New out April 7, 2026
Yesteryear
- 435
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 26 weeks on the list, peaked at #2
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Our view
“Yesteryear” has a premise with teeth: an influencer who sells an idealised past online is made to live in the real one. Burke’s debut is satire and suspense at once, dark and tense rather than playful. Flashbacks to Natalie’s student years show how she came to preach a way of life she might have left behind. For readers who want social satire with a thriller’s grip.
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About the book
Yesteryear is the 2026 debut novel by Caro Claire Burke. The story follows Natalie Heller Mills, a "tradwife" social media influencer, who wakes up one day in the 19th century, where she must learn how to live without modern society. The novel is both satire and suspense.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 721 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 83% of the weight and the score stays at 7.6 — the Thriller average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 721 | 100% |
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How long is Yesteryear?
It has 435 pages — longer than 51% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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