"Fail Sons is a book about aging and mortality; fathers, sons, and brothers; failure and grief."

Adam Wilson shared a playlist for his novel Fail Sons at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/10/08/a...

"Although I didn't listen to Billie Holiday while writing the novel, her music haunted my imagination throughout the process."

Jocelyn Cullity shared a playlist for her novel The Nurse at Baker Hospital at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/10/08/j...

"Although I made a vibes playlist for the book early in my drafting process, I’m one of those people who can’t write to most songs..."

Nafissa Thompson-Spires shared a playlist for her debut novel The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford largeheartedboy.com/2026/10/07/n...

"Given the dialogic nature of our book it seems only right to have this playlist move back and forth..."

David Naimon shared a playlist for his book Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/10/07/d...

"I had to set a chapter in hell, of course, and there's an echo of country music in my mind at least to a few of the chapters in the book."

Grace Byron shared a playlist for her debut novel Herculine at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/10/06/g...

"Creating playlist is among my top favorite activities. It’s basically my love language. What a fun and stimulating thing to build one around my novel Asbestos, where music plays such an enveloping role."

Sébastien Dulude shared a playlist for his novel Asbestos largeheartedboy.com/2026/10/06/s...

"Indeed, because the novel is part detective story and part doomed romance, George Benson’s This Masquerade—whose bluesy melancholy is the perfect accompaniment to a noir tale…"

Clifford Thompson shared a playlist for his debut novel Let Us Go Then, You and I largeheartedboy.com/2026/10/05/c...

"Pierre Rousseau felt like a great opener to set the tone of this playlist, capturing the strange etherealness I hope my pen achieved with The Tumor in The Clay."

Nick Francis shared a playlist for his graphic novel The Tumor in the Clay at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/10/02/n...

"This soundtrack is like my brain - soft, loud, quiet, and cheerful. Pour yourself a cup of chai as you take a listen."

Chital Mehta shared a playlist for her debut novel Have You Seen Romit? at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/10/01/c...

"Assembled Audience is a book I wrote over four years from 2019 to 2024, about the ways people gather together..."

Erika Meitner shared a playlist for her poetry collection Assembled Audience largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/30/e...

"The book is definitely setting-dependent, so it made sense to create a playlist that draws on the rich musical traditions of Alabama and the Appalachian mountains."

Scott Gould shared a playlist for his novel Beneath a Fallen Sky at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/29/s...

“I may not mention songs or cite catchy pop lyrics in the story, but the book references so many places specific to musical life in the Bay Area...”

Tomas Moniz shared a playlist for his novel The King of Aloe Vera at Largehearted Boy.

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"New Skin is so demented, and so is Mr. Bungle."

Sarah Wang shared a playlist for her debut novel New Skin at Largehearted Boy.

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"Music is core to this novel, and although I mostly listen to ambient music while writing, these are the songs that make up its DNA, freckled with nostalgia but facing the future."

Ankur Thakkar shared a playlist for his novel Blow Yourself Up at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/25/a...

"Many traditional lullabies used scary elements to make sure children stayed safe and still in bed. It is an interesting combination of comforting and frightening."

Regina McBride shared a playlist for her novel Stranger From Across the Sea at Largehearted Boy.

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"What does madness sound like?"

Jody Chan shared a playlist for their poetry collection Madness Belongs to the People at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/24/j...

"In putting together my playlist, I wanted to give a sample of some of my favorite ghostly music."

May-Lee Chai shared a playlist for her essay collection My Hungry Ghosts at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/23/m...

"My new novel, Incarnate, is story about a Faustian bargain made by a young woman who wants to be a breakout success on social media."

Alma Katsu shared a playlist for her novel Incarnate at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/22/a...

"Here are songs for haunted houses and ruined gardens and endless afternoons."

Norah Labiner shared a playlist for her novel Morocco at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/22/n...

"So much of the process of writing this book occurred in silence, and yet, I always longed to evoke a sense of the soundscape of the asylum.”

Doireann Ní Ghríofa shared a playlist for her novel Said the Dead at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/21/d...