What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedYesteryear
Caro Claire Burke · Book · 2026
If you loved Yesteryear, start with The Housemaid (Paul Feig, 2025) — a film on the same thread. Below: 4 films, 4 series and 2 podcasts, each matched to Yesteryear across media.
If Yesteryear captivated you, it is because you enjoy watching the curated facades of domestic life unravel into dangerous, high-stakes psychological confrontations.
Films on the same thread
The Housemaid
Paul Feig · Film · 2025
Shares a thread with Yesteryear: Gaslighting.
Much like the protagonist of Yesteryear, you will appreciate how this story uses domestic power dynamics and gaslighting to turn a seemingly dreamlike setting into a site of peril.
There's Still Tomorrow
Film · 2023
Explores: Women's Empowerment, Domestic Abuse, Post-war Reconstruction.
This film mirrors the social critique found in Yesteryear, focusing on a woman navigating the oppressive expectations of her environment while searching for the agency to redefine her future.
The Woman in Cabin 10
Simon Stone · Film · 2025
Explores: Conspiracy, Mistaken Identity, Isolation.
If the unsettling isolation of Yesteryear drew you in, you will recognize that same tension here as a woman fights to prove her reality against a world refusing belief.
Is God Is
Aleshea Harris · Film · 2026
Explores: generational trauma, blood feud, retribution.
Like the visceral survival elements in Yesteryear, this narrative pushes its characters toward extreme measures, using a charged family history to fuel a relentless and gripping quest for retribution.
Series on the same thread
The Beast in Me
Gabe Rotter · Series · 2025
Shares a thread with Yesteryear: Gaslighting.
This series captures the same suffocating gaslighting present in Yesteryear, trapping an established woman in a twisted game of manipulation where her own identity and sanity are under attack.
Your Friends & Neighbors
Jonathan Tropper · Series · 2025
Explores: wealth inequality, midlife crisis, moral decay.
Mirroring the satirical bite of Yesteryear, this show exposes the moral decay beneath a polished suburban exterior, showing how quickly a comfortable life can descend into a dangerous mess.
The Testaments
Bruce Miller · Series · 2026
Explores: Drama.
Fans of the societal critique in Yesteryear will find familiar ground here as women navigate an oppressive, rigid structure while fighting to reclaim their autonomy in a bleak world.
All Her Fault
Megan Gallagher · Series · 2025
Explores: Missing Child, Parental Fears, Suburban Secrets.
This story echoes the suburban dread of Yesteryear, plunging a mother into a nightmare scenario where the familiar domestic landscape shifts into something unrecognizable and deeply threatening to her family.
Podcasts on the same thread
CounterClock
Audiochuck · Podcast · 2025
Explores: unsolved homicide, seeking justice, historical mystery.
If you enjoyed how Yesteryear used the past to disrupt the present, you will value this investigative approach to uncovering buried truths that challenge our understanding of modern reality.
1619
The New York Times · Podcast · 2019
Explores: systemic racism, national identity, legacy of slavery.
Similar to the anachronistic tension in Yesteryear, this series forces a confrontation with historical foundations to reveal how the past continues to dictate the terms of our current society.
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Common questions
Is Yesteryear a critically acclaimed book?
Yes, Yesteryear is a number one international bestseller. It was selected as a GMA Book Club pick and recognized as a New York Times best book of the year so far, as well as one of Indigo's ten best books of the year.
Who is the author of Yesteryear?
Yesteryear was written by Caro Claire Burke and published in 2026. The book follows a social media influencer known for promoting a pioneer lifestyle who faces a sudden, brutal change in her reality.
What is the premise of Yesteryear?
Yesteryear centers on a traditional American woman and mother who sells a lifestyle of raw milk and farm-fresh eggs to her social media followers. The story begins when she awakens cold, filthy, and terrified in a brutal reality that contrasts with her online persona.
When was Yesteryear published?
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke was published in 2026. Since its release, the book has achieved significant success, including being named a New York Times best book of the year so far and appearing on Indigo's list of the top ten books of the year.