If you loved
Books like Day
A profound, haunting meditation on the agonizing choice between surrendering to the ghosts of the past and enduring the pain of the present. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Day.
- haunting
- heavy
- sorrowful
- reflective
- 01
Dawn
Elie Wiesel · 1961
A claustrophobic, nocturnal meditation on the moral cost of survival and the heavy ghosts of the past.
- 02
La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour
Elie Wiesel · 1987
A devastating, essential descent into the darkest abyss of human history and the agonizing search for light in its aftermath.
- 03
The Accident
Diane Hoh · 1996
A chilling, atmospheric mystery where the supernatural bleeds into the everyday through a haunted reflection.
- 04
A secret sorrow
Karen Van Der Zee
A tender, angst-filled journey of hidden scars and the healing power of a patient, unconditional love.
- 05
Milkweed
Ron Rifkin · 2003
A heartbreakingly naive perspective on unimaginable tragedy, told with breathless energy and profound empathy.
- 06
Enemies, a love story
Isaac Bashevis Singer · 1972
A darkly farcical and deeply anxious exploration of a traumatized man tangled in a web of his own lies.
- 07
Everything Is Illuminated
Jonathan Safran Foer
A hilarious, linguistically inventive road trip that slowly peels back its absurd layers to reveal a devastating core of historical grief.
- 08
Surviving the angel of death
Eva Mozes Kor · 2009
An unflinching, deeply moving testament to a sisterly bond that withstood the darkest horrors of the twentieth century.
- 09
I Have Lived a Thousand Years
Livia Bitton-Jackson
A harrowing yet deeply human testament to a teenager's survival and the unbreakable bond between mother and daughter in the darkest of times.
- 10
The History of Love
Nicole Krauss
A tender, intricately woven puzzle box of a novel about the ways we survive profound loss through the stories we tell.
- 11
Anne Frank
Francine Prose
A thoughtful, analytical exploration of how a deeply personal historical record was deliberately crafted into a lasting work of literary art.
- 12
A horse walks into a bar
David Grossman
A relentless, real-time descent into the raw, tragicomic depths of a performer's soul.
