Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Let's trip back in time two years ago (!!) and relax with this newly remastered paean of praise from one transcendentalist to another. We should all be so lucky to be spoken of like this.   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 "Excursions" at Project Gutenberg here: https://www...

Let's relax and sleep with more from Mrs. Post as she instructs us in the art of conversation, thinking before we speak, and avoiding unforgivable pretentiousness. Useful!   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 "Etiquette" at Project Gutenberg here: https://www.gutenberg.org/eb...

Drift to sleep with science as Darwin himself defines natural selection and the interconnectedness of all things. Also, we hear the archaic word "humble-bees," which is adorable.   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 Origin of Species" at Project Gutenberg here: https://w...

This week let's be lulled to sleep by deep thoughts about the nature of matter, and whether things exist if we're not thinking about them. Who knows! It's philosophy.   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 Problems of Philosophy" at Project Gutenberg here: https://www.gute...

Let's return to the sleepy sands of Egypt and learn all about tombs and pyramids. Secret passages, sarcophagi, and ghostly snacks will give your dreams something to feast on.   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 "Manual of Egyptian Archaeology" at Project Gutenberg here: http...

Let's stitch our way to sleep with this handbook to the intricacies of embroidery. We'll work our way through some basic stitches, learn a bit of history, and admire the art of craft.   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 "Art in Needlework: A Book About Embroidery" at Project...

Let's relax and sleep with more from a foundation of science. This time, we explore fundamentals of water, moisture, and the near-magical properties of solubility. Equations alert!   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 Principles of Chemistry" at Project Gutenberg here: h...

Let's relax with some aesthetic art ponderings from one of the greats of the late 19th century. It's all Pre-Raphaelites and poetry, plus a poke at the English, as Wilde was wont.   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 "Essays & Lectures by Oscar Wilde" at Project Gutenberg her...

Let's fight off winter's chill with this relaxing return to the South Pacific. This time, we drift among Polynesian atolls, reflect on solitude, and learn about a friendly giant ghost dog. 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 "Faery Lands of the South Seas" at Project...

For this week of comfy pants and leftovers, let's relax with a remastered fave and take a sleepy stroll through wintry woods. It's a lovely meditation on a world asleep yet alive, and I hope you enjoy it.   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 Winter Walk" in "Excursions" at...

Let's relax and sleep with some shopping for the first Christmas after World War II. From fancy watches to educational toys and gaily wrapped vitamins, Sears has everything you need for a happy holiday.   Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported! Everyone who supports us in December will be entered into drawings for secret prizes! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Co...

Let's curl up with a sleepy bowl of soup as the inimitable Mrs. Beeton walks us through recipes and the history of vegetables. If you aren't boiling your carrots for three hours, are you even cooking?   Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported! Everyone who supports us in December will be entered into drawings for secret prizes! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coff...

This week, let's relax and sleep amidst the snow-covered trees of New England, meditate on the hare, and enjoy the intricate histories written in a wood pile. It's a particularly lovely one, friends. Enjoy!   Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported! Everyone who supports us in December will be entered into drawings for secret prizes! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me...

Let's relax and sleep with more about the clever parrot family, learn of celebrated chatty birds, and remind ourselves why getting a talking bird from a sailor isn't always the best idea. Salty!   Raffle Time! Everyone who supports us in November will be entered into a drawing for a personal episode all your own. Whee! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.bu...

Let's relax and sleep with more from this much-requested guide for engineers. This time, we answer a long list of frequently asked questions and learn all the ways to blow up a boiler. Useful!   Raffle Time! Everyone who supports us in November will be entered into a drawing for a personal episode all your own. Whee! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buym...

This week, by multiple requests, let's trip back into Flatland, hear about the mighty Circles, and take a confounding journey to Lineland. What is the "world" anyway? It's just a matter of perspective.   Raffle Time! Everyone who supports us in November will be entered into a drawing for a personal episode all your own. Whee! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https:/...

Let's relax and sleep with more mysteries of relativity, like the speed of light, why time isn't time, and how a fake train robbery reveals that simultaneity doesn't exist. Except when it does.   Raffle Time! Everyone who supports us in November will be entered into a drawing for a personal episode all your own. Whee! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buy...

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...

For our Four-Year Anniversary (wow!), let's relax and sleep with more from Marcus Aurelius, including some thoughts about smelly armpits. Hey, personal diaries can't all be gems of wisdom.   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 "Meditations" here: https://www.gutenberg....

Let's relax with more from one of our most requested books, hear the histories of ginger, mustard, nutmeg, and mace, and learn how to fake them all. Looking at you, naughty Connecticut!   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 "Spices, Their Histories" here: https://www.g...

We're back from break! Let's relax with more from a 19th century guide to running away to the country. This time, we buy a farm, fight peach worms, and praise the wisdom of wives, as one should.   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 "Ten Acres Enough" here: https://www...

In this remastered episode, let's relax and sleep with this intro to science basics from one of the 19th century's greatest science champions. Also, we learn why water is a liquid! ***Boring Books for Bedtime is on break but we're returning with new readings for sleep on October 10!***   Help us stay 100% listener-supported and ad-free for all! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy M...

In this remastered episode, let's relax with practical advice about modern plumbing systems. And by modern, I mean 19th century. Indoor plumbing has come a long way, thank goodness! ***Boring Books for Bedtime will be on break through September, so enjoy some remastered episodes from the wayback. We'll return with new readings for sleep in October!***   Help us stay 100% listener-supported and ad-...

In this newly remastered episode, let's rest beneath the trees with one of the first environmentalists. His relaxed rambles from Indiana to Florida contain quiet caves, sleepy groves, and a rucksack full of rhapsodies about nature's beauties. ***Boring Books for Bedtime will be on break through September, so enjoy some remastered episodes from the wayback. We'll return with new readings for sleep...

In this newly remastered episode, rule over sleep with the pithy prose of Machiavelli. But first, a very long introduction to our author and the twisted papal politics of 15th century Italy. Yawn! ***Boring Books for Bedtime will be on break through September, so enjoy some remastered episodes from the wayback. We'll return with new readings for sleep in October!***   Help us stay 100% listener-su...