Midnight Library
Stories · History · Ambience
Immersive worlds designed for sleep, relaxation, and quiet curiosity.
Where to listenSlow, immersive bedtime journeys. Board a sleeper train across Europe or drift toward a quiet cabin in the snow — gentle stories with no destination but sleep.
Fascinating history, told calmly enough to fall asleep to. Wander through ancient Rome, medieval London, or a Viking longhouse as a soothing voice carries you away.
Atmospheric worlds and soundscapes for sleep and calm — fireplaces, rainstorms, snowy nights, and candlelit libraries. Hours of immersive sound.
From a quiet idea to a full night of calm.
A topic chosen for calm and quiet curiosity.
A researched, sleep-paced script.
A soft, unhurried voice.
Slow, immersive imagery and sound.
Dim the lights and fall asleep.
New journeys as they’re released. Follow along and never miss a night.
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«Хантер? Это что, фамилия?» Артём возвращается со смены, а странный попутчик называет своё имя. Отрывок из второй части аудиокниги по ролям.
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«Стоять! Пароль!» Дозор на окраине метро, шорох в темноте и торопливые шаги в туннеле. Отрывок из первой части аудиокниги по ролям.
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A hot July evening, a young man leaving his garret, a landlady he cannot face. The opening of Crime and Punishment, read aloud from Part One of our full-cast audiobook.
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Chapter 3 of The Art of War holds the book's central idea. The best general does not win the most battles. He breaks the enemy's resistance without fighting, and when that fails, Sun Tzu ranks what is left from better to worse, ending with the siege of a walled city.
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Первая глава «Регистрации» начинается вопросом: «Почему Ульяна тянула?». Этот отрывок и есть ответ: страх, который густеет и становится средой, через которую приходится плыть.
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A full audiobook of Dmitry Glukhovsky's Registratsiya: more than sixty speaking parts, 519 comic panels, and every line checked against the book. How we made it.
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A cozy 2-hour Halloween bedtime story about a gentle tower cat named Soot, watching over a sleepy little town — episode six of Hollowmere Manor, premiering Friday.
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A cozy 2-hour Halloween bedtime story about a gentle wine cellar vampire named Vesper — episode four of Hollowmere Manor, premiering Wednesday.
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A cozy 2-hour Halloween bedtime story about the manor's own shy house-spirit, Hush — episode five of Hollowmere Manor, premiering Wednesday.
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A cozy 2-hour Halloween bedtime story about the smallest pumpkin in the patch, named Runt — episode three of Hollowmere Manor, premiering Tuesday.
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A cozy 2-hour Halloween bedtime story about a kind greenhouse witch named Bramble — episode two of Hollowmere Manor, premiering Monday.
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A cozy 2-hour Halloween bedtime story about a friendly library ghost named Inkling — the first episode of Hollowmere Manor.
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Добрая сказка на ночь длиной в один час про сонную коалу по имени Сонька — первая серия «Добрых сказок».
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A gentle 1-hour bedtime tale about a sleepy capybara named Marlow — episode two of Gentle Tales.
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A gentle 1-hour bedtime tale about a sleepy koala named Poppy — the first episode of Gentle Tales.
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Waves crash against the rocks while rain streaks the window and a hearth fire crackles low, a foghorn calling faintly through the storm. No narration, no music. Now live on YouTube.
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Rain streaks the window while mountains pass unseen in the dark and the engine hums low and steady beneath it all. No narration, no music. Now live on YouTube.
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Rain falls steady over a frost-quiet medieval village while a hearth fire settles low. No narration, no music — just rain and fire. Now live on YouTube.
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A little fox named Ember has just one thing left to do tonight: curl up, and sleep. The second episode of Yawnwood — 6 hours, now live on YouTube.
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A little koala named Willow has just one job today: to fall asleep. The first episode of Yawnwood, a new gentle bedtime-story series — 6 hours, now live on YouTube.
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Wind and rain move over the Scottish highlands while a fire settles low in the grate. No narration, no music — just the storm. Now live on YouTube.
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An hour of steady rain over a quiet Tokyo balcony at night, city lights glowing below. No narration, no music — just rain. Now live on YouTube.
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Rain falls on a rice-terrace roof while a gamelan gong rings once and lets the note hang in the air, patient as the rain outside. Now live on YouTube.
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A slow overnight train journey through moonlit mountains and sleeping towns, the rhythm of the wheels never changing, all night long. Now live on YouTube.
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Spend a single calm night as an auxiliary posted to the cold stone Wall at the edge of the empire — the barracks, a warm meal by the fire, and the long quiet watch beneath the rain and slow-turning stars. Now live on YouTube.
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Premiering Sep 5
A single night as a Norseman on a cold fjord around the year 900 — the longhouse, the hearth-fire that must never die, and the sea outside that decides everything.
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Premiering Sep 6
A single day in an English village around 1300, told through its meals — the cold hearth before dawn, the pottage pot that never leaves the fire, and the seasons of hunger and plenty.
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Premiering Sep 7
A single day in a Nile village under Ramesses the Great — bread and beer by lamplight, the cool of the tomb, and the river breathing in the dark.
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Premiering Sep 8
One hour in the Library's Rain Room — steady rain, a low fire, and distant thunder. No narration, no music, no interruptions.
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Midnight Library is a channel publishing long-form, low-stimulation audio designed to help you fall asleep and relax: narrated sleep stories, calm history-for-sleep documentaries, and pure ambient soundscapes.
Three formats — Sleep Stories (slow, immersive bedtime journeys), History for Sleep (fascinating history told calmly enough to fall asleep to), and Ambience (atmospheric worlds and soundscapes like fireplaces, rain, and snowy nights).
Long-form for full-night listening: sleep stories run 1–2 hours, history deep dives 2–3 hours, and ambience loops around an hour or more.
Right now on YouTube. Spotify and Apple Podcasts are coming soon — follow on Instagram and Facebook for new releases.
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