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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Sharon Handy
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
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  • Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

    Cottages; or, Hints on Economical Building, by Brunner & Gerhard (Conclusion)

    23/03/2026 | 45 mins.
    Let's relax and sleep as we conclude this guide to cozy home building. This time, water and sewer piping, the need for ventilation, why fireplaces are lovely but kind of useless, and the best design for your cesspool. The charming life indeed.
     
    Patreon supporters, look for your full book recording of "Cottages" coming very shortly! Because some nights, you just need a good, long bit of boredom.
     
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    Read "Cottages; or, Hints on Economical Building" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67922
     
    Music: "Heaven Be Here," 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, https://www.boringbookspod.com.
  • Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

    The Story of Ancient Irish Civilization, by P.W. Joyce, Part 2

    16/03/2026 | 50 mins.
    Let's honor a certain March holiday with more from this history of Ireland. This time, the magical powers of druids, the rise of Christianity, and a tiny island's giant reputation for scholarly excellence. Also, the fairy realm! History truly contains multitudes.
     
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    Read "The Story of Ancient Irish Civilization" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41666 
     
    Music: "Calling 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, https://www.boringbookspod.com.
  • Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

    The North Pole, Its Discovery in 1909, by Robert Peary, Part 4

    09/03/2026 | 53 mins.
    Let's drift away to better sleep with more from this epic journey to the northernmost point of the planet. This time, some local traditions, admiration for dogs, being the taxi of the north, dodging icebergs, and not changing your clothes for weeks. Adventure indeed!
     
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    Read "The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18975
     
    Music: "Dream 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, https://www.boringbookspod.com.
  • Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

    Cassell's Book of Birds, Part 6 - Parrots Continued

    02/03/2026 | 50 mins.
    Let's soar to sleep on the wings of birds as we learn more about the feathered family of parrots. This time, descriptions of magnificent macaws in all the shades of the rainbow, as well as their charming cousins, the parakeets. Dreamy indeed.
     
    Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported!
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    Read "Cassell's Book of Birds, Volume 1" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48675
     
    Music: "Ocean Tapping," 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, https://www.boringbookspod.com.
  • Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

    Our National Parks, by John Muir, Part 6

    23/02/2026 | 47 mins.
    Let's wander the forests of relaxation with more from this ode to the natural beauties of western America. This time, we learn  more of the forests of Yosemite, from silver firs to ancient cedars, and Muir has a rather melancholy visit with an aged Ralph Waldo Emerson. Carpe diem while you can, friends.
     
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    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, https://www.boringbookspod.com.

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About Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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