Of Mice and Men

Book Playlist

Of Mice and Men Playlist

by John Steinbeck

20 tracks

balanced

Nov 1, 2026

These selections move from the open, spare landscape of California ranch country toward the fragile companionship and doomed promise of George and Lennie’s dream. American folk, blues, country, and restrained instrumental pieces evoke migrant hardship, loneliness, and the cost of trying to protect someone you love.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Of Mice and Men

Megadeth · The System Has Failed

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2

Rodeo: IV. Hoe-Down

Aaron Copland · Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Quiet City, Nonet & Fanfare for the Common Man

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3

Paris, Texas

Ry Cooder · Music by Ry Cooder

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4

The Yellow Princess

John Fahey · The Yellow Princess

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5

Vaseline Machine Gun

Leo Kottke · Standing In My Shoes

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6

A Calf Born In Winter

Khruangbin · A Calf Born in Winter

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7

Cissy Strut

The Meters · The Meters

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8

Big Country

Béla Fleck · Transatlantic Sessions - Series 5: Volume Two

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9

Rebel Rouser

Duane Eddy · Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel

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10

Windy And Warm

Chet Atkins · Windy And Warm

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11

Below The Bassline

Ernest Ranglin · Below The Bassline

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12

Dust Bowl Blues

Woody Guthrie · Dust Bowl Ballads

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13

Bourgeois Blues

Lead Belly · Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 2

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14

Keep On the Sunny Side

The Carter Family · Can The Circle Be Unbroken: Country Music's First Family

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15

Sixteen Tons

Tennessee Ernie Ford · Sixteen Tons

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16

The Ghost of Tom Joad

Bruce Springsteen · The Ghost Of Tom Joad

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17

The Boxer

Simon & Garfunkel · Bridge Over Troubled Water

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18

The Weight - Remastered 2000

The Band · Music From Big Pink (Remastered)

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19

Lungs

Townes Van Zandt · Townes Van Zandt

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20

Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

Odetta · The Ultimate Collection

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