No. Books you are listening to or have partly finished stay in their place on the bookshelf, so the shelf order doesn't change when you switch books. The book that is playing gets a darkened cover marked "Now Playing". The "Continue Listening" row at the top of the shelf lists partly finished books; how many it shows follows the count set for "Books in Progress" on Home. Covers of books on cloud sources no longer reload over and over while scrolling or switching pages.
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No. Books you are listening to or have partly finished stay in their place on the bookshelf, so the shelf order doesn't change when you switch books. The book that is playing gets a darkened cover marked "Now Playing". The "Continue Listening" row at the top of the shelf lists partly finished books; how many it shows follows the count set for "Books in Progress" on Home. Covers of books on cloud sources no longer reload over and over while scrolling or switching pages.