The City & the City

Book Playlist

The City & the City Playlist

by China Miéville

19 tracks

balanced

Jun 6, 2026

2 mixes for this book

This playlist mirrors the complex duality and layered intrigue of "The City & the City," blending electronic, ambient, and post-rock instrumentals with vocal tracks that evoke themes of division, identity, and urban mystery. The instrumentals emphasize the sci-fi, speculative nature of the novel’s cities, while the vocal songs explore character-driven narratives and the emotional tensions between Besźel and Ul Qoma.

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Track List

19 songs

1

Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts

M83 · Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (Remixes & B-Sides)

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2

I Can Almost See You

Hammock · Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo (Deluxe Edition)

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3

Emancipation

Helios · Eingya

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4

Phase 09 - Sombrero

Solar Fields · Until We Meet The Sky

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5

Naraka

Boards of Canada · Inferno

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6

Awake

Tycho · Awake

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7

Ambre

Nils Frahm · Wintermusik

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8

Looped

Kiasmos · Kiasmos

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9

Says

Nils Frahm · Spaces

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10

Digital Witness

St. Vincent · Pastel Goth

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11

City of Angels

The Head And The Heart · Signs of Light

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12

Hide and Seek

Imogen Heap · The A Cappella Collection

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13

Walking On A Dream

Empire Of The Sun · Tanning in the Sun

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14

Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Yoga Pop Ups · Yogi Translations of Radiohead

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15

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)

Talking Heads · Soft Rock Alternative

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16

Under the Milky Way

The Church · The 80s: Decade of Classics

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17

How To Disappear Completely

Eliza Lumley · She Talks In Maths: Interpretations Of Radiohead

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18

Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

Vitamin String Quartet · VSQ Performs Arcade Fire's Funeral

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19

Welcome to the Circus

Luminary Flux · Spell She Cast

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