One of my passions besides reading is music, so it only made sense to make a playlist based off of the books I read in 2025. Now, the music and the book aren’t necessarily perfect matches. Sometimes I just went off of the vibes of both, sometimes I tried to match the song to the plot/story, sometimes I tried to be literal with both the book and song having the same title (or something similar). Also, a majority of these songs come from my everyday playlist so I’m sure there are better fitting songs out there (although for some books I did look outside of my playlist for a song).
Anyway, it was fun to put this list together (and maybe more fun than reading some of the books*). *if you want to know my thoughts on the books, read this post or check out my Goodreads and/or StoryGraph.
Also-I read almost 80 books in 2025, so come back tomorrow for Part 2 of the rest of this playlist (otherwise you’ll be scrolling until the end of time).
Idk, I just felt like the lyrics “I shouldn’t have fallen in love, look what it made me become” kinda match the vibe of this enemies-to-lovers historical fiction romance.
“They say I did something bad/then why’ s it feel so good?”.
“I Am Woman” celebrates being a woman and this little book celebrates amazing women throughout history.
I think this one is pretty self-explanatory.
This romantasy features a slow burn romance and there’s *literal* fire involved, so this song just seemed appropriate.
“They say if you’re gonna fight, pick the right side/but how d’you choose the right side in your own mind?”
This song celebrates women “doing what they gotta do”, which is exactly what the women featured in “Original Sisters” did/do.
“If you say I’m too much/baby go find less/if you can’t keep up/stay below I guess/if I’m such a big deal/maybe you’re too little” sounds exactly like something Elizabeth Zott would say.
This song just seemed to match Roark’s vibe, once he admitted his feelings.
“Who run the world? Girls”.
“Immigrants–we get the job done”.
If the US is the richest country on earth, why do we have more poverty than any other advanced country? As Queen asks, “is this the world we created?”.
These women all defied gravity to go the distance when it came to their artwork and their careers.
“I can’t help but love you/even though I try not to” fits this academic rivals romantasy.
Again, I think this one is pretty self-explanatory.
“Teach my beloved children I’ve been a slave”
The song features a lyric “she was somebody’s daughter” and if you’ve read the book, I think you’ll get it.
Stawberry Wine by Deanna Carter (the video wouldn’t embed)
So the book is actually about a 12 year old (not a 17 year old like in the song) but both are about coming of age and so this song just felt like the vibe.
The song has lyrics featuring oceans and riding waves, and the book has some uh very steamy, wet scenes so you know–just felt like the vibe.
The kids spontaneously combust and start fires (not a spoiler) so this song just seemed appropriate.
I think this one is obvious.
The author is Filipino-American so I wanted to find a Filipino song to match.
There’s a lot of pills involved with both of these.
Another obvious one.
The dude the author is highlighting kept getting knocked down by life, but he sure didn’t stay down, just like Cardi B.
Both characters are guarded with their feelings, so this song fit the vibe.
This one is a literal choice based on the title lol.
Sherine is a popular Egyptian singer; the author ran a popular bookstore in Egypt.
A cute kids song for a cute kids book.
This song just seemed to fit the MC’s vibe.
Ignore the lyrics of the song lol but the Diviners are considered to be “Unholy” so that’s why I picked this song.
“Celebrated, graduated, made it pass, fail”
Book about friendship, meet song about friendship.
- I had to include Stray Kids on here somewhere
- A song titled “Photobook” seemed appropriate for a memoir in pictures.
“After all that we’ve been through/it all comes down to me and you”
Do you know any other songs about a hippopotamus? lol.
If you get it, you get it.
“Cause in my dreams/you’re with me” fits one of the plotlines in this sequel.
This one was another more literal match to the title lol.
“Baby you’re the right kind of wrong” definitely goes with this enemies-to-lovers romantasy.
So what do you think? Are there songs you think would be a better fit? I’m always looking to add to my playlist, so drop any recommendations you have in the comments! And check out part 2 for the rest of this playlist.
Until next time,
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