A Thousand Splendid Suns

Book Playlist

A Thousand Splendid Suns Playlist

by Khaled Hosseini

17 tracks

melancholic

Sep 3, 2026

4 mixes for this book

“A Thousand Splendid Suns” moves through decades of Afghan upheaval—coercion, quiet endurance, love growing in constrained spaces, and the hard cost of survival. This playlist leans into cinematic, minor-leaning textures for Mariam and Laila’s shifting bonds, using instrumental undercurrents first, then lyrics that echo grief, longing, and the stubborn search for dignity.

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Track List

17 songs

1

Ezio's Family

Jesper Kyd · Assassin's Creed 2 (Original Game Soundtrack)

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2

Gabriel's Oboe

Ennio Morricone · The Mission: Music From The Motion Picture

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3

Chevaliers De Sangreal - From The Da Vinci Code Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Hans Zimmer · The Da Vinci Code

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4

Weather Storm

Craig Armstrong · The Space Between Us

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5

An Ending, A Beginning

Dustin O'Halloran · Other Lights

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6

River Flows In You

Yiruma · First Love (The Original & the Very First Recording)

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7

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones · Come Away With Me (Super Deluxe Edition)

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8

Am I Wrong

Nico & Vinz · Black Star Elephant

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9

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

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10

Home

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros · Up from Below

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11

Skinny Love

Bon Iver · For Emma, Forever Ago

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12

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen · I'm Your Man

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13

The Mother We Share

CHVRCHES · The Bones Of What You Believe

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14

Somewhere Only We Know

Keane · Hopes And Fears

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15

This Woman's Work

Kate Bush · The Sensual World

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16

Run Boy Run

Woodkid · The Golden Age

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17

Luminary

Joel Sunny · Luminary

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