Reading is tiring. I spend all day looking at text at work. Audio books are an escape from that. They free me to do something else too. I use them in the follow

Reading is tiring. I spend all day looking at text at work. Audio books are an escape from that. They free me to do something else too. I use them in the following scenarios: strapped into the decompression machine at the chiro, stretching at home and winding down for bed with the lights off to stimulate melatonin. I couldn't read a book in any of those situations and they cover 100% of my book consumption. I didn't read books at all before audio books (at least not since I was a child, except for studying purposes). I agree that a good narrator makes a huge difference.