Music

I mostly make a playlist when I have 1+ song(s) I'm really obsessed with at that current time and have a book I'm reading at the same time. Then I end up listening to the song a lot while I read the book because I love the song. Eventually I get tired of it, mostly after I've finished a book and then I move on to another song, a different book. It's an endless cycle. It started bc back when I only had an iPod, I'd download a song onto my iPod and I want to make sure it's all good and plays, so I'll listen to it while I read - and then it reminds me of that book forever after, which is unfortunate in some cases (e.g., Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery).
I also tend to read books while on a road trip (with a sister or the family) and we have a playlist, so I end up listening to the songs in the background while I read, so they end up becoming my playlist for that book (e.g., Piper to the Clan by Mary Stetson Clark or Tattooed Potato by Ellen Raskin).
Other times, I'm reading a book and someone else is playing music and I can hear it as I read and it reminds me of the book from then on (e.g., Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, The Book Thief, Fallen Angels, or After the War).
Other ways I come up with playlists or songs that match certain books is if it matches the theme of the book (if the book is about stars, listening to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", for example). Or when the book is sad, so I track down a song I think is sufficiently sad for the book and then listen to it while I read the sad part. :(
Sometimes, when a book mentions a song, I at least try to go listen to them, and if I like them, then bingo. New song to listen to while I read that book (e.g., Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall or Wonder by RJ Palacio < the playlist for it is not up yet btw).
One last way I match up songs with books is when I have a song in my head while I'm reading a book - it might be stuck in my head or it might just pop into my head while I'm reading. Either way, that song is stuck to the book now (e.g., Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse).
^ ^  all those books are listed below with the songs. ;)

And just like "Good Times" by All Time Low reminds me of summer 2018, or maybe all of 2018, these are the songs that remind me of specific books, sometimes even specific times.

So this is a list. All the songs matched up to all the books. Will be updated every time new playlist is created. ;) Enjoyyeeee and feel free to use if you want to have a playlist for the book (and feel free to leave a comment for the songs that remind you of different books, or if you've used one of my playlists << ha, like anybody even knows this blog exists, who am I kidding lolol).

1984
Unhinged when the first (spoiler) happens and at the end (Nick Jonas)
Bellycarbery Castle, pt 3 ch 4 (Randy Edelman)
Learn To Let Go? (Welshly Arms)

AFTER THE WAR
Barcelona (George Ezra)

ALAS, BABYLON
99 Red Balloons (Nena) 

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
Clair de Lune (100 Strings Orchestra)
The Aviators (Helen Jane Long)

* all songs by Coldplay, unless band is specified *
Ink
Magic
Midnight
True Love
Up With The Birds
Mylo Xyloto
O (Fly On)
Paradise
Laughter Lines, only book four (Bastille)
(which songs go with which ending of the books: Kaleidoscope - bk1; Paradise - bk2; O - bk3; Laughter Lines (Bastille) - bk4)

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Remember (Ikson)
Life Is For Living (Coldplay) < maybe

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (entire series)
* all songs by L2M, unless band is specified *
Friends Trust Friends
Forever Us
Friends Are Forever
Together

ASCENDANCE TRILOGY, THE
The Wedding Song (Matthew Mole)
Like I'm Gonna Lose You (Meghan Trainor, John Legend)

BEYOND THE DESERT GATE
Storybook Love (Willy DeVille)

BONE
Wait (Maroon 5)
Let Me Go (Hailee Steinfeld, Alesso, Florida Georgia Line, watt)
Capital Letters? (Hailee Steinfeld, BloodPop)

BOOK THIEF, THE
Why Can't I Change (Passenger)
Eagle Bear Buffalo (Passenger)
Survivors (Passenger)
New Light (John Mayer)

CAPTIVE KINGDOM, THE
In My Place? (Coldplay)

CARRY ON, MR. BOWDITCH
Greensleeve (Manheim) < not sure which song I was thinking of, think it was this one, only chorus is pretty @ the v end

