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The Guest
Emma Cline · Book · 2023
You were drawn to The Guest because of its voyeuristic exploration of status, identity performance, and the unsettling friction of social climbing.
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The Guest
Adam Wingard · Film · 2014
Adaptation
The Guest
Kim Hong-sun · Series · 2018
Films on the same thread
The Housemaid
Paul Feig · Film · 2025
Explores: Class Conflict, Gaslighting, Identity Theft.
Like The Guest, this story follows a woman navigating the precarious power dynamics of a wealthy household where her presence is both a necessity and an unwelcome, dangerous infiltration.
Gone Girl
David Fincher · Film · 2014
Explores: Marriage Breakdown, Media Manipulation, False Accusation.
If you enjoyed the calculated manipulation in The Guest, you will appreciate how this narrative dissects the terrifying gap between a carefully curated public performance and a dark private reality.
Blink Twice
Zoë Kravitz · Film · 2024
Explores: Paranoia, Class disparity, Hidden agenda.
This film echoes the summer ennui and class anxiety found in The Guest, placing an outsider in a high-stakes environment where every social interaction is a potential trap.
The Invisible Guest
Film · 2017
Shares a thread with The Guest: Manipulation.
The Guest centers on a woman toeing the line of societal acceptance, and this film mirrors that tension by focusing on the complex, deceptive strategies used to maintain a false identity.
Series on the same thread
The Beast in Me
Gabe Rotter · Series · 2025
Explores: Obsession, Gaslighting, Mind Games.
The obsession and gaslighting present here capture the same destabilizing force seen in The Guest, as characters engage in high-stakes mind games within the insulated world of the wealthy.
Your Friends & Neighbors
Jonathan Tropper · Series · 2025
Explores: wealth inequality, midlife crisis, moral decay.
This show explores the same caustic class conflict found in The Guest, tracing how a desperate desire to belong to a higher social stratum leads to a dangerous spiral.
Podcasts on the same thread
Criminal
Vox Media Podcast Network · Podcast · 2026
Shares a thread with The Guest: moral ambiguity.
For readers fascinated by the moral ambiguity of the protagonist in The Guest, these stories offer a deeper investigation into the human behavior and legal anomalies of those who transgress.
The Truth
The Truth · Podcast · 2026
Shares a thread with The Guest: moral ambiguity.
These cinematic stories mirror the sharp, observational quality of The Guest, utilizing experimental narratives to explore the same human condition and moral gray areas found in Cline’s writing.
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Common questions
Is The Guest by Emma Cline related to the 2014 movie of the same name?
No, The Guest by Emma Cline is a 2023 novel and is not related to the 2014 film titled The Guest. The book focuses on a woman who pretends to be someone she is not while staying in an affluent community.
Is The Guest by Emma Cline connected to the 2018 television series?
No, The Guest by Emma Cline is a standalone novel published in 2023. It shares a title with the 2018 television series, but the two projects are completely unrelated and do not share any plot elements or creative history.
What is the premise of The Guest by Emma Cline?
The Guest is a novel about a young woman who pretends to be someone she is not. As she navigates her environment, she becomes a destabilizing force while toeing the line between being a welcome and an unwelcome guest.
Who is the author of The Guest?
The Guest was written by Emma Cline. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the novel The Girls. Her work in The Guest has been described as having sentences as sharp as a scalpel.