I’m not so young or old that I need someone to read to me. 😉
Hey. I’m only 39, and I love audiobooks. My wife and I have listened to Harry Potter (by Stephen Fry) and The Belgariad enough times to have lost count. And Orson Scott Card went on record in the afterword for the 30th Anniversary audiobook of Ender’s Game to say that he thought “hearing it read aloud is the superior way to experience this story.”
Before the majority of the populous was literate, and long before the advent of film and television, being a storyteller was actually a thing. Hearing a story told to you by an accomplished narrator can be an enjoyable experience.
Oh, I was really just kidding. I get the appeal and have a couple as well. Stephen King’s The Mist in “3D audio” is very cool. Sound effects and all that. I guess that’s more like a radio drama than an audiobook though.
I used to read Oscar Wilde plays to my friends at their request. It was always lot’s of fun to play all the parts!