The Only One Left

Book Playlist

The Only One Left Playlist

20 tracks

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Sep 16, 2026

“The Only One Left” is a gothic, small-town thriller rooted in a Maine cliffside mansion and a long-buried, family-secret past. This playlist blends tense, cinematic instrumentals (for escalating suspicion and claustrophobic confinement) with subdued-to-haunting vocal tracks (for guilt, denial, and the emotional aftermath that won’t stay buried).

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Track List

20 songs

1

Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount

Aphex Twin · Drukqs

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2

An Ending (Ascent)

Brian Eno · Ascent

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3

River Flows in You (Yiruma)

Yiruma · Midnight Matrimony

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4

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears For Fears · Songs From The Big Chair

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5

Make You Feel My Love

Adele · 19

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6

Mykonos

Fleet Foxes · Mykonos

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7

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

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8

Somebody Told Me

The Killers · Hot Fuss

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9

The Story

Brandi Carlile · The Story

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10

Into My Arms

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · The Boatman's Call (2011 - Remaster)

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11

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel · The Singer

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12

Breathe Me

Sia · Colour The Small One

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13

Take Me To Church

Hozier · Hozier

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14

The Book Of Love

Peter Gabriel · Scratch My Back (Special Edition)

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15

Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

John Mayer · Continuum

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16

New Divide

Linkin Park · New Divide

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17

Roses (feat. ROZES)

The Chainsmokers · Bouquet

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18

You're The One That I Want

Grease · Kids Party Album

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19

I'm Not The Only One

Sam Smith · In The Lonely Hour

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20

Castle on the Hill

Ed Sheeran · ÷ (Deluxe)

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