Five Survive

Book Playlist

Five Survive Playlist

by Holly Jackson

20 tracks

balanced

Sep 1, 2026

Five Survive moves from messy spring-break banter into an escalating, claustrophobic fight for survival—so this playlist shifts between tense, wind-swept atmospheres and suddenly intimate dread. Each track is chosen to mirror the book’s stranded-road isolation, the “someone is out there” suspense, and the characters’ mounting fear and protective loyalty.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Ventolin

Aphex Twin · Ventolin

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2

The Sound of Silence

Disturbed · Metal Goes Acoustic

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3

The Neutral

Sonic Youth · Rather Ripped

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4

Ghosts Again

The Art Of The Soul · Depeche Mode Piano Concerto

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5

OW - Radio Edit

Moby · OW (Radio Edit)

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6

Reward the Scars

Korn · Reward the Scars

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7

The Scientist

Coldplay · 2000s Mixtape: Greatest Hits

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8

In the End

Linkin Park · Hybrid Theory (Bonus Edition)

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9

Seven Nation Army

The White Stripes · Elephant

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10

Reptilia

Rock Me Gently · Guitar Renditions of The Strokes

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11

Fake Plastic Trees

Radiohead · The Bends

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12

Somebody Told Me

The Killers · Indie Classics

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13

Take Me Out

Franz Ferdinand · Franz Ferdinand

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14

All The Things She Said

t.A.T.u. · 00s Pop Classics

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15

Mr. Brightside

The Killers · Best of Party 2026

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16

Creep

Bartek Wąsik · „Daydreamer” - Bartek Wąsik plays Radiohead

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17

Hurt

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

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18

The Reason

Hoobastank · say it back.

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19

Electric Love

BØRNS · pov: you are at the beach

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20

Let’s Play Chess

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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