Vicious

Book Playlist

Vicious Playlist

by V. E. Schwab

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 29, 2026

2 mixes for this book

A shifting blend of tense electronics, shadowed instrumentals, and uneasy songs follows the story from college experimentation into a brutal contest shaped by ambition, betrayal, and extraordinary abilities. The instrumental opening evokes Victor and Eli’s clinical curiosity and the unsettling consequences of their research; the vocal half turns toward obsession, fractured loyalty, and the people caught in their wake.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Vicious

Lou Reed · Transformer

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2

Ghosst(s)

Lorn · Ask The Dust

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3

Black Refraction

Tim Hecker · Virgins

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4

Constant Fear

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Black Earth

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5

Become Ocean

John Luther Adams · John Luther Adams: The Become Trilogy

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6

Perpetuum Mobile

Penguin Cafe · Perpetuum Mobile

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7

The Sinking of the Titanic

Gavin Bryars · Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

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8

Gnossienne No. 5

Erik Satie · Satie: 3 Gymnopédies; 6 Gnossiennes etc.

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9

Bloodflood

alt-J · An Awesome Wave

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10

Glory Box

Portishead · Dummy

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11

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears For Fears · Songs From The Big Chair

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12

Devil Like Me

Rainbow Kitten Surprise · Seven + Mary

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13

Control

Garbage · Not Your Kind of People (Deluxe Version)

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14

Howl

Florence + The Machine · Lungs (Deluxe Version)

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15

The Killing Kind

Marianas Trench · Phantoms

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16

No Light, No Light

Florence + The Machine · Ceremonials (Original Deluxe Version)

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17

Personal Jesus

Depeche Mode · Violator (Deluxe)

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18

Snow

Ben Frost · Sólaris

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19

The Drop

The Haxan Cloak · Excavation

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20

A.M.

Eluvium · Virga III

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