was being blackmailed to kill someone in 2 hours. The movie was supposedly in real time, so two hours elapsing in screen time was the same as two hours of audience time. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-take-place-over-one-or-two-days/731196/22 "2015-09-21T17:19:26Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Ok it’s 3 says, as in _3 Days of the Condor_, both book and movie. Nitpick: The book was titled _ **Six Days of the Condor** _. > **[Six Days of the Condor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Days_of_the_Condor)** > > Six Days of the Condor is a thriller novel by American author James Grady, first published in 1974 by W.W. Norton. A suspense drama set in Washington, D.C., the plot was considerably revised for the 1975 film adaptation Three Days of the Condor. > Ronald Malcolm is a CIA employee who works in a clandestine operations office in Washington, D.C. responsible for analyzing the plots of mystery and spy novels. One day, when he should be in the office, Malcolm slips out a basement entrance for lunch. I... ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-take-place-over-one-or-two-days/731196/23 "2015-09-23T01:27:17Z")
Tick Tock by Dean Koontz takes place in less than 1 day. I think another of his books takes place in one or two days. Um… Intensity maybe? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-take-place-over-one-or-two-days/731196/24 "2015-09-23T03:25:21Z")
“Go Set A Watchman” takes place over a long weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Richey84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Richey84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richey84)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-take-place-over-one-or-two-days/731196/25 "2015-09-23T15:32:42Z")
_Seize the Day_ by Saul Bellow. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-take-place-over-one-or-two-days/731196/26 "2015-09-24T12:32:14Z")
Children’s book – Judith Viorst’s **Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day** 😛 Adult’s book – Christopher Isherwood’s **A Single Man** ---
**Author:** ![Evin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Evin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-take-place-over-one-or-two-days/731196/27 "2015-09-24T14:12:51Z")
The Divine Comedy, Easter weekend, 1300 ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-take-place-over-one-or-two-days/731196/28 "2015-09-24T14:54:13Z")
Finnegans Wake. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-take-place-over-one-or-two-days/731196/29 "2015-09-24T15:38:58Z")
You know, I read his book years ago, but had no recollection that it took place in just one day: Philip Dick’s _ **Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?** _ ---
**Author:** ![jrbor76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@jrbor76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrbor76)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-take-place-over-one-or-two-days/731196/30 "2015-09-26T23:23:10Z")
It’s been a while since I read it so I’m not 100% sure, but if the book version of _Wonder Boys_ is anything like the movie, it takes place over about 48 hours (Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon), with a short epilogue at the end several months later. Great movie. Totally underrated. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-take-place-over-one-or-two-days/731196.md?page=1)