Sapiens
Book Playlist

Sapiens

by Yuval Noah Harari

“Sapiens” is a sweeping, multi-epoch story about what makes humans unique—our changing myths, technologies, and social bonds across millennia. This playlist moves from austere, evolutionary-scale thinking (instrumentals first) into lyric-driven reflections on culture, power, and identity (vocals last), mirroring the book’s arc from deep time to present-day consequences.

20 tracks
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Sep 17, 2026
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1
Holst: The Planets

The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic

Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets

2
Klassik die man kennen muss! Die größten Werke der Klassischen Musik

Bolero

Maurice Ravel · Klassik die man kennen muss! Die größten Werke der Klassischen Musik

3
Erik Satie & Friends

Gymnopédie No. 1

Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends

4
Träumerei - Liebestraum - Für Elise - Clair de lune - Gymnopédie - Sony Classical Masters

Clair de lune

Claude Debussy · Träumerei - Liebestraum - Für Elise - Clair de lune - Gymnopédie - Sony Classical Masters

5
Classic

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber · Classic

6
Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

Clint Mansell · Requiem for a Dream

7
Requiem for a Dream / OST

Lux Aeterna

Clint Mansell · Requiem for a Dream / OST

8
Jurassic Park

Theme From Jurassic Park

John Williams · Jurassic Park

9
The Singer

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel · The Singer

10
Just As I Am

Ain't No Sunshine

Bill Withers · Just As I Am

11
Various Positions

Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen · Various Positions

12
Ain't That Good News

A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke · Ain't That Good News

13
Hopes And Fears

Somewhere Only We Know

Keane · Hopes And Fears

14
Tracy Chapman

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman · Tracy Chapman

15
Songs From The Big Chair

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears For Fears · Songs From The Big Chair

16
Depression Cherry

Space Song

Beach House · Depression Cherry

17
A Rush of Blood to the Head

The Scientist

Coldplay · A Rush of Blood to the Head

18
Hozier

Take Me To Church

Hozier · Hozier

19
Works 1965-1995

Piano Phase

Steve Reich · Works 1965-1995

20
Feeling Is Structure

The Shape Of Memory

Max Cooper · Feeling Is Structure

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