No Longer Human

Book Playlist

No Longer Human Playlist

by 太宰治, Juliet Winters Carpenter

19 tracks

balanced

Sep 9, 2026

This playlist threads through the novel’s core currents—shame and self-exposure, numb endurance, and the brief, fragile moments where a narrator reaches for beauty as an escape. Instrumentals create quiet, isolating spaces that mirror the book’s spiraling interiority, while the vocal tracks pull the emotional stakes outward without drowning the reading rhythm.

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Track List

19 songs

1

Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi (From "Amélie")

Yann Tiersen · Piano Movie Lounge

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2

Midnight In A Perfect World

DJ Shadow · Endtroducing.....

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3

Limit To Your Love

James Blake · James Blake

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4

Daydream In Blue

I Monster · Neveroddoreven

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5

The Sound of Settling

Midnite String Quartet · MSQ Performs Death Cab For Cutie

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6

Mad About You - Live at Koningin Elisabethzaal 2012

Hooverphonic · With Orchestra Live

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7

A Walk to Remember

Vulfpeck · Vollmilch

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8

A Love Supreme, Pt. IV - Psalm

John Coltrane · Work From Home with John Coltrane

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9

saman

Ólafur Arnalds · re:member

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10

Creep

Bartek Wąsik · „Daydreamer” - Bartek Wąsik plays Radiohead

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11

Hurt

Trent Reznor · Melankhôlia: In Darkness Through the Light (Augmented Version)

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12

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears For Fears · Feel Good Oldies

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13

Somebody Told Me

The Killers · Let's Play

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14

Take Me To Church

Hozier · US Top 20 Piano

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15

Young And Beautiful

Lana Del Rey · Van Vibes

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16

Holocene

Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver

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17

The Less I Know The Better

Tame Impala · Autumn Vibes 2026

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18

Champagne For My Real Friends, Real Pain For My Sham Friends

Fall Out Boy · ¡Hora de Patinar!

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19

Let’s Play Chess

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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