Book Playlist: The Raven Cycle Series by Maggie Stiefvater

If you haven’t read Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle series yet, then you should add it to your TBR list! It follows the intertwining stories of Blue, a psychics daughter who is always told if she kisses her true love, he’ll die; Ronan, who has many secrets; Adam, who wants to leave his trailer park home and make it to college with his pride intact; Gansey, who cheated death once and is searching for a meaning, and the mysterious Noah. If you are already familiar with the books, then you may be interested in the playlist below. This should help if you’re missing the characters and their road trips, and you are looking forward to the day this beautiful series hits our screens in TV form!

The Raven Cycle packs a lot of adventure and feelings into its four books, but to me, it’s all about friendships, secrets, love, wanting, dreams, nightmares, death, ghosts, and of course – discovering magic! You can also find our playlist on Spotify!

Heavy Metal War – SPEAK
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Years ago, Maggie mentioned that this would be a good opening credits song if The Raven Boys had a TV show. I can definitely see how it has that opening titles sort of feel. Now the TV series has actually been announced, I feel it’s worth a mention on this playlist.

Like Real People Do – Hozier
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Honey just put your sweet lips on my lips / We should just kiss like real people do

Ghost on the Dance Floor – Blink 182
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It’s like the universe has left me / Without a place to go / Without a hint of light / To watch the movement glow / Where a song is slowly starting / Your memory felt so real / At first against my will / But God invented chills / Yeah I, I saw your ghost tonight

Speeding Cars – Walking on Cars
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Cause these secrets all that we’ve got so far / The demons in the dark, lie again / Play pretends like it never ends / This way no one has to know

Daddy Issues – The Neighbourhood
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I’d do whatever I could do / I’d run away and hide with you / I love that you got daddy issues / And I do too

I Found – Amber Run
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And I found love where it wasn’t supposed to be / Right in front of me / Talk some sense to me

Drive – Halsey
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Would it really kill you if we kissed?

Winter – Nieves
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Maggie claims to have listened to this song nearly 100 times whilst writing one of Adam’s scenes in The Raven King (she explains more here). A very important song as part of her writing process, so it deserves a place on this playlist.

Everythings Magic – Angels & Airwaves
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So hear this please / And watch as your heart speeds up endlessly / And look for the stars as the sun goes down / Each breath that you take has a thunderous sound / Everything, everything’s magic

Hallucinations – Angels & Airwaves
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And you look real close / Cross the lines and the roads / It is there to decode / What you thought was a ghost… / Do you believe in hallucinations, silly dreams or imaginations?

Fireflies – Owl City
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I’d like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly / It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep / ‘Cause everything is never as it seems

I Am A Nightmare – Brand New
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Do I have to die to see the other side? / I am a nightmare and you are a miracle

Sleep Apnea – Chevelle
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Escape like an animal, I’m ready for my sleepless stroll

(un)lost – The Maine
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Unaware of where I’m going / Or if I’m going anywhere at all / But I know I’ll take the leap / If it is worth the fall / So long as the blood keeps flowing / I’ll set a sail and swim across / I’m not looking to be found / Just want to feel (un)lost

Jailbreak – Awolnation
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Now I’m living in a dream and I don’t think I’m ever gonna wake up

Old Pine – Ben Howard
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I’ve come to know the friends around you / Are all you’ll always have / Smoke in my lungs, or the echoed stone  / Careless and young, free as the birds that fly / With weightless souls now.

Renegades – X Ambassadors
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Run away with me / Lost souls and reverie / Running wild and running free / Two kids, you and me / And I say / Hey, hey hey hey / Living like we’re renegades”

Any other songs you would add? Tell us in the comments below!