Into the Wild

Book Playlist

Into the Wild Playlist

by Jon Krakauer

16 tracks

balanced

Sep 2, 2026

3 mixes for this book

“Into the Wild” moves through solitude, self-invention, risk, and a fading return to human life. This playlist pairs wind-and-wilderness energy with intimate, road-worn folk/rock storytelling, then pulls back into quieter, more suspended instrumentals that mirror McCandless’s shrinking margins and ultimate stillness.

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Track List

16 songs

1

Avril 14th

Aphex Twin · In a Very Particular Way

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2

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude

Johann Sebastian Bach · Peaceful Classics - Relaxing Classical Music

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3

Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1: II. Andante

Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.1; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

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4

Chorale from "Jupiter" (From Holst's "The Planets", Op. 32)

Gustav Holst · Chorale from Jupiter

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5

Misty Mountain Hop

Led Zepagain · Led Zepagain "Live": A Tribute to Led Zeppelin

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6

The Isle of Innisfree

Shere Fraser · The Isle of Innisfree

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7

Auf dem Wasser zu singen, Op. 72, D.774

Franz Schubert · It's Me - The Baroque & Romantic Albums

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8

Into the Wild

LP · Forever for Now (Deluxe Edition)

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9

Wicked Game

Tenacious D · Wicked Game

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10

The Trapeze Swinger

Iron & Wine · Around the Well

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11

Mykonos

Fleet Foxes · First Collection: 2006-2009

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12

Somewhere Only We Know

Keane · Throwback Bangers

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13

The Heaviest Matter of the Universe

Gojira · From Mars to Sirius

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14

cellophane

FKA twigs · MAGDALENE

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15

Hurt

Trent Reznor · Melankhôlia: In Darkness Through the Light (Augmented Version)

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16

Kinky Party

Luminary Flux · Kinky Party

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