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Do audiobooks count toward your books read total?

Anonymous 1d

Down to personal preference. Count them if you want, don’t if you don’t want to. Same as graphic novels, comics, novellas, etc

Anonymous 1d

Yeah

Anonymous 1d

Yes, literally the only way I can read. Migraines are horrible and I can also do other things

Anonymous 1d

I don’t think it counts as reading but it’s up to you

Anonymous 1d

Count them if you want! I do bc I often jump between kindle/ physical reading and audiobooks on drives. But it’s disability awareness month so maybe we shouldn’t be saying it doesn’t count as reading when science says it does, and accessibility benefits everyone... (not you OP, but it is tiring seeing people discredit other forms of storytelling and retention)

Anonymous 1d

they used to not, but i finish books so fast that way, that it would be silly of me to not count them

Anonymous 1d

Yes they count its just semantics to say its not

Anonymous 19h

I don’t count them, but you can if you want. It’s personal preference really. (I don’t count them because it’s technically not reading and if you are doing other tasks… you aren’t actually paying enough attention lol). But yeah who cares what you do

Anonymous

#6 1d

i* used to not lol

Anonymous

#8 15h

Plenty of people can multitask and retain information. When scientific studies show that retention between physical reading and audiobooks is equal, this just ends up being an ableist take. Not to mention the history of oral storytelling being the foundation of how humans relay stories, often across centuries. Count it or not if you want, but it’s tiring having audiobooks, an accessibility tool that benefits everyone, invalidated.

Anonymous

#4 15h

Okay that is not what I was saying at all. People truly can’t multitask. You can think you can, but one thing always will take precedent over another. If you are listening to an audiobook and not doing anything else, then you are retaining more information than if you are listening to one and playing a game. And like I said (in case you didn’t read my comment): it literally does not matter if people want to count them or not.

Anonymous

#4 15h

I was purely talking of semantics and realism of multitasking, nothing to do with the history or oral storytelling.

Anonymous

#8 14h

Semantics are useless when people know what is meant effectively. This argument always stems from and devolves into ableism. We can just not argue what reading is “real” and be a better society for it.

Anonymous

#5 10h

Go against the ‘socially acceptable,’ ‘I’m-better-than-you’ air about books and expand to the ever accessible audiobook and graphic novels

Anonymous

#9 10h

I’m agreeing with btw it IS accessible

Anonymous

#4 8h

Immediately jumping to abelism all the time shows you don’t have enough nuance to realize that maybe I wouldn’t be counting people who cannot read physical books. It’s so sad that you immediately jump to arguments and pointing fingers without having a proper discussion. I’m mentally and physically disabled, so I’m sorry, because I love words and semantics.

Anonymous

#8 3h

It’s so sad that semantics are more important to some people than inclusion. I am also neurodivergent and losing my eyesight. We can all play the anecdote card. Be better.