Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Mar 24 2025 338 ep. 53 mins 2.4k

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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.

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Flatland, by Edwin A. Abbott, Part 5 (Conclusion)

Mar 24 2025 56 mins

Let’s relax with the conclusion of this curiously wonderful blend of mathematics, philosophy, and social commentary. This time, our square throws off the chains of dimensional thinking and gets rewarded with chains of a different sort. Free thinking is costly, it seems. Patreon Supporters, next week you will be getting all five readings from this book as a singl

The Story of Ancient Irish Civilization, by P.W. Joyce, Part 1

Mar 17 2025 51 mins

Let’s relax with some historical details about Ireland up to the 12th century, including the structure of kings and chiefs, the kingly retinue, and the brehon system of laws that applied to both ruler and ruled, which…seems like a good idea, really. Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener supported! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffe

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, by Suetonius - Nero, Part 1

Mar 10 2025 56 mins

Let’s return to this classic history of the Roman emperors and hear a bit about a ruler both famous and infamous in his need for public adulation. Why pay attention to affairs of state when you can perform for judges you’ve bribed? Stately! Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener supported! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https:

Our National Parks, by John Muir, Part 5

Mar 03 2025 55 mins

Let’s relax with more of this sleepy stroll through some of America’s greatest natural wonders, protected for the enjoyment of all people as national parks. This time, we continue our tour of Yosemite and its mighty glacier-carved mountains. Majestic! Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener supported! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coff

Ten Acres Enough, by Edmund Morris, Part 4

Feb 24 2025 49 mins

Let’s relax with more advice about successful farming. This time, we get snookered in the purchase of a cow, wage endless war on weeds, and sell some blackberry bushes. Profitable! Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener supported! All supporters in the month of February will be entered into a drawing for a personal, made-just-for-you episode of the book of y

Etiquette, by Emily Post, Part 7

Feb 17 2025 57 mins

Let’s continue with more of the finer arts of behavior as we conclude our instruction in the etiquette of invitations, consider the well-appointed house, and are reminded that looking down on the serving class is inexcusably ill-bred. Well said, Mrs. Post! Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener supported! All supporters in the month of February will be entered

On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, Part 6

Feb 10 2025 53 mins

In our annual celebration of Darwin Day, let’s continue our sleepy stroll through this fundamental text of biology. This time, why natural selection works better in big spaces, the perils of extinction, and the strength that comes from diversity. It’s science! Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener supported! All supporters in the month of February will be ent

How To See The British Museum in Four Visits, Part 3

Feb 03 2025 63 mins

Let’s continue our sleepy tour of the zoological collections of the British Museum and discover the wonders first being seen by the general public circa 1850. This time, reptiles, the fauna of Great Britain, and some philosophy about our place in the history of living things. Because of course that’s included in a 19th century book. Help us stay ad-free and 100%

Mount Everest, The Reconnaissance, 1921, by Lt. Col. CK Howard-Bury, Part 5

Jan 27 2025 49 mins

Let’s climb the slopes of sleep with more from this journey to study the world’s highest mountain. This time, we visit Tingri, climb glaciers, and reach the highest monastery in the world. We’re less than 10 miles from Everest, friends. Dreams of adventure await! Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener supported! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Bu

Robert's Rules of Order, by Major Henry Robert, Part 1

Jan 20 2025 52 mins

Let’s relax with one of the most boring reads I’ve ever encountered, a minutely detailed guide to the internal workings of legislative assemblies. Why, one might wonder how anything ever gets done at all. Motion to sleep, seconded! Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener supported! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacof