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Boring Books for Bedtime is a weekly sleep podcast in which we calmly, quietly read something rather boring to silence the brain chatter keeping you awake. Think Aristotle, Thoreau, and whoever wrote the 1897 Sears Catalog—mostly nonfiction, mostly old, a perfect blend of vaguely-but-not-too interesting.

If you're on Team Sleepless, lie back, take a deep breath, and let us read you to rest.

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep Sharon Handy

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    • 4.6 • 974 Ratings

Boring Books for Bedtime is a weekly sleep podcast in which we calmly, quietly read something rather boring to silence the brain chatter keeping you awake. Think Aristotle, Thoreau, and whoever wrote the 1897 Sears Catalog—mostly nonfiction, mostly old, a perfect blend of vaguely-but-not-too interesting.

If you're on Team Sleepless, lie back, take a deep breath, and let us read you to rest.

    1912 Ford Motor Cars Model T Instruction Manual, Part 1

    1912 Ford Motor Cars Model T Instruction Manual, Part 1

    This week, let’s relax with the intricacies of car maintenance as we learn the proper care and operation of a 1912 Model T Ford. Why, it’s so simple, anyone can fill the dope caps and grind the valves. Ford thinks you can, anyway, and isn’t that a bit cheering?
     
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    • 54 min
    The Book of the Ocean, by Ernest Ingersoll, Part 4

    The Book of the Ocean, by Ernest Ingersoll, Part 4

    Let’s sail to sleep with more about the history of maritime exploration, including Vikings in North America, the Chinese invention of the compass, Arabic navigation tools, and the rise of the Portuguese. Dreams ahoy!
     
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    • 45 min
    Etiquette, by Emily Post, Part 6

    Etiquette, by Emily Post, Part 6

    Let’s return to this relaxing classic and learn more sleepy advice about paying visits, leaving cards, proper wedding invitations, and how to sit in a chair. Dear listeners, it seems your reader had no idea.
     
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    • 54 min
    On Horsemanship, by Xenophon, Part 2, and Project Gutenberg License

    On Horsemanship, by Xenophon, Part 2, and Project Gutenberg License

    This week, we conclude a relaxing Greek classic about getting the best from your cavalry horse, including what to wear, and then fall asleep to the riveting legalese of Project Gutenberg’s usage license for all these free eBooks I share with you. The horse stuff is more fun, to be honest.
     
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    • 56 min
    The Principles of Chemistry, by Dmitri Mendeleev, Part 5

    The Principles of Chemistry, by Dmitri Mendeleev, Part 5

    Let's continue to wend our relaxing way through a fundamental text of science and explore how elements combine and de-combine with that wonderful substance, water. Truly the solution for sleep!
     
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    • 49 min
    The Railway Traveller's Handy Book, Part 2

    The Railway Traveller's Handy Book, Part 2

    Let’s return to this sleepily detailed guide to rail journeys in 1860, and learn what to wear, the importance of travel insurance, and how to steal a horse to get to the station on time. Handy indeed!
     
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    • 55 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
974 Ratings

974 Ratings

AlisonBecca ,

Sleep training

She really has trained my brain to fall asleep. I love this podcast.

zck289 ,

top sleep pod for me

every now and the voice tonality & pacing can throw me off… but overall it’s my go-to sleep podcast. the book choices are great! i cue up the nature, history, and geography ones and i’m smooth sleeping most of the time :) i usually fall asleep quickly, and on the occasion that i don’t it’s still a soothing journey

Stout Caleb271 ,

Love it

It helps me fall asleep every night.

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