What to Read Wednesday – Playlists and YA Books

YAReadingPlaylist_EpicReads_SmallAuthor’s creating playlists for their books isn’t a new thing, but I’ve started to see it pop up more and more lately. This post is dedicated to ones I’ve found recently.

These are taken from lvbug09 on http://8tracks.com. This user has created a lot of playlists for young adult novels.  Here are just a few.

I'll give you the sun1.) wherever your heart is – brandi carlile// 2.) disarm-the civil wars// 3.) another story – the head and the heart// 4.) wish i was here – coldplay & cat power// 5.) i’ll keep you safe – sleeping at last// 6.) sons and daughters – allman brown & liz lawrence// 7.) you are my sunshine – elizabeth mitchell// 8.) unbreakable – jamie scott// 9.) heal – tom odell// 10.) wash. – bon iver// 11.) the eye – brandi carlile// 12.) say anything – anderson east & jill andrews// 13.) was there nothing? – asgeir// 14.) slow it down – the lumineers// 15.) to build a home – the cinematic orchestra// 16.) mend – the weepies// 17.) you are your mother’s child – conor oberst// 18.) hey jude – across the universe cast// 19.) sun – jonsi 

https://8tracks.com/lvbug09/i-ll-give-you-the-sun

 

 

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1.) i like you so much better when you’re naked-ida maria// 2.) the love club-lorde// 3.) shock to your system-tegan & sara// 4.) womanizer-lilly allen// 5.) let’s stop calling it love-mozella// 6.) on my way-lea michele// 7.) sight of the sun-fun.// 8.) flaws-bastille// 9.) boom clap-charli xcx// 10.) bittersweet-ellie goulding// 11.) heart skips a beat-lenka// 12.) i cannot love you-telekinesis// 13.) thinking too much-meiko// 14.) i need your love-madilyn bailey// 15.) love out of lust-lykke li// 16.) dream machines-big deal

http://8tracks.com/lvbug09/the-d-u-f-f-playlist

 

 

 

all our yesterdays1.) hearts without chains-ellie goulding// 2.) ruby blue-sleeping at last// 3.) medicine-daughter// 4.) 9 crimes-damien rice// 5.) the funeral-band of horses// 6.) feels like the end-milky ekko// 7.) remember us-aqualung & sara bareilles// 8.) mad world-sara hickman// 9.) what a day-greg laswell// 10.) weight of living pt. 1-bastille// 11.) feels like we only go backwards-tame impala// 12.) somewhere a clock is ticking-snow patrol// 13.) into the past-nero// 14.) time is running out-muse// 15.) where the story ends (piano version)-the fray 

http://8tracks.com/lvbug09/and-all-our-yesterdays-have-lighted-fools-the-way-to-dusty-death

 

 

Here are some playlists from HarperCollins authors.

no one else can have you

uninvited

arclight

Follow HarperTeen’s board Spotify Playlists on Pinterest.

 

And here is one from Forever Young Adult.

eleanor and park1. God Save the Queen – Sex Pistols

2. Assimilate – Skinny Puppy

3. Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas

4. Something I Learned Today – Hüsker Dü

5. How Soon Is Now? – The Smiths

6. Romeo and Juliet – Dire Straits

7. This Charming Man – The Smiths

8. Holiday in Cambodia – Dead Kennedys

9. Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Divison

10. Rise Above – Black Flag

11. 867-5309/Jenny – Tommy Tutone

12. Forever Young – Alphaville

13. Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams

14. Bad – U2

15. In Between Days – The Cure

16. Cruel Summer – Bananarama

17. Scarborough Fair/Canticle – Simon & Garfunkel

18. Helter Skelter – The Beatles

19. Rio – Duran Duran

20. Who’s Johnny – El DeBarge

21. Bitchin’ Camaro – The Dead Milkmen

22. Alison – Elvis Costello

23. Steppin’ Out – Joe Jackson

24. Roadrunner – Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers

25. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – The Smiths

So, what about you? Do you create playlists for the books you read? If so, share them in the comments section.

Author: Karin Perry

Assistant Professor of Library Science at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. She loves reading YA Lit in her spare time.



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