Normal People

Book Playlist

Normal People Playlist

by Sally Rooney

21 tracks

balanced

Aug 28, 2026

2 mixes for this book

“Normal People” moves between concealment and emotional exposure—glimpses of tenderness, distance, and inevitability set against Trinity College and the everyday quiet of Dublin. This playlist pairs intimate, lyric-forward songs about private devotion and complicated closeness with instrumental tracks that feel like rooms you can’t quite leave—warm but unresolved.

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Track List

21 songs

1

Mogwai Fear Satan

Mystery Owl · Copycats Create Covers

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2

Dissolving Clouds

Biosphere · Dropsonde

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3

La Valse d'Amélie

Yann Tiersen · "Bagatelle" - A Moment of Calm

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4

Intro

Los Fastidios · XXX The Number of the Beat

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5

Morning Mr Magpie

Radiohead · The King Of Limbs

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6

La fille aux cheveux de lin

Claude Debussy · "La fille aux cheveux de lin" - Quiet Summer Hours

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7

Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19a

Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye; Pavane pour une Infante Défunte

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8

Naima

John Coltrane · The Best Of Miles Davis & John Coltrane - Le Best Of Des Deux Géants Du Jazz ! - The Two Greatest Jazz Legends !

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9

Everything Connected

Jon Hopkins · Singularity

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10

Teardrop

José González · Teardrop (Bundle)

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11

Cannonball

Damien Rice · Acoustic Throwback

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12

Two Slow Dancers

Mitski · Be the Cowboy

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13

Cellophane

The Cat and Owl · Lullaby Versions of FKA Twigs

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14

Angels

The xx · Coexist

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15

Let It Happen

Tame Impala · Southern Sun

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16

Kyoto

Roma Symphony Orchestra · RSO Performs Phoebe Bridgers

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17

White Winter Hymnal

Fleet Foxes · Fleet Foxes

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18

I Wanna Be Yours

Arctic Monkeys · AM

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19

All I Need

Jacob Anderskov · Impressions of Radiohead

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20

anaesthesia

NØCTRIS · anaesthesia

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21

Champagne for the Ghosts

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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