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Overview
This is a reading challenge focused on books, poems, nursery rhymes & oddities that Taylor Swift has said influenced her writing of particular songs.
Where possible, I’ve tried to ensure that this information has come from Taylor Swift directly.
(Not included are books that she’s recommended - but hasn’t expressly linked them to songs or lyrics)
Where possible, I’ve tried to ensure that this information has come from Taylor Swift directly.
(Not included are books that she’s recommended - but hasn’t expressly linked them to songs or lyrics)
Taylor Swift - books that inspired lyrics
10 participants (26 books)
Overview
This is a reading challenge focused on books, poems, nursery rhymes & oddities that Taylor Swift has said influenced her writing of particular songs.
Where possible, I’ve tried to ensure that this information has come from Taylor Swift directly.
(Not included are books that she’s recommended - but hasn’t expressly linked them to songs or lyrics)
Where possible, I’ve tried to ensure that this information has come from Taylor Swift directly.
(Not included are books that she’s recommended - but hasn’t expressly linked them to songs or lyrics)
Challenge Books
24
The Brothers Grimm Rapunzel and other stories
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
On The Tortured Poets Department Department, this book is referenced in the song ‘The Albatross’
25
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
On The Tortured Poets Department Department, this book is referenced in the song ‘The Albatross’
26
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
On The Tortured Poets Department Department, the song ‘I hate it here’ references this song
27
(bonus)
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
T.S. Eliot
From the soundtrack Cats is the song inspired by TS Eliot - ‘Beautiful Ghosts’
28
(bonus)
Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens
From the soundtrack to the film adaptation of this book, the song ‘Carolina’
29
(bonus)
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
On the soundtrack for the first film adaption - ‘Safe & Sound’ and ‘Eyes Open’