First published 2012
Sleep occupies nearly one third of human existence, yet most people understand little about what happens during those dark hours. Journalist David K. Randall paid no attention to sleep until he started sleepwalking. A midnight collision with his hallway wall launched him into investigating the strange science of slumber. Randall takes readers from military battlefields to children's bedrooms, revealing that sleep involves far more complexity than most realize. He explores how one sleep study altered bookmakers' odds for Monday Night Football games. He examines whether women and men sleep differently. He investigates whether killing someone while sleepwalking constitutes murder. The book tours the odd, disturbing, and fascinating phenomena that occur in the peculiar realm of sleep, promising readers will view their pillows differently afterward.
Genres: science, psychology, non-fiction, health
Vibes: informative, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigative-journalism
290 pages · Hardcover · W. W. Norton & Company