Log in

goodpods headphones icon

To access all our features

Open the Goodpods app
Close icon
headphones
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Sharon Handy

profile image

1 Creator

profile image

1 Creator

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.
profile image
profile image
profile image

33 Listeners

Share icon

All episodes

Best episodes

Top 10 Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep Episodes

Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep - Our National Parks, by John Muir, Part 3

Our National Parks, by John Muir, Part 3

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

play

08/28/23 • 52 min

Let’s continue our relaxing hike through Yellowstone National Park, marvel at geysers and hot springs, imagine prehistoric forests, and appreciate the beauty off the beaten path. Dreamy!

Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW

Read “Our National Parks” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60929

Music: "Watching Whales on the Moon,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com

If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, http://www.boringbookspod.com.

profile image
profile image

7 Listeners

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep - The ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell, Part 3

The ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell, Part 3

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

play

09/04/23 • 54 min

Let's relax with some sleep-inducing science and learn why space-time is neither space nor time, but so much more. If you’re not entirely sure what the “more” is, never mind. You’ll be asleep anyway.

Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW

Read “The ABC of Relativity” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67104

Music: "Boring Books for Bedtime,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com

If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, http://www.boringbookspod.com.

profile image

4 Listeners

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep - Ecclesiastical History of Britain, by The Venerable Bede, Part 1

Ecclesiastical History of Britain, by The Venerable Bede, Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

play

07/31/23 • 58 min

Let’s relax with the spread of Christianity in Britain, penned by a saint who was actually there. But first, a preface, an intro, and a biography of the blessed Bede! We do get to the history eventually, but you’ll probably be asleep.

Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW

Read “Ecclesiastical History of Britain” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38326

Music: "Boring Books for Bedtime,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com

If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, http://www.boringbookspod.com.

profile image

3 Listeners

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep - Ten Acres Enough, by James Miller, Part 3

Ten Acres Enough, by James Miller, Part 3

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

play

09/25/23 • 56 min

Let’s run away to the country and relax with more from this guide to the simple life, which seems to involve an inordinate amount of weeding. Also, blackberries of unusual size!

Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW

Read “Ten Acres Enough” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48753

Music: "Changing Colours,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com

If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, http://www.boringbookspod.com.

3 Listeners

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep - The Story of Ancient Irish Civilization, by P.W. Joyce, Part 1

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

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

play

03/17/25 • 51 min

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 Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW

Read “The Story of Ancient Irish Civilization” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41666

Music: "Calling to Other Worlds,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com

If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, http://www.boringbookspod.com.

profile image
profile image

3 Listeners

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep - 1897 Sears Roebuck and Co. Catalog, Grocery Department

1897 Sears Roebuck and Co. Catalog, Grocery Department

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

play

03/14/22 • 49 min

Let's grab a basket and take a relaxing stroll through the Grocery Department of the Amazon of its day. Coffee beans, cherry phosphate, canned gooseberries—Sears had it all.

If you support us in March 2022, you’ll help us stay 100% listener supported AND be entered into a raffle for your very own printed copy of the 1897 Sears Catalog. Huzzah!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW

Music: "Heaven Be Here” by PCIII, licensed under CC BY

If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, boringbookspod.com.

profile image

3 Listeners

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep - The Hive and the Honey-Bee, by Rev. L.L. Langstroth, Part 3

The Hive and the Honey-Bee, by Rev. L.L. Langstroth, Part 3

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

play

08/14/23 • 54 min

Tonight, let’s relax with more from the fascinating world of bees and learn all about murderous queens, busy workers, growing larvae, and lazy drones. It’s all sweet honey for your sleepy mind.

Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW

Read “The Hive and the Honey-Bee” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24583

Music: "earth 2 earth,” by PC III, licensed under CC BY

If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, http://www.boringbookspod.com.

profile image

3 Listeners

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep - A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 6

A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 6

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

play

05/01/23 • 46 min

In more from this sleepy history, we take a tour of the glories of Greece and Persia, the brief blaze of Alexander, and the intellectual legacy of the Golden Age. Dreamy!

Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW

Read “A Short History of the World” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35461

Music: "Cosmic Tingles,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com

If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, http://www.boringbookspod.com.

profile image

2 Listeners

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep - The Book of Werewolves, by Sabine Baring-Gould, Part 1

The Book of Werewolves, by Sabine Baring-Gould, Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

play

10/31/22 • 53 min

Let’s relax and sleep with this totally true and accurate history of werewolves in ancient Greece, Rome, and the Norse sagas. Curiously, few actual werewolves get mentioned, but someone does get turned into a yarn spinner. Spooky!

Help us stay 100% listener-supported and ad-free for all!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW

Read “The Book of Werewolves” here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5324

Music: "Dream Colours,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC-BY http://leerosevere.bandcamp.com

If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, http://www.boringbookspod.com.

profile image
profile image

2 Listeners

comment icon

1 Comment

1

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep - Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, by Neltje Blanchan, Part 3

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, by Neltje Blanchan, Part 3

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

play

05/08/23 • 57 min

Let's return to the flower-filled fields of sleep and learn about insect-charming orchids, blistering buttercups, and pinks of the killing kind. Nature is a cruel mistress!

Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW

Read “Wild Flowers Worth Knowing” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8866

Music: "Changing Colours,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com

If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, http://www.boringbookspod.com.

profile image

2 Listeners

bookmark
plus icon
share episode

Show more best episodes

Toggle view more icon

FAQ

How many episodes does Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep have?

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep currently has 342 episodes available.

What topics does Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep cover?

The podcast is about Meditation, Health & Fitness, Stress, Sleep, Asmr, Mental Health, Reading, Bedtime, Podcasts and Books.

What is the most popular episode on Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep?

The episode title 'Our National Parks, by John Muir, Part 3' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep?

The average episode length on Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep is 53 minutes.

How often are episodes of Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep released?

Episodes of Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep?

The first episode of Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep was released on Oct 28, 2018.

Show more FAQ

Toggle view more icon

Comments