Seveneves

Book Playlist

Seveneves Playlist

by Neal Stephenson

20 tracks

balanced

Nov 2, 2026

2 mixes for this book

The instrumental opening moves from orbital scale and machine-like pulse toward the fragile human work of building a future in space. The vocal half follows the book’s emotional passage from impending disaster and wartime urgency to mourning, persistence, and the startling possibility of renewal.

Open in Spotify Reading Room

Your reading session

Press play. Turn the page.

Listen with Spotify

This player plays the saved playlist. Save your mix to listen to the replacements together.

Want a timer? Open the Reading Room for candlelit reading sprints with this soundtrack, a little ambience and a library card that tracks your pages, reading pace and daily streak. How reading sprints work.

Your changes aren't saved yet. Choose Save my mix to create your own Spotify playlist.

Track List

20 songs

1

Alpha

Vangelis · Albedo 0.39

Replaced in your draft

2

Phaedra - Remastered 2018

Tangerine Dream · Phaedra (Deluxe Version)

Replaced in your draft

3

Xtal

Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Replaced in your draft

4

Spacelab

Kraftwerk · 3-D Der Katalog (German Version)

Replaced in your draft

5

First Rendez Vous - 2015 Remaster

Jean-Michel Jarre · Rendez-Vous (2015 Remaster)

Replaced in your draft

6

Mos 6581

Carbon Based Lifeforms · Hydroponic Garden

Replaced in your draft

7

Ghosst(s)

Lorn · Ask The Dust

Replaced in your draft

8

Xerrox Monophaser 2

Alva Noto · Xerrox, Vol. 2

Replaced in your draft

9

Order from Chaos

Max Cooper · Emergence

Replaced in your draft

10

Pulstar

Vangelis · Synthesizer Greats, Vol. 3 (REMASTERED 2023)

Replaced in your draft

11

Space Oddity - 2015 Remaster

David Bowie · David Bowie (aka Space Oddity) [2015 Remaster]

Replaced in your draft

12

Woodstock

Joni Mitchell · Ladies of the Canyon

Replaced in your draft

13

Astronomy Domine

Pink Floyd · The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Replaced in your draft

14

Starlight

Muse · Black Holes and Revelations

Replaced in your draft

15

Everything In Its Right Place

Radiohead · Kid A

Replaced in your draft

16

Fourth of July

Sufjan Stevens · Carrie & Lowell

Replaced in your draft

17

Here Comes The Flood

Peter Gabriel · Peter Gabriel 1: Car (Remastered)

Replaced in your draft

18

Life During Wartime

Talking Heads · Fear of Music

Replaced in your draft

19

Baba O'Riley

The Who · Who's Next (Deluxe Edition)

Replaced in your draft

20

All Is Full Of Love

Björk · Family Tree

Replaced in your draft

Playlist Settings

The preferences requested for this mix.

Mood balanced

Genre match

Era any

Length medium

Instrumental request 50%

Environment balanced

Generate a book playlist

Use our book playlist generator to customize the mood, genre and length for Seveneves.

Same book, another mood

Another mix for Seveneves

See all 2 mixes

Matched to the book 50% instrumental 20 tracks · Jun 22, 2026Open