# Do Audiobooks Count as Having Read a Book?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 20, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-audiobooks-count-as-having-read-a-book/1010480 "2024-11-20T02:29:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-audiobooks-count-as-having-read-a-book/1010480/21 "2024-11-21T22:51:38Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Though I’m not sure how pages are counted for audiobooks (the club awards prizes for number of pages read).

For that matter, how do you count pages of an ebook (well, one that doesn’t have page numbers)? Or for a book that comes in different editions with different page sizes?

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**Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-audiobooks-count-as-having-read-a-book/1010480/22 "2024-11-22T02:44:00Z")

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> [@ParallelLines](#):
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> A really poor performance causes me to tune out

And THAT’S why I gave up on listening to Librovox Recordings (books read by amateurs).

> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#):
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> On the other hand, a skillful performance can bring this forth in a way I wouldn’t have been able to on my own.

In terms of immersiveness, nothing beats an excellent match between the reader and the protagonist.

I adore listening to George Guidell’s curmudgeonliness while “playing” Jim Qwilleran in the _"Cat Who…_" series of books.  
But I picked up a dead-tree version of one and realized “These are just too lightweight for me”… without George.

Oh, and you’ve _got_ to hear Keith Szarabajka as Christopher Snow in _“Fear Nothing”_ and _“Seize The Night”_. His breathy spookines matches Christopher’s prowling his hometown at night with his dog (due to an inability to go outside in daylight).

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eta, David Cui Cui is a perfect _Murderbot…_

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**Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-audiobooks-count-as-having-read-a-book/1010480/23 "2024-11-22T06:13:30Z")

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I’m going to say… Yes.

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