Anyone else fall asleep with an audiobook? What are your "falling asleep" recommendations?

I need sound to fall asleep at night, I used to put the tv or Netflix on my phone, but I found out lately that listening to an audiobook is way better! (No light in the room and I don't have the temptation to watch the screen). I have listened to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy so far!

*** UPDATE ***

The response was amazing! To make sense of all the recommendations, I used AI to compile the data. The following list was built factoring in mentions and upvotes. As of today (07/02/2025), here are the community recommendations:

📖 Top Audiobooks for Falling Asleep

(Ranked by total mentions + upvotes)

1️⃣ Harry Potter (series) – 57 points

2️⃣ History ‘Great Courses’ – 54 points

3️⃣ Wool – 28 points

4️⃣ Leviathan Awakes – 27 points

5️⃣ Pride and Prejudice – 25 points

5️⃣ Howl's Moving Castle – 25 points

5️⃣ Mythos by Stephen Fry – 25 points

8️⃣ North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell – 21 points

9️⃣ Murderbot Diaries – 20 points

9️⃣ Sherlock Holmes (narrated by Stephen Fry) – 20 points

🔟 Sense and Sensibility – 19 points

1️⃣1️⃣ A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson – 9 points

1️⃣2️⃣ Snow Crash – 8 points

1️⃣3️⃣ Dungeon Crawler Carl – 6 points

1️⃣3️⃣ The Martian – 6 points

1️⃣5️⃣ Project Hail Mary – 5 points

1️⃣5️⃣ The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli – 5 points

1️⃣5️⃣ The Dresden Files – 5 points

1️⃣8️⃣ The Wager – 3 points

1️⃣8️⃣ The Power of Now – 3 points

1️⃣8️⃣ The Tao of Pooh – 3 points

🎙️ Top 20 Narrators for Sleep-Friendly Audiobooks

(Ranked by total mentions + upvotes)

👑 Stephen Fry – 75 points

🥈 David Tennant – 29 points

🥈 Rosamund Pike – 29 points

🥉 Juliet Stevenson – 19 points

4️⃣ Ray Porter – 18 points

5️⃣ Jim Dale – 13 points

6️⃣ Bill Bryson – 11 points

7️⃣ David Sedaris – 7 points

7️⃣ Jonathan Cecil – 7 points

9️⃣ Rachel McAdams – 5 points

9️⃣ James Marsters – 5 points

9️⃣ Benedict Cumberbatch – 5 points

9️⃣ Richard E. Grant – 5 points

9️⃣ Miriam Margolyes – 5 points

1️⃣4️⃣ Will Wheaton – 4 points

1️⃣4️⃣ Alan Rickman – 4 points

1️⃣6️⃣ Kevin R. Free – 3 points

1️⃣6️⃣ Scott Brick – 3 points

1️⃣6️⃣ Simon Vance – 3 points

1️⃣6️⃣ Prunella Scales – 3 points

🎧 Top Podcasts for Sleep

(Ranked by total mentions + upvotes)

1️⃣ Nothing Much Happens – 11 points (Community favorite!)

2️⃣ Sleepy Bookshelf – 5 points

3️⃣ Calm App Sleep Stories – 3 points

4️⃣ Boring Books for Bedtime – 2 points

4️⃣ Sleepy History – 2 points

4️⃣ Get Sleepy Stories – 2 points

Thanks to everyone who contributed! I'll try to keep the list updated if other recommendations keep coming in!