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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Sharon Handy

New episode 5 days ago

Made by
Sharon Handy
Episodes
420 episodes
Last episode
October 19, 2026
Rating
4.9 / 5
Charts
Apple No. 81 · Pocket Casts — · Audible No. 19
On Audible since
July 26, 2023

No. 46 on Across the charts in Health & Wellness, and on 2 other charts here.

What it is

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.

Latest episodes

  1. The Practice and Science of Drawing, by Harold Speed, Part 2 October 19, 2026 · 46 min
  2. The Complete Herbal and English Physician Enlarged, by Nicholas Culpeper, Part 2 October 12, 2026 · 50 min
  3. Etiquette, by Emily Post, Part 9 October 5, 2026 · 55 min
  4. Woodworking for Beginners, by Charles G. Wheeler, Part 4 September 28, 2026 · 58 min
  5. Old Country Inns of England, by Henry Maskell and Edward Gregory, Part 3 September 21, 2026 · 56 min

On the charts

Charting now — best position 7 on Highest rated in Health & Wellness, reached October 5, 2026. Seen on 5 charts over 42 days of readings, the first on September 5, 2026.

1 11 7 September 5, 2026 October 24, 2026 September 5, 2026 — position 10September 6, 2026 — position 9September 8, 2026 — position 9September 10, 2026 — position 11September 11, 2026 — position 10September 12, 2026 — position 10September 13, 2026 — position 9September 17, 2026 — position 10September 21, 2026 — position 9September 22, 2026 — position 10September 23, 2026 — position 10September 24, 2026 — position 10September 25, 2026 — position 10September 26, 2026 — position 9September 27, 2026 — position 9September 28, 2026 — position 10September 29, 2026 — position 10September 30, 2026 — position 10October 1, 2026 — position 10October 2, 2026 — position 8October 3, 2026 — position 8October 4, 2026 — position 8October 5, 2026 — position 7October 6, 2026 — position 9October 7, 2026 — position 9October 8, 2026 — position 9October 9, 2026 — position 8October 10, 2026 — position 8October 11, 2026 — position 7October 12, 2026 — position 8October 13, 2026 — position 9October 14, 2026 — position 9October 15, 2026 — position 9October 16, 2026 — position 10October 17, 2026 — position 10October 18, 2026 — position 9October 19, 2026 — position 10October 20, 2026 — position 11October 21, 2026 — position 11October 22, 2026 — position 11October 23, 2026 — position 10October 24, 2026 — position 10
Highest rated in Health & Wellness — position by day.
ChartBestDaysLast seen
Highest rated in Health & Wellness 7 42 days October 24, 2026
Most listened to in Health & Wellness 9 42 days October 24, 2026
Still running in Health & Wellness 12 6 days October 20, 2026
Across the charts in Health & Wellness 36 20 days October 24, 2026
Apple Podcasts · Health & Fitness 69 26 days October 24, 2026

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