Here is the playlist for Ballads. These are the songs I listened to while writing, the songs that inspired some part of the book, or the favorite songs of some of the characters. For an in depth discussion of why some of these songs influenced me, check out the Book Notes guest blog I did for Largehearted Boy here.



Of course playlist.com is imperfect, so some songs are missing or I've given alternative versions. For example, I've used the original versions of "Little Boxes" and "Is That All There Is" here, which are great, but I listen to the Rise Against and PJ Harvey versions respectively. I had to substitute "Second Skin" for "Cut My Skin, It Makes Me Human" by the Gits and this is missing "Tonight, Tonight" by Smashing Pumpkins, "Dying Days" by Screaming Trees, "The Park" by Slapstick, and "Campbell, CA" by Lars Frederiksen and the Bastads. All and all this is pretty much my soundtrack though!