Audiobooks in iTunes 12

Make a smart playlist with the rule Media Kind is Audiobook and Name is not <empty>, or anything similar that will match all audiobooks. You can toggle the playlists view between All Playlists and <Media Kind> Playlists.

See also Organizing audiobook chapters to address issues you might see if you use the grid layout.

tt2

I have the same issue. Astonishing that nobody at Apple bothered to properly beta test iTunes Audiobooks with the latest update. Clearly they broke something with the update. Audiobooks have been neglected for some time as have podcasts. Mainly because people are using content that Apple derives no profit from is my guess, hence the lack of support and attention to these aspects of the iTunes software development. Too bad Jony Ive is not an audiobook listener. And if you try and report a bug with iTunes the latest version in the pulldown list is years old. No-one has updated that webpage on the Apple website to report iTunes problems for SEVERAL YEARS. This says a lot, don't you think?

So in iTunes for Windows this behaviour can be controlled with:

Edit > Preferences > General > Playlist Icon Size > Medium (Small & Large trigger the bug)

But there doesn't seem to be an equivalent control on a Mac. 😕

tt2