Read-alikes and related books

Books like One Day

Readers who finished One Day by Joanna Ho and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Mother's Day, Patriotic Holidays, New Baby, and Boys & Men.

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Top related books to One Day

Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to One Day.

The Seven Silly Eaters

Mary Ann Hoberman

Themes: Patriotic Holidays • New Baby • Stories in Verse

Welcome to the Party

Gabrielle Union

Themes: Mother's Day • Patriotic Holidays • New Baby

The Meanest of Meanies A Book about Love

Kristin Hensley

Themes: Mother's Day • Patriotic Holidays • New Baby

I Loved You Before You Were Born Board Book

Anne Bowen

Themes: Patriotic Holidays • New Baby • Bedtime & Dreams

Weekends with Max and His Dad

Linda Urban

Themes: Patriotic Holidays • New Baby • Boys & Men

The Night Before Christmas A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids

Clement C. Moore

Themes: Patriotic Holidays • Stories in Verse • Holidays & Celebrations

The House in the Night

Susan Marie Swanson

Themes: New Baby • Boys & Men • Bedtime & Dreams

Go to Sleep, Little Farm

Mary Lyn Ray

Themes: New Baby • Bedtime & Dreams • Stories in Verse

Heckedy Peg

Audrey Wood

Themes: Patriotic Holidays • New Baby • Stories in Verse

#10

One Big Day

Anne Wynter

Themes: Patriotic Holidays • New Baby • Stories in Verse

#11

My Life Begins!

Patricia MacLachlan

Themes: New Baby • Boys & Men • Stories in Verse

#12

Hello Ninja

Nathan D. Wilson

Themes: New Baby • Bedtime & Dreams • Stories in Verse

#13

Mary Poppins Collection

Pamela Lyndon Travers

Themes: New Baby • Boys & Men • Stories in Verse

#14

Mr. Gedrick and Me

Patrick Carman

Themes: Boys & Men • Stories in Verse • Parents

#15

Very Little Sleeping Beauty

Teresa Heapy

Themes: Bedtime & Dreams • Stories in Verse • Parents

#16

Bad Dad

David Walliams

Themes: New Baby • Boys & Men • Stories in Verse

#17

I Wish for You

David Wax

Themes: New Baby • Bedtime & Dreams • Stories in Verse

#18

Hush, Little Bunny

David Ezra Stein

Themes: New Baby • Bedtime & Dreams • Stories in Verse

#19

Dear Baby A Love Letter to Little Ones

Paris Rosenthal

Themes: Patriotic Holidays • New Baby • Parents

#20

Because Your Daddy Loves You Board Book

Andrew Clements

Themes: Patriotic Holidays • New Baby • Parents

#21

Because Your Mommy Loves You

Andrew Clements

Themes: Mother's Day • New Baby • Parents

#22

Grandmas Are Greater Than Great

James Solheim

Themes: Mother's Day • Patriotic Holidays • Parents

#23

Twinkle, Twinkle, Winter Night

Megan Litwin

Themes: Patriotic Holidays • Bedtime & Dreams • Stories in Verse

#24

Made for Me

Zack Bush

Themes: New Baby • Stories in Verse • Parents

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Mother's Day, Patriotic Holidays, New Baby — the same threads that run through One Day by Joanna Ho. Among the authors featured: Mary Ann Hoberman, Gabrielle Union, Kristin Hensley, Anne Bowen, and others.