Music to Read By: Songs for the Literate Listener (Journal 31)

“Without music, life is a journey through a desert.” --Pat Conroy, Beach Music

 

This is a track list I have created featuring songs that connect me to some of my favorite books.

“Faded Dress” by Kay Hanley (The Great Gatsby)

“Run to the Water” by Live (By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept)

“The Story” by Brandi Carlile (The History of Love)

“The Rain King” by Counting Crows (Henderson the Rain King)

“Left Me a Fool” by the Indigo Girls (“The Lady of Shallott)

“The Crane Wife 3” by The Decemberists (Wuthering Heights)

“Bring on the Wonder” by Susan Enan (Jane Eyre)

“Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen (Thus Spoke Zarathustra)

“Crazy Faith” By Alison Krauss and Union Station (The English Patient)

“Acoustic #3” by the Goo Goo Dolls (The Bluest Eye)

“That's How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart” by Aimee Mann (Until I Find You)

“Scarecrow” by Rustic Overtones (Persuasion)

“Isn't It a Pity” by the Cowboy Junkies (To Kill a Mockingbird)

“Words” by Gregory Alan Isakov (Leaves of Grass)

“Myth” by Delerium featuring Joanna Stevens (Sandman)