CHILD OF THE REVOLUTION (TSP side story)
Crazy Love? (Michael Bublé)

CONSPIRACY OF KINGS
 Happier? (Ed Sheeran)
Simple Song? (Passenger)
Heart in Hand Overture? (Christy Nockels)
play @ beginning of last chapter: The Ice Sculpture (George Fenton)
and this one rightrightright after that ^ song: Heaven's Knife (Josh Garrels)

CROSSINGS
Don't Worry Baby (The Brook & The Bluff)
Ocean (ft. Meghan Trainor)? (LunchMoney Lewis)
Don't Be Afraid (Josh Garrels)

EMBER IN THE ASHES
Capital Letters (Hailee Steinfeld, BloodPop)
Let Me Go (Hailee Steinfeld, Alesso, Florida Georgia Line, watt)

EMPRESS FROM THE STARS
Line of Sight (feat. WYNNE & Mansionair) (ODESZA)

FALLEN ANGELS 
When The Angels Fall (Sting)
No Good For You (Meghan Trainor) 

FALSE PRINCESS, THE
The Middle? (Zedd, Maren Morris, Grey)
Aeon (ft. Juliet Lyons) (Nick Murray, Juliet Lyons)

FIRST SIR PERCY, THE
Epic (TheFatRat)
Waiting For You (Grizfolk)
Shoulder to Shoulder (Around the Fire) (Rogue Valley)

Nervous (Shawn Mendes)
Mutual (Shawn Mendes)
Life Of The Party (Shawn Mendes)
When You're Ready (Shawn Mendes)
Like To Be You (feat. Julia Michaels) (Shawn Mendes, Julia Michaels)
Where Were You In The Morning? (Shawn Mendes)
Trust My Lonely (Alessia Cara)
Youth (feat. Khalid) (Shawn Mendes, Khalid)
Ruin (Shawn Mendes)
Why (Shawn Mendes)
In My Blood (Shawn Mendes)
Never Be Alone (Shawn Mendes)
Comfortable (Alessia Cara)
Fallin' All In You (Shawn Mendes)

❤️ (Coldplay)
Biutyful (Coldplay)
Farther We Go (Walk Off The Earth)
Beat Of My Drum (POWERS)
Invincible (Aminé)
Stronger Love (feat. Leeland) (Chris Renzema, Leeland)
Let Somebody Go (Coldplay, Selena Gomez)
All My Friends (AJ Mitchell)
Humankind (Coldplay)
∞ (Coldplay)
Let Go (Beau Young Prince)
Wave of You (Surfaces)
Home (Vince Staples, Richie Kohan)
Memories (Thutmose)
Take It Easy (Surfaces)
Miles Ahead (The Strike)
Come With Me (Surfaces, salem ilese)

GOD KING
Come Alive (Dry Bones) (Lauren Daigle)

Alright (Tow'rs)
Across the Sea (The Sweeplings)
Elena (Ed Prosek)
Fix You (Canyon City)
back again (flor)
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46: III. Andante sostenuto (Max Bruch)
Till We're in the Sea (RKCB)
What A Heavenly Way To Die (Troye Sivan)
Middle Man - Remastered (Little River Band)
I Just Wanna Believe (Pablo Cruise)
You've Given Me Something (Orleans)
How to Be Yours (Chris Renzema)
Lilo (The Japanese House)
Hassan: Serenade (arr. E. Fenby for cello and piano) (Frederick Delius)
When It Ends (Imaginary Future)
How Long Will I Love You (Canyon City)
Northern Lights (Jaymes Young)
Neighborhood (American Authors, Bear Rinehart, NEEDTOBREATHE)
If You Leave - From "Pretty In Pink" (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark)
Don't Throw it Away (Jonas Brothers)

GREAT GATSBY, THE
TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME (The 1975)  < I think
Everything's Not Lost (Includes Hidden Track "Life Is For Living") (Coldplay)

Simon's Lullaby (ThePianoPlayer)
Waiting For Better Times (ThePianoPlayer)
Empathy (ThePianoPlayer)
Secrets (ThePianoPlayer)
So Far So Close (Vivian Roost)

