The End of Alice

Book Playlist

The End of Alice Playlist

20 tracks

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Oct 31, 2026

The instrumentals move between the closed-in stillness of prison and the unnerving distance created by letters, while the vocal songs trace manipulation, obsession, and the vulnerability of the people caught in the correspondence. The sequence keeps the book’s emotional tension in view without turning its subject matter into spectacle.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Für Alina

Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Alina

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2

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Samuel Barber · Romantic Favorites for Strings (Expanded Edition)

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3

Kandaiki

Mammal Hands · Animalia

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4

Hopopono

GoGo Penguin · v2.0 (Deluxe Edition)

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5

Ruins

Portico Quartet · Portico Quartet

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6

Space 1

Nala Sinephro · Space 1.8

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7

Body

The Necks · Body

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8

Dayvan Cowboy

Boards of Canada · The Campfire Headphase

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9

Criminal

Fiona Apple · Tidal

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10

Luka

Suzanne Vega · Solitude Standing

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11

You Don't Own Me

Lesley Gore · Lesley Gore Sings Of Mixed-Up Hearts

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12

Possession

Sarah McLachlan · Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (Legacy Edition)

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13

The Letter

The Box Tops · The Letter/Neon Rainbow

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14

Where Is My Mind? - 2007 Remaster

Pixies · Surfer Rosa (2007 Remaster)

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15

A Pearl

Mitski · Be the Cowboy

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16

cellophane

FKA twigs · MAGDALENE

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17

The Boy with the Thorn in His Side - 2011 Remaster

The Smiths · The Queen Is Dead

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18

The Child Is Gone

Fiona Apple · Tidal

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19

Mysterious Semblance At The Strand Of Nightmares - Remastered 2018

Tangerine Dream · Phaedra (Deluxe Version)

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20

Black City Skyline

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Sunset Mission

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