Warbler said:

here is a suggestion: don't listen to the audio books/radio dramas while doing other things. Here is how I like to listen to audio books/radio dramas: I like turn off all the lights in the room, silence all other noises and distractions and sit back and relax and listen to them in total darkness. It really helps turn off the outside world and allows me concentrate my mind on picturing what is go on in the radio drama/audio book that I am listening to.

The reason I do other things while listening to audiobooks is so I can focus on them. If I try to listen to just an audiobook and nothing else, my mind will wander all over the place. If I make myself do something to keep me busy that is pretty much automatic, then I am able to focus on an audiobook. With my ADHD it isn't the outside world that distracts me, it is my own head that does the distracting. If I can preoccupy enough of my brain by doing other things that don't require active thought, it works wonders for my ability to focus on something else.

If I am going to sit down comfortably and read, I need a real book and not an audiobook.