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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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49:33

Cottages, or HInts on Economical Building, Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/08/01

For our 200th episode, let’s get cozy and relax with advice on planning the perfect cottage. Which apparently includes a library, billiard room, and nursery. Sleepy simplicity! 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 “Cottages” here: 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

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55:34

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

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/07/25

Let’s return to a sleepy favorite and relax with Mrs. Beeton's thoughts on a cook’s duties, French vocabulary, and asparagus. Also, we learn to make Bread Soup. Yay? 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 Household Management” here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10136 Music: "Boring Books for Bedtime,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC-BY

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48:15

Astronomy for Young Folks, by Isabel Martin Lewis,...

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/07/18

Let’s celebrate the JWST with more from one of my favorite sleepy books. We hear about Jupiter’s moons, dissect Saturn’s rings, and consider whether the Moon could harbor life. Dreamy! 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 "Astronomy for Young Folks” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45112 Music: "Exit Exit” by PC III, licensed under CC BY If

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56:50

Common Sense, by Thomas Paine, Part 2

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/07/11

Let’s continue with our revolutionary relaxation courtesy of Thomas Paine, who has even more thoughts on breaking up with Britain and replacement systems for the republic. Yawn! 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 "Common Sense” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/147 Music: "Dream Colours” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY

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54:18

Common Sense, by Thomas Paine, Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/07/04

Let’s relax and sleep with this treatise on human rights and the failure of monarchical systems to reflect or ensure them. Plus, a lot of chatter that ties kings to…original sin? Whew! 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 "Common Sense” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/147 Music: "Dream Colours” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY

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46:45

An Account of Egypt, by Herodotus, Part 2

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/06/27

Let’s travel the sands of sleep once again with Herodotus, and learn about flying serpents, fish migration, and the third-cheapest way to embalm your loved ones. It’s balmy bookishness for your weary mind. 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 "An Account of Egypt” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2131 Music: "Cosmic Tingles” by Lee Rosevere,

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49:18

Moving Pictures - How They Are Made and Worked, Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/06/20

This week let’s relax with information about a revolution in visual entertainment and education. We learn about the persistence of vision and some history that led us to what we today call “movies.” 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 "Moving Pictures” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67972 Music: "Boring Books for Bedtime” by Lee Rosevere,

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48:19

REWIND! The Politics, by Aristotle, Part 1 (Remastered)

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/06/13

This week, while your reader tussles with a certain virus, let’s revisit a perfectly sleepy combo of ponderous Victorian introduction and ancient Greek philosophy, freshly remastered for your relaxation pleasure. 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 Politics” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6762 Music: "Peace” by Lee Rosevere, licensed

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50:29

REWIND! Bacteria, by Sir George Newman, Part 1...

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/06/06

This week, while your reader is laid up with a certain virus, let’s revisit one of my favorite sleepy science reads. Enjoy this remastered intro to a brand new branch of study (in 1899), bacteriology! 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 "Bacteria” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48793 Music: "Exit Exit” by PC III, licensed under CC BY If

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48:05

The Book of the Ocean, by Ernest Ingersoll, Part 3

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/05/30

Let’s sail to sleep with more from this lovely work about the seas. This time, we learn the rigging of a schooner, praise the prowess of Pacific Islanders, and head to Iceland with Vikings. 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 the Ocean” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56311 Music: "Ocean Tapping” by PC III, licensed under CC BY

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48:16

On Molecular and Microscopic Science, by Mary...

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/05/23

Let's relax with more sleepy science from a woman so talented that the word “scientist” was coined to describe her. This time, we learn about all the forces holding us together. Help us stay 100% listener supported! All supporters in May will be entered into a drawing for our first-ever SWAG! Details here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read "On Molecular & Microscopic Science” at Project Gutenberg:

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52:16

A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 5

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/05/16

Let’s continue our sleepy stroll through history with the fall of Assyria, the literary bedrock of the Jews, and the birth of philosophy in Greece. Rather a lot to cram into an hour, but Wells makes it sound easy. Help us stay 100% listener supported! All supporters in May will be entered into a drawing for our first-ever SWAG! Details here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read "A Short History of the World” at Project

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48:43

Spices, Their Histories, Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/05/09

Let’s take a sleepy tour of the spice cabinet and the origins of allspice, chilies, cinnamon, and cloves, with a pinch of insight into faking spices with brick dust. Useful! Help us stay 100% listener supported! All supporters in May will be entered into a drawing for our first-ever SWAG! Details here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read "Spices, Their Histories” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60192

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57:06

Bird Biographies, by Alice E. Ball, Part 3

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/05/02

Let’s fly off to relaxation with more from this lovely book about our feathered friends. This time, we learn about the birds of early spring, and marvel at the sleepy songs of the sparrows. Help us stay 100% listener supported! All supporters in May will be entered into a drawing for our first-ever SWAG! Details next week. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read "Bird Biographies” at Project Gutenberg:

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51:02

Our National Parks, by John Muir, Part 2

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/04/25

Let’s conclude a month of relaxing travels with more from this tour of America’s national parks, sleepily agog at the Grand Canyon and the weird grandeur of Yellowstone. Help us stay 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

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46:16

Faery Lands of the South Seas, by Hall and Nordhoff,...

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/04/18

Our month of relaxing voyages continues as we head to the distant South Seas. We set off first for sleepy Tahiti and meet a man with little history but a lot of chickens. And profuse apologies if I sound a bit stuffy. I am! Help us stay 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 Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54479 Music: "Ocean Tapping” by PC III,

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50:59

Pictures From Italy, by Charles Dickens, Part 2

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/04/11

Let’s continue our month of relaxing voyages and rejoin Charles Dickens on his sleepy sojourn to Italy. On the way, we visit a dungeon, pass a madhouse, and end up bemused in Genoa. Help us stay 100% listener supported: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read "Pictures from Italy” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/650 Music: "Peace,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY If you'd like to suggest a

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46:20

Mount Everest - The Reconnaissance of 1921, Part 2

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/04/04

Let’s kick off a month of relaxing travelogues with more from the first attempt to map the world’s tallest mountain. This time, we take the road from India to Tibet, marvel at flowered forests, and consider the leech. Help us stay 100% listener supported: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read "Mount Everest, The Reconnaissance of 1921” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39421 Music: "Boring Books for

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51:32

Ten Acres Enough, by Edmund Morris, Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/03/28

Let’s throw off the stress of city cares and head out into the country for a simpler life, which apparently was as much a desire back in the 1850s as it is today. 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, which is neat. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read "Ten Acres Enough" at Project Gutenberg:

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50:04

The ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell, Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep ·

2022/03/21

Let’s relax with some sleepy physics, as Bertrand Russell unravels the Theory of Relativity. Drugging people and putting them in balloons is somewhat mentioned. Science! 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, which is neat. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read "The ABC of Relativity at Project Gutenberg:

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