What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedI Know My First Name Is Steven
Series · 1989
If you loved I Know My First Name Is Steven, start with Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018) — a film on the same thread. Below: 2 books, 1 film and 2 podcasts, each matched to I Know My First Name Is Steven across media.
What hooked you in I Know My First Name Is Steven was the harrowing, intimate look at surviving long-term captivity and abduction.
Books on the same thread
A Stolen Life: A Memoir
Jaycee Dugard · Book · 2011
Shares 3 threads with I Know My First Name Is Steven: child abduction, Stockholm Syndrome, resilience.
Like the survivor in I Know My First Name Is Steven, Jaycee Dugard provides an unflinching, firsthand account of enduring years of captivity and the immense resilience required to reclaim life.
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson · Book · 1980
Shares a thread with I Know My First Name Is Steven: Survival.
While fictional, this classic mirrors the central conflict of I Know My First Name Is Steven by exploring the desperate struggle of a youth forcibly taken and fighting for survival.
Films on the same thread
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
Film · 2018
Shares a thread with I Know My First Name Is Steven: Survival.
This film captures the same terrifying atmosphere of survival found in I Know My First Name Is Steven, focusing on a victim's psychological battle to escape a predator against all odds.
Podcasts on the same thread
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts · Podcast · 2026
Explores: mental health awareness, female friendship, coping mechanisms.
If I Know My First Name Is Steven sparked your interest in true crime, this podcast offers a conversational space to process complex stories of survival and the reality of trauma.
Up and Vanished
Tenderfoot TV · Podcast · 2026
Explores: missing persons, small town secrets, pursuit of truth.
This investigative series builds on the obsession with missing persons cases established by I Know My First Name Is Steven, focusing on the relentless pursuit of truth behind mysterious disappearances.