Conversations with Friends

Book Playlist

Conversations with Friends Playlist

by Sally Rooney, Katia Banovic

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 17, 2026

A playlist for Frances’s cool, observant narration and the shifting intimacy of her relationships: restrained piano, spacious electronics, and chamber-like instrumentals give way to songs about desire, self-protection, and uncertain attachment. Its Dublin indie sensibility and mix of tenderness, wit, and emotional friction echo a romance that is also sharply attentive to class, friendship, and the stories people tell themselves.

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Track List

20 songs

1

The How of it Sped

Bing & Ruth · No Home of the Mind

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2

Kerala

Bonobo · Migration

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3

Black Sands

Bonobo · Black Sands

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4

A Gallant Gentleman

We Lost The Sea · Departure Songs

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5

Lonely Void

Mica Levi · Under the Skin

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6

The Hours

Philip Glass · The Hours (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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7

The Gravel Road (from "The Village")

James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4

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8

November

Max Richter · Voyager - Essential Max Richter

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The Departure

Michael Nyman · Film Music 1980 - 2001

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10

Says

Nils Frahm · Spaces

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11

A Model of the Universe

Jóhann Jóhannsson · The Theory of Everything (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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12

Song for Bob

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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13

Paul

Big Thief · Masterpiece

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14

Moon Song

Phoebe Bridgers · Punisher

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15

I Know The End

Phoebe Bridgers · Punisher

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16

About Today

The National · Cherry Tree

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17

Conversation 16

The National · High Violet

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18

anything

Adrianne Lenker · songs

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19

The Only Heartbreaker

Mitski · Laurel Hell

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20

Love Is A Losing Game

Amy Winehouse · Back To Black

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