HITTITE WARRIOR
God of Wonders
Creation Sings (Fernando Ortega)
Family (Fernando Ortega)
Softly and Tenderly, ending only (Fernando Ortega)

HOKEY POKEY
Maybe Next Year (Andrew Peterson) < didn't listen while I was reading, it just reminds me of it fsr 
Tupelo Honey (Van Morrison), starting at p239 - the ch right after he gives his stuff away
Flashdance (What a Feeling) (Yael Naim) for the creds if it were a movie

INCEPTION (the movie, but if there's a book, they work too)
Daddy (Coldplay)
Barcelona (George Ezra)
Hold My Girl (George Ezra)
Orphans (Coldplay)
Champion of the World (Coldplay)
Oh What a Feeling (Walk Off The Earth)
Give Me The Future (Bastille)  

KING OF ATTOLIA (Queen's Thief #3)
Transformation / Arrival of the Birds (specifically this version)
The Last Frontier (Andrew Peterson)

KOTLC
Higher Stakes, only book eight (Jeremy Loops) (Fitz's song)
Where Do You Run, book eight ish (The Score) (Fitz/Sophie)
Little Do You Know, only book six (Annie LeBlanc, Hayden Summerall)
Faded (Alan Walker)*
Someone to Stay, book eight ish (Vancouver Sleep Clinic) (Sophie's song)
I Bet My Life (Imagine Dragons) (Keefe's song)*
Without You ft. Usher (David Guetta) (Alvar's song)
Something New (The Score) (Kenric's song)*
Let Me Go (with Alesso, Florida Georgia Line & watt) (Hailee Steinfeld) (Keefe's song)
End Credits - Instrumental (Rachel Portman, David Snell, John Lenehan) < bk8, p374
I Stopped Lying (Anne Dudley) < bk8, pg 394 - 397
Never Fade Away (Oh Gravity) (Keefe's song)*
Carry Me Home (Take That) (Sophie's song)
Every Mile? (Layup)*
Livin Right (The Score) (Fitz's song?)*
Oh My Love (The Score) (Sophie's song)
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*sort of, not really

LAUGHING CAVALIER, THE
Epic (TheFatRat)
Waiting for You (Grizfolk)
Shoulder to Shoulder (Around the Fire) (Rogue Valley)

LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE, THE
Summer Meets Winder (The Gray Havens)

LUNAR CHRONICLES, THE
Oh Look Aliens! (Vexento)
All This Time - Original Mix (Fox Stevenson)
Eyes Closed (Vexento)
Wish You Were Here (Vexento)
Moments to Memories (Adeline Hill)
Lights (Vexento)
Piece of Me (Vexento Remix) (Toxic Hearts, Vexento)
Masked Heroes (Vexento)
Automatic (Castro)
Never Letting Go (Vexento)
Monaco (MKTO)
Masked Raver (Vexento)
Staring At The Lights (Vexento, HiTydes)
Hearts in Motion (Vexento)
Here With You (Jake Nauta)

MOVES MAKE THE MAN, THE
 8 Letters (Why Don't We)
Stand By Me (Shayne Ward)

MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH
Hymn For The Weekend (Coldplay)

NEMESIS
Campfire - From "Tangled"/Score (Alan Menken)
Waiting for the Lights - From "Tangled"/Score (Alan Menken)

NORY RYAN'S SONG
Song for Ireland (Mary Black)

NUMBER THE STARS
Cipher (Kevin MacLeod)

OUT OF THE DUST
Aquarius, Let The Sunshine In (The 5th Dimension)

PARCEL OF PATTERNS
When I Hear The Praises Start (Keith Green)

PENDERWICKS IN SPRING
coming soon if I can find the list...

