How to Read a Book
Reading Playlist

How to Read a Book

by Monica Wood

This playlist mirrors the intimate, reflective, and transformative themes of Monica Wood's "How to Read a Book," blending instrumental and vocal tracks that evoke the emotional arcs of the characters and the Maine setting. The instrumental selections offer spacious, contemplative moods that reflect internal struggles and renewal, while the vocal tracks explore themes of redemption, connection, and resilience with diverse indie, folk, and ambient styles.

19 tracks
balanced
Aug 21, 2026
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Track List

19 songs
1
Le Onde

Le Onde

Ludovico Einaudi · Le Onde

2
The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture

The Promise

Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture

3
Winter

For Now I Am Winter

Ólafur Arnalds · Winter

4
The Pearl

A Stream With Bright Fish - 2005 Digital Remaster

Harold Budd · The Pearl

5
Sea Breeze

Sea Breeze

Viva Verde · Sea Breeze

6
Piano Meditation

Any Other Name

Thomas Newman · Piano Meditation

7
A Virtual Concert

Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi

Yann Tiersen · A Virtual Concert

8
Late Afternoon

Late Afternoon

Erik Moreau · Late Afternoon

9
Bluegrass Players Renditions of The Avett Brothers

I and Love and You

Bluegrass Players · Bluegrass Players Renditions of The Avett Brothers

10
Strange Trails

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

11
The Altar and The Door

Slow Fade

Casting Crowns · The Altar and The Door

12
Keep Calm & Chillout

River

Leon Bridges · Keep Calm & Chillout

13
Capacity

Shark Smile

Big Thief · Capacity

14
Strange Trails

Love Like Ghosts

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

15
Singer-Songwriters Today

Keeping Your Head Up

Birdy · Singer-Songwriters Today

16
Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Holocene

Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver

17
At Swim

Fall

Lisa Hannigan · At Swim

18
Electronic 80's (Ministry Of Sound)

Ghosts

Japan · Electronic 80's (Ministry Of Sound)

19
Too Many Monsters in My Closet

Don’t Give Too Much of a Fuck

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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