Where the Crawdads Sing

Book Playlist

Where the Crawdads Sing Playlist

20 tracks

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Oct 9, 2026

These instrumentals move between the marsh’s spacious, living landscape, Kya’s solitude, and the unease of a town judging her from the outside. The closing songs bring in the book’s Carolina setting, Kya’s hard-won resilience, and her longing for home and belonging.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Bowsprit

Balmorhea · Constellations

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2

The Winter

Balmorhea · Rivers Arms

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3

The Birth and Death of the Day

Explosions In The Sky · All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

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4

Catastrophe and the Cure

Explosions In The Sky · All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

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5

Take Me Somewhere Nice

Mogwai · Rock Action

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6

Auto Rock

Mogwai · Mr. Beast

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7

The Mighty Rio Grande

This Will Destroy You · S/T

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8

Quiet

This Will Destroy You · Young Mountain

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9

Roygbiv

Boards of Canada · Music Has The Right To Children

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10

Olson

Boards of Canada · Music Has The Right To Children

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11

Anthem

Emancipator · Soon It Will Be Cold Enough

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12

Minor Cause

Emancipator · Dusk to Dawn

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13

Kiara

Bonobo · Black Sands

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14

Cirrus

Bonobo · The North Borders

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15

Entr'acte

Caroline Shaw · Caroline Shaw: Orange

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16

In C

Terry Riley · In C

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17

In a Landscape

John Cage · Der Bote

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18

Sur le fil

Yann Tiersen · Voyage

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19

String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: I. Largo

Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14

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20

The Unanswered Question

Charles Ives · Ives, C.: Universe Symphony (Completed by L. Austin) / Orchestral Set No. 2 / The Unanswered Question

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