When Can I See You Again (Owl City)
I Lived (OneRepublic)
Tonight The Streets Are Ours (Richard Hawley)
Beauty Queen (Daniel Powter)
If Only I Could Cry (Daniel Powter)
The Flood (Take That)
These Days (Take That)
Yellow (Coldplay)
Strawberry Swing (Coldplay)
Ghost Story (Sting)
This I Promise You (*NSYNC)
Don't Stop Believin' (Journey)
When We Were Young (Take That)
Leaving California (Maroon 5)
Sovereign Light Café (Keane)

QUEEN OF ATTOLIA, THE (Queen's Thief #1)
Daisy (Zedd)
Edelweiss (Ramin Karimloo)
Forces of Attraction (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
Flash Dance... What a Feeling (Yael Naim)
Dancers (Virginia Man)
All I Want Is You (U2)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Here Comes The Sun (JJ Heller)

RUNAWAY JURY, THE
Flash (Flash Stevenson) - for the last two chapters
Every Breath You Take (The Police) - for the credits

FOR BOOKS I READ ONLINE:
* all songs by The Piano Guys, unless band is specified *
Story Of My Life
Beethoven's 5 Secrets
Titanium / Pavane
The Cello Song
Begin Again
Fight Song / Amazing Grace
Just The Way You Are
All Of Me
Let It Go, I think?

FOR BOOKS I READ OFFLINE:
Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) Op. 15: VII. Traumerei (Dreaming or Reverie) in F Major (Schumann)
The Seasons, Op. 37a: X. October - Autumn Song (Tchaikovsky)
Lyric Pieces, Op. 43: No 6, To the Spring (Edvard Grieg)
Erotic (Grieg)
Consolation in E Major, S. 172 (R. 12), No. 2 (Franz Liszt)
Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 39: No. 15 (Adolf Schindler)
(link to Spotify playlist, if you don't want to remember all the names haha)
(playlists for the prequels, The Laughing Cavalier and The First Sir Percy, are above)


SHERWOOD RING, THE
Ave Maria (Winter Dreams)

SLEEPING MURDER
Campfire - From "Tangled"/Score (Alan Menken)

STARRY RIVER OF THE SKY
Miracles (Coldplay)

TATTOOED POTATO, THE
Katie, Queen of Tennessee
(The Apache Relay)

TGIB (not sure what that stands for, but it's a book)
She Ain't Right For You (Macy Gray)
Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl (Broken Social Scene)
Song For Zula (Phosphorescent)
To Build A Home (The Cinematic Orchestra, Patrick Watson)

THIEF, THE (Queen's Thief #1)
Resurgam (Anne Dudley) > when he's in the cave towards the middle/end of bk
A Nation Died (Stephen Warbeck) > still in the cave
Not Goin' Home Anymore - From "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (Burt Bacharach) > Pol
Ratatouille Main Theme (Michael Giacchino) > end of bk
Hey Brother (Avicii) > credit roll
Into The Fire (kind of reminds me of all of it ish) (Thirteen Senses)

TRIPODS, THE (entire series)
Love Love (Take That)
Atmosphere (Beachcomber)
Talk (Coldplay)
Up (Justin Bieber)
Never Let You Go (Justin Bieber)
Home We'll Go (Walk Off The Earth - this one, not the gross banjo version)
Lithium Sunset (Sting)

TRIUMPH OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, THE
(TSP side story)
May It Be (Enya)

TRUMPETER OF KRAKOW, THE
Just The Way You Are (Bruno Mars)
She Will Be Loved (Maroon 5)

TUCK EVERLASTING
Forever Young, at the end (Alphaville)
Beautiful Dreamer (Stephen Foster - piano ver.)
Your Wildest Dreams (The Moody Blues)

WALK TWO MOONS
Saturn (Sleeping At Last) 

Always In My Head (Coldplay)
Maldives (Jebase)
Paper Hearts? (The Vamps)
Every Mile? (Layup)

WHEN YOU REACH ME
Bleeding Out (Imagine Dragons)

* all songs by Coldplay, unless band is specified *
Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
Ink
Magic
Midnight
True Love
Up With The Birds
Hymn for the Weekend
Mylo Xyloto
O (Fly On)
Kaleidoscope
Up&Up, ending of book only

