15 must-read contemporary books like The All-Night Sun by Diane Zinna

Cover of The All-Night Sun by Diane Zinna

The All-Night Sun

By: Diane Zinna

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A lonely young woman gets too close to her charismatic female student in this propulsive debut, cul…

"A word can be like a cellar door. Just a few steps and you're in a dark place."

-Diane Zinna, The All-Night Sun

"A word can be like a cellar door. Just a few steps and you're in a dark place."

-Diane Zinna, The All-Night Sun

"Sometimes the rules only seem silly because you aren't able to see far enough ahead."

-Diane Zinna, The All-Night Sun

"Sometimes the rules only seem silly because you aren't able to see far enough ahead."

-Diane Zinna, The All-Night Sun

If you liked the contemporary plot in The All-Night Sun by Diane Zinna , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Family Tree by Carole Cadwalladr

1. The Family Tree

By: Carole Cadwalladr

3.44

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

When Rebecca Monroe—married to Alistair, a scientist who doesn’t believe in fate, but rather geneti… read more

Similar categories in Carole Cadwalladr's The Family Tree book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown by Michael Cunningham

2. Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown

By: Michael Cunningham

3.89

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In this celebration of one of America's oldest towns (incorporated in 1720), Michael Cunningham, au… read more

Similar categories in Michael Cunningham's Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • audiobook
Cover of Jillian by Halle Butler

3. Jillian

By: Halle Butler

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

Megan, recently out of college and working a meaningless job as a gastroenterologist's secretary, o… read more

Similar categories in Halle Butler's Jillian book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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4. In the Heart of the Canyon

By: Elisabeth Hyde

3.70

Format: 264 pages,

read more

Similar categories in Elisabeth Hyde's In the Heart of the Canyon book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook

5. The Giant's House

By: Elizabeth McCracken

3.85

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

An unusual love story about a little librarian on Cape Cod and the tallest boy in the world, The Gi… read more

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6. The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

By: John Glatt

2.83

Format: 288 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling crime writer John Glatt tells the true story behind the kidnappings and … read more

Similar categories in John Glatt's The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

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7. The Fetishist

By: Katherine Min

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this hilariously savage, poignant novel by acclaimed author Katherine Min, a grieving daughter’s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Min's The Fetishist book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Clear

By: Carys Davies

3.92

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more

Similar categories in Carys Davies's Clear book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. We Were the Universe

By: Kimberly King Parsons

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A young mother, in denial after the death of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desir… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly King Parsons's We Were the Universe book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It’s an unusual question, though not as unusual as you might think amongst women who have had children. Once you’ve been slit open by a surgeon or taken a shit in a birthing tub, a whole glittering w…"

-Kimberly King Parsons, We Were the Universe

Cover of I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris by Glynnis MacNicol

10. I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

By: Glynnis MacNicol

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When you’re a woman smack in so-called “middle age” you are not promised anything at all other than… read more

Similar categories in Glynnis MacNicol's I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • contemporary
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11. Perris, California

By: Rachel Stark

3.97

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this unforgettable debut novel, twenty-seven-year-old Tessa, pregnant with her third child and l… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Stark's Perris, California book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. youthjuice

By: E.K. Sathue

3.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

American Psycho meets The Devil Wears Prada: outrageous body horror for the goop generation A 29… read more

Similar categories in E.K. Sathue's youthjuice book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Lost in the Garden

By: Adam S. Leslie

3.73

Format: 446 pages, Paperback

"Like an old wives’ tale, like a piece of wisdom passed down through generations which no one quest… read more

Similar categories in Adam S. Leslie's Lost in the Garden book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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14. Brute: Poems

By: Emily Skaja

4.03

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Selected by Joy Harjo as the winner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets Emi… read more

Similar categories in Emily Skaja's Brute: Poems book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"unfull but full of loathing"

-Emily Skaja, Brute: Poems

"I know what to do with the dark."

-Emily Skaja, Brute: Poems

"Hello you are a vessel of vessels."

-Emily Skaja, Brute: Poems

"Blue river nameless, sky blank, pointless"

-Emily Skaja, Brute: Poems

Cover of Autizmas – dalis manęs: autistiški suaugusieji savo pačių žodžiais ir specialistų akimis by Jurgita Žalgirytė-Skurdenienė

15. Autizmas – dalis manęs: autistiški suaugusieji savo pačių žodžiais ir specialistų akimis

By: Jurgita Žalgirytė-Skurdenienė

4.69

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

„...aš neturiu sutrikimų – turiu iššūkių. Mano keistumas neišnyks, jei validuosiu save įsirašydama … read more

Similar categories in Jurgita Žalgirytė-Skurdenienė's Autizmas – dalis manęs: autistiški suaugusieji savo pačių žodžiais ir specialistų akimis book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

Cover of The Tea Gardens by Fiona McIntosh

16. The Tea Gardens

By: Fiona McIntosh

4.02

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Dr Isla Fenwick has a life that most modern women of 1933 might envy - her career gives her status,… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McIntosh's The Tea Gardens book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of To Italy, With Love by Nicky Pellegrino

17. To Italy, With Love

By: Nicky Pellegrino

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Love happens when you least expect it... Assunta has given up on love. She might run her little … read more

Similar categories in Nicky Pellegrino's To Italy, With Love book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The All-Night Sun by Diane Zinna

18. The All-Night Sun

By: Diane Zinna

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A lonely young woman gets too close to her charismatic female student in this propulsive debut, cul… read more

Similar categories in Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • adult
  • sweden
  • audiobook
"A word can be like a cellar door. Just a few steps and you're in a dark place."

-Diane Zinna, The All-Night Sun

"Sometimes the rules only seem silly because you aren't able to see far enough ahead."

-Diane Zinna, The All-Night Sun

". . . love was holding all the pieces at the same time. And it's always true, whether we remember that or not. Perhaps because of that, though there are things we might forget, nothing is ever really…"

-Diane Zinna, The All-Night Sun

". . . my undercurrent was All is not lost. That was what I'd agreed to believe. That was my beating drum. And if my depression was a planet of crushing, continual rain, my faith was the forest that k…"

-Diane Zinna, The All-Night Sun

Cover of Can't Help Falling (Forever Yours, #2) by Cara Bastone

19. Can't Help Falling (Forever Yours, #2)

By: Cara Bastone

3.86

Format: 384 pages, ebook

The more you resist, the deeper you’ll fall Serafine St. Romain doesn’t need her psychic powers… read more

Similar categories in Cara Bastone's Can't Help Falling (Forever Yours, #2) book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Liars by Sarah Manguso

20. Liars

By: Sarah Manguso

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars out of us… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Manguso's Liars book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

"I needed my suffering to be acknowledged. After that, maybe I’d think about getting through it."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

Cover of Mother in the Dark by Kayla Maiuri

21. Mother in the Dark

By: Kayla Maiuri

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about family secrets and a volatile relationship between a mother and her daughters. Whe… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Maiuri's Mother in the Dark book and Diane Zinna's The All-Night Sun

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook

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Transform Your Habits

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Carole Cadwalladr

3.44

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Halle Butler

4.12

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Elisabeth Hyde

3.70

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The Fetishist

Katherine Min

3.71

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Anna Quindlen

4.03

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Last House

Jessica Shattuck

3.64

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Roxana Robinson

3.87

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Rufi Thorpe

3.97

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