Single, Carefree, Mellow
Book Playlist

Single, Carefree, Mellow Playlist

by Katherine Heiny

20 tracks
balanced
Nov 5, 2026

This playlist follows the collection’s linked emotional shifts: lightly buoyant, conversational moments give way to the unease and ache of divided loyalties, then make room for tenderness and self-awareness. Intimate indie, jazz, piano, and chamber textures evoke the everyday closeness of Heiny’s relationships without pretending the stories share a single setting or plot.

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20 songs
1

Piano Phase

Steve Reich · Early Works

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2

Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales

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3

Metamorphosis: One

Philip Glass · Philip Glass: Solo Piano

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4

Águas De Março

Elis Regina · Elis & Tom

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5

First Rendez-Vous

Yann Tiersen · Goodbye Lenin !

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6

Liebesleid

Fritz Kreisler · Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff - The Ampico Piano Recordings

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We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, for the Earth had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year

A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen

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24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor

Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Evening Around 1831 Pleyel

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9

The Secret Marriage

Sting · ...Nothing Like The Sun

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10

The Girl From Ipanema

Stan Getz · Getz/Gilberto (Expanded Edition)

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11

Love Is A Losing Game

Amy Winehouse · Back To Black

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12

Casimir Pulaski Day

Sufjan Stevens · Illinois

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13

The Book Of Love

Peter Gabriel · Scratch My Back (Special Edition)

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14

Torn

Natalie Imbruglia · Left Of The Middle

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15

Lover, You Should've Come Over

Jeff Buckley · Grace

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16

I Can't Make You Love Me

Bonnie Raitt · Luck Of The Draw

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17

Anyone Who Had a Heart

Dionne Warwick · Anyone Who Had a Heart

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18

Maiden Voyage

Herbie Hancock · Dedication

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19

Midnight Blue

Kenny Burrell · Midnight Blue

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20

Ruby, My Dear

Thelonious Monk · Genius Of Modern Music (Vol.1, Expanded Edition)

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