A Reckless Obsession

Book Playlist

A Reckless Obsession Playlist

by Kristie Zarra

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 23, 2026

The instrumental opening moves from the shock of betrayal into the split-second danger of the road, then settles into the charged pull of an unexpected connection. The vocal half traces the book’s emotional mix of attraction, hurt, risk, and headlong intensity, with songs that evoke the wounded narrator and the magnetic, dangerous-seeming Arson without assuming how their story unfolds.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Consolation No. 3 in D-Flat Major, S. 172

Franz Liszt · Liszt - My Piano Hero

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2

Together We Will Live Forever

Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST

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3

Lux Aeterna

Clint Mansell · Requiem for a Dream / OST

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4

Friday Morning

Khruangbin · Con Todo El Mundo

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5

August 10

Khruangbin · Con Todo El Mundo

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6

Flamenco Sketches

Miles Davis · The Complete Miles Davis Featuring John Coltrane

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Freddie Freeloader

Miles Davis · The Complete Miles Davis Featuring John Coltrane

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8

Music for Airports, 1/1 - Radio Mix

Brian Eno · Music for Airports, 1/1 (Radio Mix)

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9

Open Eye Signal

Jon Hopkins · Open Eye Signal (Remixes)

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10

Emerald Rush

Jon Hopkins · Singularity

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11

Untitled #3 - Samskeyti

Sigur Rós · ( )

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12

Kids Will Be Skeletons

Mogwai · Happy Songs for Happy People

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13

A Gallant Gentleman

We Lost The Sea · Departure Songs

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14

Criminal

Fiona Apple · Tidal

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15

Bad Things

Jace Everett · Jace Everett

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16

Love The Way You Lie

Eminem · Recovery

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17

Black Velvet

Alannah Myles · Alannah Myles

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18

Closer

Nine Inch Nails · The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition)

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19

Obsessions

Marina and The Diamonds · The Family Jewels (Deluxe)

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20

Do I Wanna Know?

Arctic Monkeys · AM

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