Lizzie Buehler’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel The Obsessed

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Roxane Gay, and many others. Lizzie Buehler’s novel The Obsessed is a thought-provoking and immersive debut. Publishers Weekly wrote of the book: “A thought-provoking [meditation] on romantic love, one-sided relationships, and academia. . . Buehler offers intriguing insights into the many ways parasocial relationships take shape—not only with celebrities, but also strangers, fictional characters, and even idealized lovers. Fans of Elif Batuman’s The Idiot will find much of interest.” In her own words, here is Lizzie Buehler’s Book Notes music playlist for her debut novel The Obsessed: Sadly I’m not the kind of writer who can listen to music while working (I wish I were—I’ve tried!), but that doesn’t mean that…