The Only One Left

Book Playlist

The Only One Left

“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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Sep 16, 2026

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Track List

20 songs

1

Drukqs

Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount

Aphex Twin · Drukqs

2

Ascent

An Ending (Ascent)

Brian Eno · Ascent

3

Midnight Matrimony

River Flows in You (Yiruma)

Yiruma · Midnight Matrimony

4

Songs From The Big Chair

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears For Fears · Songs From The Big Chair

5

Make You Feel My Love

Adele · 19

6

Mykonos

Mykonos

Fleet Foxes · Mykonos

7

Strange Trails

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

8

Hot Fuss

Somebody Told Me

The Killers · Hot Fuss

9

The Story

The Story

Brandi Carlile · The Story

10

The Boatman's Call (2011 - Remaster)

Into My Arms

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

11

The Singer

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel · The Singer

12

Colour The Small One

Breathe Me

Sia · Colour The Small One

13

Hozier

Take Me To Church

Hozier · Hozier

14

Scratch My Back (Special Edition)

The Book Of Love

Peter Gabriel · Scratch My Back (Special Edition)

15

Continuum

Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

John Mayer · Continuum

16

New Divide

New Divide

Linkin Park · New Divide

17

Bouquet

Roses (feat. ROZES)

The Chainsmokers · Bouquet

18

Kids Party Album

You're The One That I Want

Grease · Kids Party Album

19

In The Lonely Hour

I'm Not The Only One

Sam Smith · In The Lonely Hour

20

÷ (Deluxe)

Castle on the Hill

Ed Sheeran · ÷ (Deluxe)

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