Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Book Playlist

Cleopatra and Frankenstein Playlist

by Coco Mellors

20 tracks

balanced

Jul 22, 2026

2 mixes for this book

Cleo and Frank's impulsive New York marriage swings between giddy romance, excess, and the quiet ache of addiction and grief. The playlist opens with intimate, warm instrumentals for Cleo's painter's eye and solitude, then moves through 2000s-era indie, soul, and pop that echo the city's sleepless glamour, messy love, and eventual self-reckoning.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Experience

Ludovico Einaudi · In A Time Lapse

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2

Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi

Yann Tiersen · Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Bande originale du film)

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3

Opening

Philip Glass · Hope Street Tunnel Blues: Music for Piano By Philip Glass and Alvin Curran

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4

Gnossienne No. 3

Erik Satie · introspection

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5

Moon River

Henry Mancini · Champagne For The Private Eye

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6

Blue In Green

Bill Evans · Sunday in Spring

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7

Autumn Leaves

Bill Evans · Portrait In Jazz [Keepnews Collection]

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8

My Funny Valentine

Chet Baker · Chet Baker Sings

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9

Prélude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4

Frédéric Chopin · The Pianist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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10

Gymnopédie No. 3

Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends

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11

Sleepwalk

Santo & Johnny · Volume Secondo

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12

Dog Days Are Over

Florence + The Machine · Lungs (Deluxe Version)

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13

Home

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros · Up from Below

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14

Chasing Cars

Snow Patrol · Eyes Open

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15

Skinny Love

Bon Iver · For Emma, Forever Ago

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16

Dreams

Fleetwood Mac · Greatest Hits

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17

New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

LCD Soundsystem · Sound of Silver

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18

Video Games

Lana Del Rey · Born To Die – Paradise Edition (Special Version)

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19

Fake Plastic Trees

Radiohead · The Bends

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20

Such Great Heights

Iron & Wine · Around the Well

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