WONDER (songs mentioned in the book)
Wonder (Natalie Merchant)
Space Oddity - Remastered (David Bowie)
The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side (The Magnetic Fields)
Beautiful Things (Andain)
Star Wars: Throne Room: End Title (John Williams, Robert Clark, Florida State University Marching Chiefs)
Canon in D Major, P.37 (Johann Pachelbel, Music Lab Collective, Valentina Lisitsa)
Under Pressure - Remastered 2011 (Queen, David Bowie)
Light & Day / Reach For The Sun (The Polyphonic Spree)
Wake Me up When September Ends (Green Day)
Kid (Rickolus)
The Final Countdown (Europe)
Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes)
Shing-A-Ling Baby (Willie Bobo)
Yellow Submarine - Remastered 2009 (The Beatles)
Eye of the Tiger (Survivor)
Beautiful Child - Remastered Version (Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart)
Those Were The Days (Mary Hopkin)
Doctor Zhivago: Lara's Theme (Maurice Jarre, Bill Preston Orchestra, Bill Preston)


p.s. This has nothing to do with music and books, but I was watching this documentary about Princess Di w my sister (for a school project) and after the credits she started playing "Out of Love" by Alessia Cara and I probably won't watch the docu again and I probably won't hear the song again, but that song will always remind me of Princess Di's relationship with Prince Charles (and the rolling credits).

Songs I want to find books for:

- 2020 -

Grow As We Go (Ben Platt)*
Ratatouille Main Theme (Michael Giacchino)*
Nervous (The Neighbourhood)
Vibe (MELVV)
Miracles (Someone Special) (Coldplay)
Miracles (Coldplay)
Difference Maker (NEEDTOBREATHE)
Waiting for the Lights - From "Tangled"/Score (Alan Menken)*
24/7 (The Neighbourhood)
Fairytale (Harry Gregson-Williams)*
This Is Our Cry - Music Alone (Liv Ullman, George Winston)*
I Will Go Sailing No More - From "Toy Story" / Soundtrack Version (Randy Newman)*
Merida's Home - From "Brave"/Score (Patrick Doyle)*
Not Goin' Home Anymore - From "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (Burt Bacharach)*
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - From "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (B.J. Thomas)
Come Touch The Sun - From "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (Burt Bacharach)*
Not Goin' Home Anymore - Reprise (Burt Bacharach)*
Every Mile (Layup)*
High Hopes (Kodaline, not PATD lol)
Walk of Life (Dire Straits)*
The One? (Kodaline)
Brother? (Kodaline)

- 2021 -

Love With Me (Melody's Song) (Keith Green)
In My Place (Coldplay)
Anchor (Novo Amor)
Carry You (Novo Amor)
Fine Line (Harry Styles)
Canyon Moon (Harry Styles)
State Lines (Novo Armor)
Supply & Demand (Wilder Woods)
Come & Get It (Selena Gomez)

- 2022 -

Where I'm From (Colony House)
The Wire (Vancouver Sleep Clinic)
Time (The National Parks)
Masterpiece (KB)
Be. loved. (JUDAH.)
Just Because (JUDAH.)
Don't Know If I Believe It (JUDAH., Jon Foreman)
Day by Day (Citizens)
Morning Song (Land of Color)
Rhythm of the East (The Gray Havens)
All I Need (Citizens)
Christ Be Magnified (Song Session) (I AM THEY, Essential Worship)
Last Train Home (John Mayer)
Heaven (Citizen Shade)
Numbers (Weezer)
Birth With A Broken Wing (Weezer)
In My Place (Coldplay)
Flags (Coldplay)
Sparks (Coldplay)
Amor de Siempre (Cuco)
So Close (Brandon Lake, Amanda Cook)
Face The Music (Wyld Stallyns, Animals As Leaders, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah)

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*ones I really want to find a book for


OR SEE MY "BOOKS" PLAYLIST!
updated regularly with songs I want to match with books
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5AoOOMrpKBxbjtWSyXck8D?si=912f1285fa2c4b97