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Labor Day adaptations: books & films
Every version of Labor Day — the books & films, compared across media.
Labor Day places a lonely thirteen-year-old boy and his withdrawn single mother at the center of an unexpected encounter over a long holiday weekend in small-town New Hampshire. That premise — two people suspended outside ordinary life by an unforeseen meeting — runs through both the novel and the film that followed. The story spans page and screen, each medium offering its own lens on the same charged weekend.
Labor Day films
Labor Day books
Frequently asked
Is the film Labor Day (2013) based on a book?
Yes. The 2013 film is an adaptation of the novel Labor Day (2009). Both are set over a Labor Day weekend and follow an unforeseen encounter that upends the lives of the characters involved.
How many versions of Labor Day are there?
There are two — the novel Labor Day (2009) and the film Labor Day (2013). Both tell a version of the same story about an unexpected meeting over a long holiday weekend.
Should I read the book or watch the film first?
Either works as an entry point. The novel Labor Day (2009) is told through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old boy, while the film Labor Day (2013) centers on two strangers and a second-chance love story over the same weekend.