Hi! As with the previous two books, each chapter title in FOR THE FIRST TIME, AGAIN is a song title from the years the story takes place in. You’ll find the playlist on Apple Music and Spotify, or you can me it yourself using the list below. Note the “Author’S Cut”, which contains songs that aren’t available for streaming in North America.

Chapter / Song

1. “Just a Girl,” No Doubt (1995)
2. “Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?,” Moby (1999)
3. “Run,” Collective Soul (1998)
4. “Bitter Sweet Symphony,” The Verve (1997)
5. “Criminal,” Fiona Apple (1996)
6. “Interstate Love Song,” Stone Temple Pilots (1994)
7. “Stupid Girl,” Garbage (1995)
8. “Common People,” Pulp (1995)
9. “Karma Police,” Radiohead (1997)
10. “Exactly like Me,” Bran Van 3000 (1997)
11. “Army of Me,” Björk (1995)
12. “Dry the Rain,” the Beta Band (1997)
13. “Into the Void,” Nine Inch Nails (1999)
14. “You Learn,” Alanis Morissette (1995)
15. “Down by the Water,” PJ Harvey (1995)
16. “It Girl,” The Brian Jonestown Massacre (1996)
17. “Miss Misery,” Elliott Smith (1997)
18. “The Facts of Life,” Black Box Recorder (2000)
19. “The Mess We’re In,” PJ Harvey (2000)
20. “Daughter,” Pearl Jam (1993)
21. “Trouble,” Coldplay (2000)
22. “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon,” Urge Overkill (1994)
23. “Spybreak!,” Propellerheads (1997)*
24. “Porcelain”, Moby (1999)
25. “Godless,” The Dandy Warhols (2000)
26. “Flower,” Moby (1999)
27. “Hard to Explain,” The Strokes (2001)
28. “Come On Let’s Go,” Broadcast (2000)
29. “Make It Happen,” Playgroup (2001)
30. « La valse d’Amélie, Yann Tiersen (2001) 
31. Blue Monday, Orgy (1998)
32. Bang, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2001)
33. High and Dry, Radiohead (1995)
34. “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground,” The White Stripes (2001)
35. Dissolved Girl, Massive Attack (1998)
36. Big Time Sensuality, Björk (1993)
37. Eighties Fan, Camera Obscura (2001)
38. Du Hast, Rammstein (1997)**
39. “Evil Angel,” Rufus Wainwright (2001)
40. “The Shining,” Badly Drawn Boy (2000)
41. “We’re Going to Be Friends,” The White Stripes (2002)
42. “A Perfect Day Elise,” PJ Harvey (1998)
43. “Let Forever Be,” The Chemical Brothers (1999)
44. “2 Rights Make 1 Wrong,” Mogwai (2001)
45. “There Goes the Fear,” Doves (2002)
46. “Lose Yourself,” Eminem (2002)
47. “Time for Heroes,” The Libertines (2002)
48. Quelqu’un m’a dit, Carla Bruni (2002)
49. “Heartbeats,” The Knife (2002)
50. “The Scientist,” Coldplay (2002)
51. “Mr. Brightside,” the Killers (2004)
52. “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels),” Arcade Fire (2004)
53. “Butterflies and Hurricanes,” Muse (2003)
54. “This Fire,” Franz Ferdinand (2004)
55. “Wake Up,” Arcade Fire (2004)
56. “Rebellion (Lies),” Arcade Fire (2004)
57. “No Heaven,” Champion (2004)

Further Reading. “Miami,” Ariane Moffatt (2015)

Acknowledgments. “Midnight Radio,” Stephen Trask (performed by John Cameron Mitchell) (2001)

Epilogue II (for real). Good People, Jack Johnson (2005)

*(Author’s cut: replace “Spybreak!” with “Running 2” from the Lola rennt (Run Lola Run) soundtrack if it’s available in your area)

**(Author’s cut: replace “Du Hast” with “Wish (Komm zu mir”) from the Lola rennt (Run Lola Run) soundtrack if it’s available in your area)