Night Owl
Staying Up Late in a World Built for Early Birds
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Haley Shapley
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An investigation, celebration, and vindication of "noctonauts," those of us who are most productive at night.
As a culture, we revere early birds. The early bird catches the worm, right? We exalt those early risers as disciplined, productive, put-together members of society. But what about those of us more inclined to burn the midnight oil? For centuries, night owls have been deemed lazy, unmotivated, and childish—unfounded characterizations that nonetheless follow late sleepers throughout their lives.
What if staying up late was seen as a superpower, rather than a failing? After all, people who sleep later often have a higher IQ, are more creative, and spend more of the day mentally alert than their early-rising counterparts. And while many portray sleep schedules as a matter of sheer discipline, sleep cycles are in fact baked into our DNA, based on centuries of evolution. While they can be adjusted, there’s only so much wiggle room.
In Night Owl, journalist (and lifelong noctonaut) Haley Shapley sifts through academic research, historical anecdotes, and expert interviews to create a compelling, fast-paced read on the culture of night owls, offering insight on everything from how they evolved, to how sleep varies around the world, the benefits and drawbacks of going to bed later, and the very real, very normal variation in sleep-wake patterns among humans. The result is a long-overdue celebration of a large but misunderstood population, with the power to change our relationships to sleep, to ourselves, and to one another.
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"Night Owl is a thoughtful book about a forgotten people, and I'm one of them. Being The Sleep Doctor and a night owl all in one body was rough growing up and throughout my career. There were accusations of laziness, being told to just 'suck it up', and 8 am classes or meetings did not allow for a wonderful scenario. One of my favorite chapters (6) talks about how career choice can be affected by your chronotype. I dove deep into chronotypes in my 3rd book and Haley has done an amazing job of teaching us all that it's OK to be a night owl, and it may even be an advantage! I highly recommend this book." —Dr. Michael Breus, author of The Power of When
"Night owls of the world unite! This book is a witty manifesto for anyone who has ever felt unfairly maligned in a world built for sunrise worshippers. With sharp storytelling, science, history, and a healthy dose of irreverence, Haley Shapley dismantles the centuries-old myth that early risers hold a monopoly on virtue and invites us to envision a future where work and school finally align with human biology." —Terra Ziporyn, the co-founder of Start School Later
"Night owls often get the short end of the stick in a world built for early birds. Many spend years trying to defy their natural rhythm, paying the price in sleep, health, and opportunity. Finally, this book delivers justice for night owls—backed by science and told with wit. It traces the biology and history of late chronotypes, celebrates their creative strengths, and shows how people and institutions can better work with, rather than against, our internal clocks." —Lynne Peeples, author of The Inner Clock: Living in Sync with Our Circadian Rhythms
"A fascinating and entertaining tour—scientific, historical and cultural—of why it is that night owls are so misunderstood...a potent argument for the advantages that those with a preference for the night bring, as well as the hurdles that society's structures and norms place in their way." —Guy Leschziner, author of The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep
“Night Owl is a highly compelling exploration of up-to-date research as well as discredited beliefs pertaining to sleep and its discontents.” —Roger Ekirch, author of At Day's Close: Night in Times Past