The Bell Jar
Reading Playlist

The Bell Jar

by Sylvia Plath

This playlist reflects the emotional intensity and poetic depth of Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar." The instrumental selections capture the novel's introspective and turbulent moods through ambient, modern classical, and experimental sounds, mirroring Esther Greenwood’s descent and struggle. The vocal tracks delve into themes of identity, isolation, and resilience, with diverse voices and styles evoking the characters' complex inner worlds and the cultural milieu of 1950s America.

20 tracks
balanced
Jun 12, 2026
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Track List

20 songs
1
Music from The Comedy, A Film by Rick Alverson

Disintegration Loops (1.1 Excerpt I)

William Basinski · Music from The Comedy, A Film by Rick Alverson

2
Sherlock (Soundtrack from the TV series)

Opening Titles

David Arnold · Sherlock (Soundtrack from the TV series)

3
Trance Frendz

20:17

Ólafur Arnalds · Trance Frendz

4
Conatus

Skin

Zola Jesus · Conatus

5
Fade

Fade

Barkérby · Fade

6
At Swim

Undertow

Lisa Hannigan · At Swim

7
folklore

epiphany

Taylor Swift · folklore

8
Spaces

Says

Nils Frahm · Spaces

9
After the Storm

After the Storm

Ruwa Jin · After the Storm

10
Another Friday Night

Colorblind

Counting Crows · Another Friday Night

11
Texans Live from Mountain Stage

Shadowboxing (Live)

Sara Hickman · Texans Live from Mountain Stage

12
Neptune

Neptune

François Ier · Neptune

13
The Pirate's Gospel (Deluxe Edition)

The Rifle

Alela Diane · The Pirate's Gospel (Deluxe Edition)

14
Art of the Freestyle

Paper Planes

Horseshoe G.A.N.G. · Art of the Freestyle

15
Historian

Night Shift

Lucy Dacus · Historian

16
pov: you're a witch

I Put A Spell On You

Nina Simone · pov: you're a witch

17
Easter

Because the Night

Patti Smith · Easter

18
Forever Simon and Garfunkel

The Sound of Silence

The Everly Set · Forever Simon and Garfunkel

19
Suburban Nature

Clementine

Sarah Jaffe · Suburban Nature

20
Dream Department

Let’s Get Wasted

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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