Some evenings ask for a book that lowers the volume rather than raises it. Short chapters, gentle voices, stories where the biggest event is a change in the light.
These ten are quiet in the best sense: islands and gardens, tea monks and housekeepers, poems for the last ten minutes before sleep. Most are short. None of them shout.
Read them slowly. They're built for it.
Take a book from the shelf
One gentle reflection
Before the light goes
Tonight, try ending the day with ten minutes of reading instead of ten minutes of scrolling, and notice the difference in how you fall asleep. One evening is enough to feel it.
