Monster

Book Playlist

Monster Playlist

by Michael Grant

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 12, 2026

5 mixes for this book

This playlist follows the FAYZ’s unnerving shift from a sealed-off world into a wider, still-dangerous reality: electronic unease and stark instrumental passages evoke mutation, power, and the unknown, while the vocal half moves between fear, defiance, and fragile solidarity. The songs also reflect the pressure on young people to decide who they are—and what they owe one another—when ordinary rules no longer hold.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Everything You Do Is A Balloon

Boards of Canada · Hi Scores

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2

Cirrus

Bonobo · The North Borders

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3

Kiara

Bonobo · Black Sands

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4

Atlas

Battles · Mirrored

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5

Angel Echoes

Four Tet · There Is Love in You (Expanded Edition)

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6

A Model of the Universe

Jóhann Jóhannsson · The Theory of Everything (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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7

The Great Escape

Patrick Watson · Close to Paradise

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8

Elegy For The Arctic

Ludovico Einaudi · 12 Songs From Home

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9

The Landing

Justin Hurwitz · First Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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10

Control

Puddle Of Mudd · Come Clean

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11

Monster

Skillet · Awake (Deluxe Edition)

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12

Everybody's Fool

Evanescence · Fallen

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13

Heads Will Roll

Yeah Yeah Yeahs · It's Blitz!

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14

No Light, No Light

Florence + The Machine · Ceremonials (Original Deluxe Version)

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15

Human

Daughter · If You Leave

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16

The Kids Aren't Alright

The Offspring · Americana

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17

Uprising

Muse · The Resistance

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18

Running With The Wolves

AURORA · All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend (Deluxe)

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19

Youth

Glass Animals · How To Be A Human Being

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20

The Fear

Lily Allen · It's Not Me, It's You

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