Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Boring Books for Bedtime is a weekly, ad-free 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 balance 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.

Episodes

Faery Lands of the South Seas, by James Hall and Charles Nordhoff, Part 4

July 14, 2025 • 55 mins

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The Railway Traveller's Handy Book, Part 3

July 7, 2025 • 48 mins

Let’s kick off a month of relaxing travels to sleep with more from this handy guide to riding a train. This time, how to purchase your ticket, class differences, the best place to sit, and why rudely stolen seats are never worth the embarrassment of a kerfuffle. Facts!

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Episodes

Faery Lands of the South Seas, by James Hall and Charles Nordhoff, Part 4

The Railway Traveller's Handy Book, Part 3

Pyrotechnics: The History and Art of Firework Making, Part 3

Astronomy for Young Folks, by Isabel Martin Lewis, Part 10 (Conclusion)

Bicycling for Ladies, by Maria E. Ward, Part 4

The Book of Household Management, by Mrs. Isabella Beeton, Part 11 - Fish

A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 9

All About Dogs, by Charles Henry Lane, Part 1

Symmes' Theory of Concentric Spheres, Showing That the Earth is Hollow, Part 4

William Shakespeare, by Victor Hugo, Part 1

Mexican Archaeology, by Thomas A. Joyce, Part 1

Experimental Researches in Electricity, by Michael Faraday, Part 1

1890 Gardiner and Co. Seed Annual, Part 2, Flowers for the Garden

The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith, Part 4

The Handbook on Cheese Making, by George E. Newell, Part 3 (Conclusion)

Sailing Alone Around the World, by Captain Joshua Slocum, Part 3

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

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

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

Our National Parks, by John Muir, Part 5

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Episodes

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Pyrotechnics: The History and Art of Firework Making, Part 3

Astronomy for Young Folks, by Isabel Martin Lewis, Part 10 (Conclusion)

Bicycling for Ladies, by Maria E. Ward, Part 4

The Book of Household Management, by Mrs. Isabella Beeton, Part 11 - Fish

A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 9

All About Dogs, by Charles Henry Lane, Part 1

Symmes' Theory of Concentric Spheres, Showing That the Earth is Hollow, Part 4

William Shakespeare, by Victor Hugo, Part 1

Mexican Archaeology, by Thomas A. Joyce, Part 1

Experimental Researches in Electricity, by Michael Faraday, Part 1

1890 Gardiner and Co. Seed Annual, Part 2, Flowers for the Garden

The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith, Part 4

The Handbook on Cheese Making, by George E. Newell, Part 3 (Conclusion)

Sailing Alone Around the World, by Captain Joshua Slocum, Part 3

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

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

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

Our National Parks, by John Muir, Part 5

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