This playlist captures the intense emotional landscape and character complexity of Ana Huang's "Twisted Love." The instrumental selections emphasize the novel's late-night, introspective mood with a blend of post-rock, ambient, and classical influences, reflecting the characters' haunted pasts and emotional struggles. The vocal tracks add layers of raw vulnerability and tension, mirroring the passionate and tumultuous dynamics between Alex and Ava.
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40 songsAn Ending, a Beginning
Dustin O'Halloran · Other Lights
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Night Owl - 2014
Galimatias · Lost Cargo
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Requiem for the Static King, Pt. 1
A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen
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Battle Hymn of the Redundant
Vessels Of Wrath · And We Shall Take Up Serpents
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Looped
Kiasmos · Kiasmos
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20:17
Ólafur Arnalds · Trance Frendz
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Wasting My Young Years
London Grammar · If You Wait (Deluxe Version)
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Opus 55
Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere
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Bloom - Bonus Track
The Paper Kites · Woodland
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Awake
Tycho · Awake
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Nara
J.J. Pfeifer · E S Posthumus Sketches
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Emeralds
Hamilton Reed · Emeralds
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Night Squall
Balmorhea · Live at Sint-Elisabethkerk
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One Awakening - Original Mix
Lazy Hammock · Coffee Bar Lounge, Vol. 27
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Atlas: Life
Sleeping At Last · Atlas: Life
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Slow Show
The National · Boxer
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La Femme D'argent
Pickin' On Series · The Bluegrass Tribute To Air: Blue Safari
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We Move Lightly
Dustin O'Halloran · Light and Shade
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The Great Gig In the Sky
The Pink Floyd Story · Love Is Such a Wonderful Thing
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The Mystic's Dream
Loreena McKennitt · Celtic Moments
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Anchor
Novo Amor · Bathing Beach
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Intro
Los Fastidios · XXX The Number of the Beat
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Elegy for the Arctic
Ludovico Einaudi · Memories
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Open Eye Signal - George Fitzgerald Remix
Jon Hopkins · Faze #40: Stephan Bodzin
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Weightless - 253 Edit
Marconi Union · The Ambient Zone: Collection 003
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Night Shift
Lucy Dacus · Historian
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Futile Devices (Doveman Remix)
Sufjan Stevens · Call Me By Your Name (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Wolves
Ben Howard · Every Kingdom
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Stay Alive - From "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" Soundtrack
José González · New Years Dinner
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Cherry Wine (Arr. for Guitar)
Andrew Hozier-Byrne · Relaxing Guitar
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Lost In The Light
Bahamas · Calm Mornings 2026
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The Curse Of Millhaven
Nick Cave · Hello Darkness
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Skinny Love
Birdy · Best Songs for Workplace
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Human
Rag'n'Bone Man · Best Rugby Songs 2023
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Old Pine
Ben Howard · Meditation
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Slow Dancing in a Burning Room (Arr. for Guitar)
John Mayer · Acoustic Guitar Rock Songs
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Ghosts That We Knew
Bluegrass Players · Bluegrass Players Cover Mumford & Sons
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Big Jet Plane
Angus & Julia Stone · Down The Way
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Dawn - From "Pride & Prejudice" Soundtrack
Dario Marianelli · Cinéma - Soundtrack Masters
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Good People
Luminary Flux · Why not?
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