I find myself (also embarrassingly) somewhat aligned with what you describe as well, both the point about going into autopilot, and having read interesting book

I find myself (also embarrassingly) somewhat aligned with what you describe as well, both the point about going into autopilot, and having read interesting books but don't remember a great deal because they aren't relevant to my life. An additional point I'd make is that I find that in recent years, the books that I did enjoy tend to be written by people who already have an online presence (e.g. Randall Munroe, author of xkcd, or Jorge Cham/Daniel Whiteson, author of phd comics). I think there's something about the voice and tone of these writings that better match what I enjoy reading. Perhaps reading those books makes me feel like I'm reading something online that I like?