Anxious People
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Anxious People

by Fredrik Backman

This playlist captures the warm, intricate emotional landscape of Fredrik Backman’s "Anxious People," balancing moments of tension, humor, and humanity through gentle, nuanced instrumental compositions. The selections reflect the book’s themes of anxiety, connection, and unexpected kindness, with character-inspired moods woven into a calm yet engaging atmosphere ideal for focused reading in any environment.

25 tracks
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Feb 27, 2026
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Track List

25 songs
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Quietude

Quietude

Les Cieu · Quietude

1
Studio Ghibli Official B-Sides and Rarities Album

Merry-Go-Round of Life - Instrumental

Joe Hisaishi · Studio Ghibli Official B-Sides and Rarities Album

2
romanticizing life

Waltz in A Minor, Op. Posth., B. 150

Frédéric Chopin · romanticizing life

3
Golden (from the Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters)

Golden - Instrumental

HUNTR/X · Golden (from the Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters)

4
The Proposition (Original Soundtrack)

Queenie's Suite

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · The Proposition (Original Soundtrack)

5
A Weekly Journey of Love, Vol. 161 (Instrumental)

Yearning Hearts - Instrumental

The Heart of David · A Weekly Journey of Love, Vol. 161 (Instrumental)

6
The Painted Veil

River Waltz - From "The Painted Veil" Original Soundtrack

Alexandre Desplat · The Painted Veil

7
Etudes for Piano Vol 1 No. 1-10

Etude No. 2

Philip Glass · Etudes for Piano Vol 1 No. 1-10

8
Solo Piano

Einaudi: The Snow Prelude No. 2

Ludovico Einaudi · Solo Piano

9
Pride and Prejudice - OST

Dawn - From "Pride & Prejudice" Soundtrack

Dario Marianelli · Pride and Prejudice - OST

10
Snow (Versions)

Snow - Instrumental

Kingman Irving · Snow (Versions)

11
Everything In Its Right Place (Instrumental)

Everything In Its Right Place - Instrumental

Aspinal · Everything In Its Right Place (Instrumental)

12
Arrival of the Birds (Dark Ambient)

Arrival of the Birds - Dark Ambient

darkdemon. · Arrival of the Birds (Dark Ambient)

13
Satie: Avant-dernières pensées (Bonus Track Version)

Gnossienne: No. 1

Erik Satie · Satie: Avant-dernières pensées (Bonus Track Version)

14
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Bande originale du film)

Les jours tristes - Instrumental

Yann Tiersen · Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Bande originale du film)

15
愛密集

愛密集 - Instrumental

Yakkle · 愛密集

16
Sienna (Instrumental)

Sienna - Instrumental

Alhanii · Sienna (Instrumental)

17
Alles neu

Sumpf - Fieber - Instrumental

Peter Fox · Alles neu

18
The Last Goodbye (Instrumental Version)

The Last Goodbye - Instrumental Version

Bart Zeal · The Last Goodbye (Instrumental Version)

19
Prelude 2

Prelude 2

Dustin O'Halloran · Prelude 2

20
Gladiator: The Soundtrack Collection

Progeny - From "Gladiator" Soundtrack

Hans Zimmer · Gladiator: The Soundtrack Collection

21
Darkness of Eternity

Symphony Nr. 1, Pt. 2 - Darkness Of Eternity

Amberian Dawn · Darkness of Eternity

22
River Flows In You (Slow Ambient Version)

River Flows In You - Slow Ambient Version

Coverbient · River Flows In You (Slow Ambient Version)

23
La Strada (From "La Strada" Original Soundtrack)

La Strada - From "La Strada" Original Soundtrack

Nino Rota · La Strada (From "La Strada" Original Soundtrack)

24
Poesie (Instrumental)

Spiegel - Instrumental

kla:r · Poesie (Instrumental)

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