After a much needed Mardi Gras break, we’re all breaking back into our school routines. Here’s a playlist to help you get back into your regular schedule (and to serve as background music when you’re studying for the multitude of exams coming up). Every song has an obvious literary references, so this may be especially useful to English majors. Happy listening!

1. “And Now I’m Nothing” by The Wonder Years

This song references beat poet Allen Ginsberg.

2. “Cath…” by Death Cab for Cutie

This song is based on the novel Wuthering Heights.

3. “Pyotr” by Bad Books

This song is based on Peter the Great’s discovery of his wife’s affair with another man.

4. “Soma” by The Strokes

This song is based on the novel Brave New World.

5. “Cute Without the ‘e’ (Cut From the Team)” by Taking Back Sunday

This song is based on Shakespeare’s Othello.

6. “Doublespeak” by Thrice

This song is based on George Orwell’s 1984.

7. “My Friend Chris” by The Menzingers

This song heavily mentions Kafka.

8. “Ion Square” by Bloc Party

This song uses part of i carry your heart with me by E. E. Cummings as its chorus.

9. “Samson” by Regina Spektor

This song references the biblical story of Samson and Delilah.

10. “Goodbye Sky Harbor” by Jimmy Eat World

This song is based on the ending of the novel A Prayer for Owen Meany.