Normal People

Book Playlist

Normal People Playlist

by Sally Rooney

21 tracks

balanced

Sep 12, 2026

3 mixes for this book

A romance playlist built to mirror Connell and Marianne’s push-pull: early distance, private intensity, and the slow shift from secrecy to emotional reckoning. The instrumental side favors intimate, steady atmospheres that feel like college halls and late conversations, while the vocal tracks land on longing, restraint, and the ache of nearly-said things in Dublin.

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Track List

21 songs

1

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Charles Mingus · Full Circle: The Music of Joni Mitchell

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2

Impressions

John Coltrane · The Essential John Coltrane On Impulse!

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3

Peace Piece

Bill Evans · Codex

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4

Spain

Chick Corea · Coast to Coast

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5

Cantaloupe Island

Herbie Hancock · Blue Break Beats - 50 Of The Best

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6

Solitude

Duke Ellington · BD Music & Cabu Present Duke Ellington at the Piano

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7

Michelle

Yusef Lateef · Suite 16

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8

The Sidewinder

Lee Morgan · Jazz Profile: Lee Morgan

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9

Maiden Voyage

Herbie Hancock · The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions

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10

In a Sentimental Mood

Duke Ellington · In a Sentimental Mood

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11

Kyoto

Roma Symphony Orchestra · RSO Performs Phoebe Bridgers

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12

Islands

Midnite String Quartet · MSQ Performs The xx

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13

Only

Sampha · Lahai

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14

Leave a Trace

The Cat and Owl · Lullaby Versions of Chvrches

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15

I Need My Girl

The Cat and Owl · Lullaby Versions of The National

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16

Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes · Spring Break 2011

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17

At The Door

The Strokes · The New Abnormal

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18

Good Days

The Cat and Owl · Lullaby Versions of SZA

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19

Somebody Else

Molotov Cocktail Piano · MCP Top Hits of 2016, Vol. 7

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20

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Roberta Flack · First Take

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21

Let’s Play Chess

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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