House of Suns

Book Playlist

House of Suns Playlist

by Alastair Reynolds, John Lee

20 tracks

balanced

Sep 5, 2026

4 mixes for this book

House of Suns moves through deep time, identity echoes, and quiet reckonings—so this playlist alternates between intimate, fireside electronic textures and brighter, forward-driving momentum. The vocal tracks focus on yearning, distance, and memory-as-loop, while the instrumentals keep you inside the book’s vast, patient “future-history” atmosphere.

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Track List

20 songs

1

A Walk

Tycho · Dive

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2

The Word Becomes Flesh

Boards of Canada · Inferno

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3

Killed the Lord, Left for the New World

This Will Destroy You · Tunnel Blanket

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4

Odyssey

Rival Consoles · Odyssey / Sonne

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5

Kong

Bonobo · Black Sands

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6

Splitting The Atom

Massive Attack · Heligoland

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7

Spiral

Maite Dedecker · Spiral

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8

Twice

Little Dragon · Little Dragon

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9

Oblivion

Grimes · Visions

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10

Never Wanna Know

MØ · No Mythologies to Follow (Deluxe)

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11

Lies

CHVRCHES · The Bones Of What You Believe

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12

The Scientist

Coldplay · A Rush of Blood to the Head

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13

Electric Love

BØRNS · Dopamine

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14

Somebody Told Me

The Killers · Hot Fuss

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15

Human

Rag'n'Bone Man · Human (Deluxe)

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16

No One Knows

Queens of the Stone Age · Songs For The Deaf

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17

Bloom - Bonus Track

The Paper Kites · Woodland

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18

Ophelia

The Lumineers · Cleopatra

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19

I Will Wait

Mumford & Sons · Babel (Deluxe Version)

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Lyrical Luminary

Leon Benette · Melancholy Moonbeams: Mellow Jazz Melodies on Electric Piano

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Playlist Settings

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Mood balanced

Genre electronic

Era modern

Length medium

Instrumental request 40%

Environment cozy

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