Book Playlist · Autumn Leaves

Running to Playlist

by Thomas Zuniga

20 tracks

balanced

Nov 6, 2026

7 mixes for this book

Because no reliable story details are available, this playlist avoids inventing a setting, characters, or plot for *Running to*. Its instrumental piano, acoustic, and restrained ambient textures offer a balanced backdrop; the Autumn Leaves edition adds earthy, rain-softened warmth without implying that the story takes place in autumn.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Bowsprit

Balmorhea · Constellations

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2

Thanksgiving

George Winston · December

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3

Longing / Love

George Winston · Autumn (Piano Solos)

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4

First Snow

Emancipator · Soon It Will Be Cold Enough

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5

Anthem

Emancipator · Soon It Will Be Cold Enough

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6

Are You Going with Me?

Pat Metheny Group · Wild - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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7

Telephone And Rubber Band - Remastered 2008

Penguin Cafe Orchestra · Penguin Café Orchestra

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Perpetuum Mobile

Penguin Cafe Orchestra · Preludes, Airs And Yodels (A Penguin Cafe Primer)

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9

Butterfly Waltz

Brian Crain · Piano and Cello Duet

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10

Minuet for a Cheap Piano Number Two

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

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11

Glass

Hania Rani · Esja

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12

Hawaii Oslo

Hania Rani · Esja

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13

White Keys

Chilly Gonzales · Solo Piano II

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14

Dot

Chilly Gonzales · Solo Piano

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15

Dayvan Cowboy

Boards of Canada · The Campfire Headphase

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16

Halcyon (Beautiful Days)

MONO · Holy Ground: NYC Live with the Wordless Music Orchestra

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17

Everloving

Moby · Play

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18

The Naked Stalk

Michael Hedges · Taproot

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19

My Foolish Heart

Bill Evans Trio · Waltz For Debby (Original Jazz Classics Remaster 2010)

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20

Poinciana

Ahmad Jamal Trio · Complete Live At The Pershing Lounge 1958

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