A Thousand Splendid Suns
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A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini

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.

37 tracks
balanced
Sep 3, 2026
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Track List

37 songs
1
All of You

Four

Miles Davis · All of You

2
The Very Best of John Coltrane

Naima

John Coltrane · The Very Best of John Coltrane

3
Yusef Lateef Plays Yusef Lateef, Vol. 1

Blues For the Orient

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

4
Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition)

Rhubarb Orc. 19.53 Rev

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

5
Dive

A Walk

Tycho · Dive

6
Feeling Is Structure

Becoming

Max Cooper · Feeling Is Structure

7
PHASOR

Best For You and Me

Helado Negro · PHASOR

8
The Bones Of What You Believe

The Mother We Share

CHVRCHES · The Bones Of What You Believe

9
Parachutes & Ashes

Mile End

DЯIFT · Parachutes & Ashes

10
Rock Revolution

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

David Garrett · Rock Revolution

11
I Put A Spell On You

Feeling Good

Nina Simone · I Put A Spell On You

12
Sunset

Sunset

Rivaro · Sunset

13
19

Hometown Glory

Adele · 19

14
Demons & Wizards

The Whistler

Demons & Wizards · Demons & Wizards

15
On Green Dolphin Street

On Green Dolphin Street

Bill Evans · On Green Dolphin Street

16
The Age of Adz

Futile Devices

Sufjan Stevens · The Age of Adz

17
Only Revolutions

The Captain

Biffy Clyro · Only Revolutions

18
Fleetwood Mac

Landslide

Fleetwood Mac · Fleetwood Mac

19
Jolene (Expanded Edition)

Jolene

Dolly Parton · Jolene (Expanded Edition)

20
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

First Day of My Life

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

21
Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Holocene

Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver

22
diary 001

Hello?

Clairo · diary 001

23
In The Lonely Hour

Stay With Me

Sam Smith · In The Lonely Hour

24
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel · In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

25
Barton Hollow

Barton Hollow

The Civil Wars · Barton Hollow

26
Grace

Hallelujah

Jeff Buckley · Grace

27
Meddle

Fearless

Pink Floyd · Meddle

28
Come Away With Me (Super Deluxe Edition)

Come Away With Me

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

29
Best Of The Band

The Weight

The Band · Best Of The Band

30
Tracy Chapman

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman · Tracy Chapman

31
Up from Below

Home

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros · Up from Below

32
Consolers of the Lonely

Carolina Drama

The Raconteurs · Consolers of the Lonely

33
Plans

I Will Follow You into the Dark

Death Cab for Cutie · Plans

34
Strange Trails

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

35
Ain't That Good News

A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke · Ain't That Good News

36
The Beatles (Remastered)

Blackbird - Remastered 2009

The Beatles · The Beatles (Remastered)

37
Luminary

Luminary

Joel Sunny · Luminary

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