The Committee of Sleep: How Artists, Scientists, and Athletes Use Dreams for Creative Problem-Solving—and How You Can Too is a book by Deirdre Barrett published by Crown/Random House in 2001.

The book describes how dreams have contributed practical breakthroughs to arts and sciences in the waking world.

Chapters are organized by discipline: art, literature, science, sports, medicine, etc.

Those who are described in The Committee of Sleep as having dreamed creations include Ludwig van Beethoven, Billy Joel, Robert Louis Stevenson, Stephen King, Salvador Dalí, William Blake, and Nobel prize winner Otto Loewi.

Sleep on a Brainteaser and Wake Up with a Headache Conclusion The book was reviewed by Oliver Sacks,[1] USA Today, The New Yorker,[2] and Publishers Weekly.