I have been suffering from anxiety-induced insomnia since I don't remember when. Listening to music and meditating don't help me sleep, but I've found audiobooks work quite well. However, I can't seem to find anything I want to listen to. Help pls?
Listens I've enjoyed in the past:
- The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
- The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
- Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynn Jones)
- The Last Unicorn (Peter S. Beagle)
- Tailchaser's Song (Tad Williams)
- Kiki's Delivery Service (Eiko Kadono)
- Mythology and fairy tales are always favorites
Listens I tried, but ended up falling asleep and losing my place
- Dracula (Bram Stoker)
- The Earthsea series (Ursula K. Le Guin)
- The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
- Watership Down (Richard Adams; it's hard to parse rabbit language when you're half-conscious)
- The Color of Magic (Terry Pratchett; might return to this one sometime)
by Fennel_Fangs
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My favorite author for getting to sleep is H. P. Lovecraft. I’d try The Shadow over Innsmouth and At the Mountains of Madness.
John Lee is a great narrator for getting to sleep, and he’s narrated hundreds of books.
– The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
– The Once and Future King by T.H. White
You want something that’s interesting to get your mind of things but not something with a plot where you worry about losing your place.
My favorite is “A Short History of Nearly Everything” by Bill Bryson. I have listened to it countless times.