An audiobook is "read" as you have consumed all of the content. No one cares if its with your eye or ears.

Skimming and not finishing is NOT read, at all.

skimming isn't reading

I don't rate DNF and I don't mark them as read.

Audiobooks count if you listen to the whole thing

A book has been read when it has been finished, either by you reading to the very last page, or listening to it on audible.

Anonymous wrote:I keep track of my books on Goodreads for a yearly challenge and I don’t skim a lot of books and count it as read.

I also do a lot of audiobooks.

I’m putting this ethical dilemma on myself… At what point can I consider it “read”, especially audiobooks, where you cannot skim to the end.

Read a physical book to the very last word.

Anonymous wrote:I get to the very end.

Anything else is DNF

First answer, best answer.

Anonymous wrote:I get to the very end.

Anything else is DNF

+1

Anonymous wrote:I get to the very end.

Anything else is DNF

Yeah, I don’t understand why this wouldn’t be the case? What’s the point of saying you read a book you didn’t read??

I have to read cover to cover or it doesn't count as read it counts as a DNF.

I put DNF books on Goodreads. I've read all I want to read of that book. I'm not going to go back and finish it but I'm also not going to pretend I haven't read it.

In contrast, when a book gets sucked off my Nook because I didn't finish it in time, I don't consider it read. I will finish it when I get back to the front of the queue.

So the distinction is not based on a percentage, but on my own goal for the book. Still have more pages to be read? Then it's not read/reviewed yet. Read all I'm going to read? Then it's "read".

Anonymous wrote:The last page.

+1

The last page.

Anonymous wrote:I keep track of my books annually. If I have a book that I gave up on, I add that in a notation. This notation is only for me to avoid the authors going forward.

This is what I do as well. But I don’t have any challenges/goals and keep track only to remember what I read, and like PP even more importantly what I DNF so I don’t try to read that book/author again. I don’t consider a book “read” unless I actually read it.

I keep track of my books annually. If I have a book that I gave up on, I add that in a notation. This notation is only for me to avoid the authors going forward.

I get to the very end.

Anything else is DNF

I keep track of my books on Goodreads for a yearly challenge and I don’t skim a lot of books and count it as read.

I also do a lot of audiobooks.

I’m putting this ethical dilemma on myself… At what point can I consider it “read”, especially audiobooks, where you cannot skim to the end.