Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Tonight we revisit one of our most popular books, Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius. His advice for Stoic living continues to be a font of sleepy wisdom two millennia later. Enjoy!   Read "Meditations" at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2680 Follow and chat with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boringbookspod Support us on Patreon and get exclusive perks: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Support us with a merch purchase at Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/boring-books-for-bedtime Music: “Boring Books for Bedtime" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY http://leerosevere.bandcamp.com   All Boring Books for Bedtime readings are taken from works in the public domain. If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation and sleep, send a recommendation on Twitter, on our website, or on Patreon. I'd love to hear from you!

Let's relax to this work about the classification and characteristics of animals, as determined by Aristotle 2,300 years ago. We don't get to the part about spontaneous generation, but he does mention winged snakes and mammals growing from worms, so there's that.   Read "History of Animals" at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59058   Follow and chat with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boringbookspod   Support us on Patreon and get exclusive perks: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod   Support us with a merch purchase at Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/boring-books-for-bedtime   Music: “Ocean Tapping” by P.C. III, licensed under CC BY   All Boring Books for Bedtime readings are taken from works in the public domain. If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation and sleep, send a recommendation on Twitter, on our website, or on Patreon. I'd love to hear from you!

Let's drink deep of the relaxing words of Henry David Thoreau's classic "Walden". Wander the woods in sleepy solitude, where sweet dreams await you amidst the silent sentinels of the trees.   Read "Walden" at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/205   Follow and chat with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boringbookspod   Support us on Patreon and get exclusive perks: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod   Support us with a merch purchase at Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/boring-books-for-bedtime   Music: “Dream Colours” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY http://leerosevere.bandcamp.com   All Boring Books for Bedtime readings are taken from works in the public domain. If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation and sleep, send a recommendation on Twitter, on our website, or on Patreon. I'd love to hear from you!

In this episode, we caravan from sand to sandman with the Manual of Egyptian Archaeology & Guide to Antiquities from 1895. It's everything you never wanted to know about pharaonic fortress design. Special thanks to listener Jeremy Zenith for this wonderful recommendation!   Read "Manual of Egyptian Archaeology & Guide to Antiquities" at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14400   Follow and chat with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boringbookspod   Support us on Patreon and get exclusive perks: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod   Support us with a merch purchase at Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/boring-books-for-bedtime   Music: “Exit Exit” by PC III, licensed under CC BY   All Boring Books for Bedtime readings are taken from works in the public domain. If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation and sleep, send a recommendation on Twitter, on our website, or on Patreon. I'd love to hear from you!

Let's gently hammer away at stress and saw our way into sleep with this manual for the amateur woodworker. In it, we'll learn why a list of tools for the beginner is a useless idea, followed immediately by a list of tools for the beginner, because of course it is.   Read "Woodworking for Beginners" at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43604   Follow and chat with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boringbookspod   Support us on Patreon and get exclusive perks: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod   Support us with a merch purchase at Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/boring-books-for-bedtime   Music: “Peace” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY Explore Lee Rosevere's beautiful music: http://leerosevere.bandcamp.com   All Boring Books for Bedtime readings are taken from works in the public domain. If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation and sleep, send a recommendation on Twitter, on our website, or on Patreon. I'd love to hear from you!

Let Alexander Hamilton and his compatriots spark a revolution of sleep with arguments in favor of ratifying the US Constitution. If these Federalist Papers prove anything, it's that predicting what will become a Broadway hit is one of the great mysteries of our time. Music: “Boring Books for Bedtime” by Lee Rosevere, CC BY Read The Federalist Papers Follow and chat with us on Twitter Support us on Patreon and get exclusive perks! Support us by picking up some swag on Teespring Explore Lee Rosevere's beautiful music

Flow into the current of sleep on the genius of Nikola Tesla and his experiments in alternating electrical current. It runs our lives, but most of us have no clue how it works. This reading won't do a thing to change that, so feel free to drift off in peace.   Music: “Words or Silence 1” by PCIII (freemusicarchive.org), is licensed under CC All Boring Books readings are taken from works in the public domain. If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading, catch us on Twitter @boringbookspod, and get bonus perks for supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/boringbookspod. Thanks!

[Apologies, audio now corrected!] Relax to this spectacularly boring book by Mary Wollstonecraft, famed for her ideas about feminism, and not at all famed for her writing for children. If you manage to stay awake through "Original Stories," you'll likely know why. Children's literature has come a long way since 1790.   Music: "Dream Loop" (DL Music) is licensed under CC All Boring Books readings are taken from works in the public domain. If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading, catch us on Twitter @boringbookspod, and get bonus perks for supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/boringbookspod. Thanks!

Lean into languor with "The Advancement of Learning," by great Elizabethan thinker Sir Francis Bacon, one of the originators of the scientific method. This honestly might be the densest thing I've ever read to you. See if you agree!   Music: “Healing” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY. Visit http://leerosevere.bandcamp.com All Boring Books readings are taken from works in the public domain. If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading, catch us on Twitter @boringbookspod, and get bonus perks for supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/boringbookspod. Thanks!

Drift away through the Himalaya with the first major expedition to study Mount Everest, highest of high peaks in the Roof of the World. Why tackle Everest? If you can stay awake long enough, you may find out. Music: “Boring Books for Bedtime” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY. Visit http://leerosevere.bandcamp.com   All Boring Books readings are taken from works in the public domain. If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading, catch us on Twitter @boringbookspod or on our Patreon at www.patreon.com/boringbookspod, where you can also kindly support this podcast.