The Will of the Many

Book Playlist

The Will of the Many

by James Islington

This playlist tracks Vis Telimus’s double-life and the book’s central tension between public obedience and private truth. Instrumentals build a guarded, scholarly sense of fate and hierarchy, while the lyrical songs mirror identity, betrayal, ambition, and the slow turning toward defiance in a world built to leech “Will” from the young.

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Sep 20, 2026

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20 songs

1

Open Eye Signal (Remixes)

Open Eye Signal

Jon Hopkins · Open Eye Signal (Remixes)

2

Dive

A Walk

Tycho · Dive

3

O Fortuna

O Fortuna

Marc Benjamin · O Fortuna

4

After the Gold Rush (2009 Remaster)

Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Neil Young · After the Gold Rush (2009 Remaster)

5

The Bones Of What You Believe

The Mother We Share

CHVRCHES · The Bones Of What You Believe

6

The Lumineers

Ho Hey

The Lumineers · The Lumineers

7

My Head Is An Animal

Dirty Paws

Of Monsters and Men · My Head Is An Animal

8

The Shepherd's Dog

Flightless Bird, American Mouth

Iron & Wine · The Shepherd's Dog

9

The Reason (20th Anniversary)

The Reason

Hoobastank · The Reason (20th Anniversary)

10

American Idiot

American Idiot

Green Day · American Idiot

11

Cage The Elephant

Ain't No Rest For The Wicked

Cage The Elephant · Cage The Elephant

12

Strange Trails

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

13

News Of The World

We Are the Champions

Queen · News Of The World

14

Classics for the People, Vol. 2

Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10, The Great Gate of Kiev

Modest Mussorgsky · Classics for the People, Vol. 2

15

Dream Your Life Away (Deluxe Edition)

Riptide

Vance Joy · Dream Your Life Away (Deluxe Edition)

16

She's So Unusual

Time After Time

Cyndi Lauper · She's So Unusual

17

Chaos And The Calm

Let It Go

James Bay · Chaos And The Calm

18

Tracy Chapman

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman · Tracy Chapman

19

Boys Like Girls

The Great Escape

BOYS LIKE GIRLS · Boys Like Girls

20

Human (Deluxe)

Human

Rag'n'Bone Man · Human (Deluxe)

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