The Silent Patient

Book Playlist

The Silent Patient Playlist

by Alex Michaelides

20 tracks

balanced

Sep 25, 2026

3 mixes for this book

This playlist threads the novel’s central shock—Alicia’s silence—through tense, glassy instrumentals and restrained vocal tracks that echo secrecy, obsession, and public spectacle. The ordering moves from controlled dread to mystery-forward momentum, matching the psychological thriller arc of *The Silent Patient*.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata (1st Movement)": I. Adagio sostenuto

Ludwig van Beethoven · Classical Piano Best Of - 14 Most Famous Classical & Modern Piano Masterpieces

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2

Nuvole Bianche

Ludovico Einaudi · Una Mattina

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3

Spiegel im spiegel

Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait

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4

An Ending (Ascent)

Brian Eno · Ascent

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5

The Promise

Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture

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6

Requiem for a Dream

Clint Mansell · Requiem for a Dream

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7

Lux Aeterna

Clint Mansell · Requiem for a Dream / OST

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8

On the Nature of Daylight - Orchestral Version

Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

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9

Arrival of the Birds

The Cinematic Orchestra · The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (Original Soundtrack)

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10

Weightless

Marconi Union · The Ambient Zone Just Music Cafe Vol 4

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11

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel · The Singer

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12

Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen · Various Positions

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13

Hurt

Eric Whitacre · Hurt

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14

Somebody Told Me

The Killers · Hot Fuss

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15

Somebody That I Used To Know

Gotye · Making Mirrors

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16

Take Me To Church

Hozier · Hozier

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17

Young And Beautiful

Lana Del Rey · Young And Beautiful

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18

Ophelia

The Lumineers · Cleopatra

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19

Champagne for the Ghosts

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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20

Mystery of Love

Sufjan Stevens · Mystery of Love

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