As of this year, I no longer need to consider reading these three, having recently finished Finnegans Wake as my 'big read' this year. Proust was last year and War and Peace the year before.
Non fiction - probably fewer titles, and correspondingly less actually retained.
Unread books - well my physical shelves are still around 50% unread YET, but I have read a couple thus year that have been on those shelves for over a decade. I am reading more than I add to them these days.
Loans. Nope. I learned that lesson a very long time back. I don't know anyone who does lend books these days. Give them, yes, but not expecting them back.
Audiobooks - it is vary rare that I actually fall asleep, I can say that.

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[–] frickineh 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish I could listen to audiobooks, but I just can't process information that way if I'm doing literally anything else, so it seems to sort of defeat the purpose. On the plus side, I read constantly on my phone and nobody can ask to borrow that, so no theft occurred. 🙂

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I can listen to non-fiction when driving, although I tend to prefer podcasts. I get little or nothing from fiction when driving though. I can either focus on one or the other. Not both.

I will listen to fiction when washing up, cleaning or for an hour or so in bed before turning off to sleep. Those work OK for me.

Either way, though, long-term retention of detail is never as high from audio ad from the page for me.