I generally like reading older novels, set in pre-internet/digital technology age, so as I’ve had to read more modern books, I always find it interesting when they include things smartphones and texting and social media, to see how they add to the story. I also like fiction about books (readers, bookshops, libraries) too, and it sort of just occurred to me, that I’ve never come across a book where a character was listening to an audiobook, which would be something kind of commonplace now.
Has anyone ever come across a book where a character was listening to an audiobook? If so, which one? Was it just a minor detail, i.e. to set the scene, or was it more significant?
by Beleriand7004
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I can think of a TV show or two. Psych does it in an episode where he goes up against a profiler, and How I Met Your Mother does it on a road trip.
Those might honestly be the only stories in any format that I’ve seen mention audiobooks though lol.
In Ellery Adams’s “Secret Book & Scone Society” series the main character owns a bookstore and has mentioned listening to an audiobook a few times. I can’t recall if she mentioned the title(s) but I think she did. She usually names the book she’s reading at some point.