The Fires of December

Book Playlist

The Fires of December Playlist

by Brandon Sanderson

20 tracks

balanced

Nov 9, 2026

2 mixes for this book

This playlist follows the description’s sharp contrast between winter’s stillness and the charged possibility of a remarkable birth. Spacious instrumentals evoke the cold and mystery, while the vocal songs add warmth, wonder, and a hint of danger without assuming details beyond the book’s premise.

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Track List

20 songs

1

May Be

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

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2

When The Love Falls

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

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3

First Snow

Emancipator · Soon It Will Be Cold Enough

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4

Dusk to Dawn

Emancipator · Dusk to Dawn

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5

La petite fille de la mer - Remastered

Vangelis · La petite fille de la mer

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6

Thanksgiving

George Winston · December

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7

Sundial Dreams

Kevin Kern · In the Enchanted Garden

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8

The Mystic's Dream

Loreena McKennitt · The Mask and Mirror

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9

White Winter Hymnal

Fleet Foxes · Fleet Foxes

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10

The Morning Fog

Kate Bush · Hounds Of Love

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11

Riverside

Agnes Obel · Philharmonics

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12

Pink Moon

Nick Drake · Pink Moon

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13

Naked as We Came

Iron & Wine · Our Endless Numbered Days (Deluxe Edition)

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14

The Crane Wife 3

The Decemberists · The Crane Wife

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15

Winter Song

Sara Bareilles · The Hotel Café presents... Winter Songs

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16

Song To The Siren - Remastered

This Mortal Coil · It'll End In Tears (Remastered)

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17

Winter Winds

Mumford & Sons · Sigh No More

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18

Cantus arcticus, Op. 61, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": II. Melankolia (Melancholy)

Einojuhani Rautavaara · Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3

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19

Longing / Love

George Winston · Autumn (Piano Solos)

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20

Song for Sienna

Brian Crain · Piano and Cello Duet

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