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Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist TC_Bestseller “A superb introduction to theNATIONAL BESTSELLER Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize Winner of a Certificate of Merit from the 2025 ARSC Awards for Excellence A New Yorker, GQ, The Daily Telegraph (London), and Library Journal Best Book of 2025 A 2025 Washington Post Notable Nonfiction An NPR Books We Love Most pick An unsparing investigation into Spotifys origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural