This master theses aims to analyse the Croatian society in socialist Yugoslavia by comparing its portrayals in several historical literary and fictional sources, namely novels and TV series. Using two novels, Ne bog većeg zla and Povijest pornografije, as well as two television series, Ne dao bog većeg zla and Crno-bijeli svijet, the thesis seeks to explore the everyday life in socialist Croatia and Yugoslavia. Following a close reading of the mentioned sources, all of the historical facts found within them were related to academic literature. The opening chapters paint a general picture of the politics, economy and culture in socialist Croatia and Yugoslavia. The central part of the thesis refers to the interpretation of the sources in the context of the selected areas of Croatian socialist reality. Thus, using fictional forms, we discover their relationship with consumer culture, popular culture and travel culture. Rich fictional sources have provided an insight into the history of Croatian socialism, coinciding with everything previously analysed by historiography and humanities. Their use created a synthesis between fictional works and scholarly literature