Sleep Groove, Olivia Walch
Sleep Groove, Olivia Walch
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Sleep Groove
Why Your Body's Clock Is So Messed Up and What To Do About It

Author: Olivia Walch

Narrator: Meg Runyan

Unabridged: 5 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/11/2025


Synopsis

Sleep Groove is Why We Sleep meets what if?—an accessible, engaging tour of sleep and circadian science from an expert. With a sleep-wonk’s attention to detail tempered by approachable graphs and illustrations, this myth-busting guide to sleep is the perfect introduction to how circadian science can demystify your nights and help reset your days.

Sleep Groove introduces readers to the easy-to-understand but often misunderstood concepts and science behind circadian rhythms and how changes in daily habits can greatly improve one's sleep patterns and quality of life. Through conversational writing, humorous analogies, charts, and even comics, this book helps explain the nuances of sleep using the latest in sleep research and technology, delving into sleep-related issues like light sensitivity, jet lag, daylight savings time, napping, and how to establishing rhythmicity in our waking and sleeping routines. 

This fascinating illustrated guide to all things sleep takes aim at many of our long-held myths surrounding sleep and provides an easy-to-understand guide to what exactly is going on in the third of our lives we spend sleeping, posing questions like: Do we really need eight hours of sleep each night? What happens if you stay awake for 205 hours? Is REM sleep the only kind of sleep that matters? For anyone who has wondered why their sleep is so weird and what they can do about it, this book is the perfect guide to finding your own personal sleep groove. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Natalie on May 06, 2025

Having read many books, articles, studies, etc. on sleep, they generally have all the same principles, but are presented in different ways. That said, Sleep Groove is still worth a read. Walch presents the data in a thorough, yet approachable way and adds enough flair to keep it interesting. Plus, wh......more

Goodreads review by Dan on December 08, 2024

My thanks to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for an advance copy of this book that gives reasons why, many of us have problems going to sleep, staying asleep and benefiting from sleep, along with practical suggestions on how we can stop tossing and turning, and find some rest. My father was......more

Goodreads review by EmG on December 14, 2024

Olivia Walch PHD (mathematician) offers plenty of helpful illustrations, useful analogies and metaphors, as well as easy-to-understand explanations to demystify circadian science in this informative book. Sleep is often (unfortunately) thought of as a simple math activity (add some here, subtract so......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on January 12, 2025

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. This book was fascinating. As the back cover states, I’ve always known that getting enough sleep is a good, even necessary, thing, but I never fully understood why. Walch’s in-depth descr......more

Goodreads review by Amber on December 21, 2024

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the factors influencing our sleep quality. I appreciated the numerous examples and illustrations that effectively highlighted the author's points. The inclusion of sleep studies adds credibility, which is a definite plus. Additionally, the humor through......more