This Inevitable Ruin
Book Playlist

This Inevitable Ruin Playlist

by Matt Dinniman

39 tracks
balanced
Sep 8, 2026
4 mixes for this book

With its high-stakes Faction Wars, betrayals, and “winner takes all” fatal stakes, this playlist balances warm, intimate focus with tense, sci‑fi momentum. Instrumentals set a steady, cozy undercurrent for strategy and planning, while the vocal tracks add brief emotional cues for shifting alliances, rivalry, and the ache of inevitable ruin.

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Track List

39 songs
1

A Moment Apart

ODESZA · A Moment Apart

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2

Welcome Home

Coheed and Cambria · Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness

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3

Cannonball

Damien Rice · O

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4

An Ending (Ascent)

Brian Eno · Ascent

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Always on Your Side

Bonobo · Always on Your Side

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Digital Witness

St. Vincent · St. Vincent

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Aether

Dreamstate · Aether

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In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel · In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

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All Blues

Miles Davis · BD Music Presents Kind of Blue

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Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

Arcade Fire · The Suburbs (Deluxe)

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Xtal

Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works 85-92

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12

Hoppípolla

Sigur Rós · Takk...

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13

Don't Cry

J Dilla · Donuts

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14

All My Life

Purple Disco Machine · All My Life

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15

Midnight City

M83 · Hurry up, We're Dreaming

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Oxygène, Pt. 4

Jean-Michel Jarre · Oxygène

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17

Andante Loops

Max Richter · Max Richter – Beethoven – Opus 2020

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18

Opus 55

Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere

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19

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

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Human

Rag'n'Bone Man · Human (Deluxe)

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21

Take Me To Church

Hozier · Hozier

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22

Runaway

AURORA · All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend (Deluxe)

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23

Rain

Ryuichi Sakamoto · 1996 (Re-Mastered)

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24

Somebody That I Used To Know

Gotye · Making Mirrors

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25

Home

Maria Loka · Home

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26

I Will Follow You into the Dark

Death Cab for Cutie · Plans

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27

Space Song

Beach House · Depression Cherry

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28

The Story

Brandi Carlile · The Story

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29

Holocene

Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver

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30

Young And Beautiful

Lana Del Rey · Young And Beautiful

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Where the Light Comes In

Sarah Neufeld · The Ridge

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32

Motion Sickness

Roma Symphony Orchestra · RSO Performs Phoebe Bridgers

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33

Fight Song

Rachel Platten · Wildfire

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34

Bad Habit

Steve Lacy · Gemini Rights

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35

Bloom - Bonus Track

The Paper Kites · Woodland

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36

The Curse

Agnes Obel · Aventine

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37

Let’s Play Chess

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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38

Champagne for the Ghosts

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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39

Luminary

Joel Sunny · Luminary

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Mood balanced
Genre match
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Length long
Instrumental request 50%
Environment cozy

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  1. Matched to the book 90% instrumental 35 tracks · Jul 15, 2026Open
  2. Matched to the book 90% instrumental 37 tracks · Jul 15, 2026Open
  3. Matched to the book All vocal 12 tracks · Sep 8, 2026Open

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