A Thousand Splendid Suns
Book Playlist

A Thousand Splendid Suns Playlist

by Khaled Hosseini

37 tracks
balanced
Sep 3, 2026
4 mixes for this book

Set against the intimate, enduring bonds of A Thousand Splendid Suns, this playlist moves from quiet resilience to hard-won tenderness. Warm acoustic textures and gentle, steady tempos mirror Mariam and Laila’s inner lives—while the shifting mix of vocal warmth and instrumental reflection supports the novel’s long arc across decades and war-torn Kabul.

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Track List

37 songs
1

Four

Miles Davis · All of You

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Naima

John Coltrane · The Very Best of John Coltrane

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3

Blues For the Orient

Yusef Lateef · Yusef Lateef Plays Yusef Lateef, Vol. 1

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Rhubarb Orc. 19.53 Rev

Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition)

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5

A Walk

Tycho · Dive

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Becoming

Max Cooper · Feeling Is Structure

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Best For You and Me

Helado Negro · PHASOR

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The Mother We Share

CHVRCHES · The Bones Of What You Believe

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Mile End

DЯIFT · Parachutes & Ashes

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Concerto No. 1 (In B Flat Minor, Op. 23 arr. For Violin And Band)

David Garrett · Rock Revolution

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Feeling Good

Nina Simone · I Put A Spell On You

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Sunset

Rivaro · Sunset

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Hometown Glory

Adele · 19

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The Whistler

Demons & Wizards · Demons & Wizards

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On Green Dolphin Street

Bill Evans · On Green Dolphin Street

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Futile Devices

Sufjan Stevens · The Age of Adz

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The Captain

Biffy Clyro · Only Revolutions

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Landslide

Fleetwood Mac · Fleetwood Mac

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Jolene

Dolly Parton · Jolene (Expanded Edition)

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First Day of My Life

Bright Eyes · I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

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21

Holocene

Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver

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22

Hello?

Clairo · diary 001

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23

Stay With Me

Sam Smith · In The Lonely Hour

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24

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel · In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

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25

Barton Hollow

The Civil Wars · Barton Hollow

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26

Hallelujah

Jeff Buckley · Grace

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27

Fearless

Pink Floyd · Meddle

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28

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones · Come Away With Me (Super Deluxe Edition)

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29

The Weight

The Band · Best Of The Band

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30

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman · Tracy Chapman

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31

Home

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros · Up from Below

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Carolina Drama

The Raconteurs · Consolers of the Lonely

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33

I Will Follow You into the Dark

Death Cab for Cutie · Plans

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34

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

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35

A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke · Ain't That Good News

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36

Blackbird - Remastered 2009

The Beatles · The Beatles (Remastered)

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Luminary

Joel Sunny · Luminary

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Instrumental request 50%
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