Same thing happens to me, I have to really pay attention while listening to an audiobook, otherwise I lose the thread.

Also, why are audiobooks 5 times more expensive than their dead-tree version?

https://www.amazon.com/Leviathan-Wakes-James-S-Corey/dp/0316...

https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781478998938-leviathan-wakes

That's crazy.