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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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53:06

The 1945 Sears Christmas Book, Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/12/19

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 Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Music: "Heaven Be Here,” by PC III, licensed under CC-BY

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50:38

The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton,...

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/12/12

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 Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read “The Book of Household Management” here:

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56:20

In New England Fields & Woods, by Rowland Robinson,...

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/12/06

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 a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read “In New England Fields & Woods” here:

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48:24

Cassell's Book of Birds, Part 4: Parrots Continued

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/11/28

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.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read “Cassell’s Book of Birds, Vol. 1” here:

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45:13

Farm Engines & How to Run Them, Part 5

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/11/21

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.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read “Farm Engines & How To Run Them” here:

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55:09

Flatland, by Edwin A. Abbott, Part 3

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/11/14

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://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read “Flatland” here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/201 Music:

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53:59

The ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell, Part 2

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/11/07

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.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read “The ABC of Relativity” here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67104

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53:14

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

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/10/31

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

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51:10

Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius, Part 4

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/10/24

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.org/ebooks/2680 Music: "Boring Books for Bedtime,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC-BY

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51:43

Spices, Their Histories, Part 2

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/10/17

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.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60192 Music: "Heaven Be Here,” by PC III, licensed under CC-BY If you'd like to

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53:19

Ten Acres Enough, by Edmund Morris, Part 2

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/10/10

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.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48753 Music: "Changing Colours,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC-BY,

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45:21

Relaxation Rewind! Science Primers, by Thomas Henry...

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/10/03

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 Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read “Science Primers” here:

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56:57

Relaxation Rewind! Bad Drains and How to Test Them,...

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/09/26

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-free for all! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee:

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54:22

Relaxation Rewind! A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf,...

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/09/19

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 October!*** Help us stay 100% listener-supported and ad-free for all! Patreon:

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56:41

Relaxation Rewind! The Prince, by Niccolo...

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/09/12

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-supported and ad-free for all! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee:

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49:51

Relaxation Rewind! The Color of a Great City, by...

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/09/05

In this newly remastered episode, let’s journey back to New York City in the early 1900s with one of America’s great writers and his dreamy portrait of the city that never sleeps. Fingers crossed you will! ***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-free for all! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee:

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50:55

Etiquette, by Emily Post, Part 3

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/08/29

Let’s return to this manual of manners, and learn how to pay a check, walk down a theater aisle, and navigate the social complexities of the opera box. Also, just…be nice. Good advice! 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 “Etiquette” here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14314 Music: "Boring Books for Bedtime,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC-BY:

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50:11

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, by Neltje Blanchan, Part 2

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/08/22

Let’s sink into the fields of sleep with more from this lovely and informative book on the varied beauty of wildflowers. A few may smell of corpses, but they’re no less wonders of nature! 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 “Wild Flowers Worth Knowing” here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8866 Music: "Changing Colours,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC-BY:

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53:52

The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith, Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/08/15

Let’s relax with a much-requested book and drift off as Mr. Smith defines the division of labor, details the connections of commerce, and takes a swipe at the lie of meritocracy. Economical! 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 Wealth of Nations” here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300 Music: "earth 2 earth,” by PC III, licensed under CC If you'd like to

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51:25

The South American Tour, by Annie S. Peck, Part 1,...

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/08/08

Let’s rewind to 2020 with a remastered version of this marvelous travelogue from an equally marvelous woman. Experience all the dreamy wonders of South America for a mere $1,000. Or more if you’re fancy and like magazines and air conditioning. 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 South American Tour” here https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59715 Music: "Ocean

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