re: If you listened to the audio version of a book do you say you read the book?

Yes because I give zero value to anyone who has an opinion to differentiate the two. It's not that important enough for a detail to me and if it is to someone else, I don't care anyway.

No need to waste anyone's time explaining or changing the context of a story to note that irrelevant different UNLESS the difference is the story. For example....things to listen to while traveling, cutting the grass, etc.