Just for the Summer
Book Playlist

Just for the Summer Playlist

by Abby Jimenez

36 tracks
romantic
Sep 4, 2026
2 mixes for this book

A warm, romantic read-through soundtrack built around the book’s central twist: a messy, hopeful “curse-canceling” love story that grows into something tender and inevitable. Instrumentals first to keep focus steady, then softer lyric tracks to mirror Emma and Justin’s growing trust, chemistry, and late-night emotional reckonings.

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Track List

36 songs
1

A Walk

Tycho · Dive

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2

Division

Tycho · Epoch (Deluxe Version)

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3

Avril 14th

Aphex Twin · Drukqs

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4

Roads

Portishead · Dummy

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5

Cirrus

Bonobo · The North Borders

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6

Bullet Holes

Gregory Alan Isakov · Evening Machines

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7

Dreams

Fleetwood Mac · Greatest Hits

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8

Light Through The Veins

Jon Hopkins · Insides

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9

Ezra Was Right

Grandbrothers · Dilation

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10

Evermore - Live from The Salt Shed, Chicago

Ben Böhmer · Evermore (Live from The Salt Shed, Chicago)

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11

Bloom

ODESZA · In Return

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12

Anna Karenina

Cigarettes After Sex · Anna Karenina

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13

Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears

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

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14

Satie / Orch. Ducros: Gymnopédie No. 1

Erik Satie · Satie: Masterpieces

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15

The Shire

Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - the Complete Recordings

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16

Breathe - From „Free The Mind” Soundtrack

Jóhann Jóhannsson · Free the Mind (Original Soundtrack)

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17

Sweetest Thing

U2 · The Joshua Tree (Super Deluxe)

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18

A Stream With Bright Fish - 2005 Digital Remaster

Harold Budd · The Pearl

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19

Monster

Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

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20

Somewhere Only We Know

Keane · Hopes And Fears

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21

What It's Like

Everlast · Whitey Ford Sings the Blues

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22

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones · Come Away With Me (Super Deluxe Edition)

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23

Give Me One Reason

Tracy Chapman · New Beginning

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24

Electric Love

BØRNS · Dopamine

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25

Cherry Wine - Live

Hozier · Hozier

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26

Just Like Heaven

The Cure · Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

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27

when the party's over

Billie Eilish · WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

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28

Can't Help Falling In Love

Tiscore · Can't Help Falling In Love

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29

Lovefool

The Cardigans · First Band On The Moon (Remastered)

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30

Mystery of Love

Sufjan Stevens · Mystery of Love

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31

First Day of My Life

Bright Eyes · I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

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32

Ophelia

The Lumineers · Cleopatra

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33

Come Together - Remastered 2009

The Beatles · Abbey Road (Remastered)

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34

To Love Somebody

Michael Bublé · To Be Loved

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35

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel · In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

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36

Luminary

Joel Sunny · Luminary

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Mood romantic
Genre contemporary
Era any
Length long
Instrumental request 60%
Environment balanced

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