Audiobook playlist not playing through

I have an audiobook playlist that does not play through (can repeat audiobook tracks or play a single track on repeat, but not play through the list). I have used this function before, but it is not working now. Suggestions?
To clarify:
Repeat plays a track once
Repeat off plays a track once
Repeat(1) plays the same track repeatedly
I want the playlist to play through in sequence. It works fine on iTunes on my Mac.

I just tried that on my 5th gen nano, and it does seem to work that way for audiobooks. I put audiobooks on a playlist, and tried to play them (on the iPod) both directly and through the playlist. It goes back to the list of audiobooks at the end of each item. So, I think that's the way the iPod's software is designed, for playing audiobooks.
The only work-around I can think of is to change the Media Kind of the audiobooks (the ones on your playlist) from Audiobook to Music. You can do this by selecting all of the audiobooks on that playlists at the same time, and doing a Get Info on the selection (right-click - Get Info). On the Info window's Options tab, change Media Kind to Music. Then, iTunes and the iPod will treat the audiobooks as songs. You'll need to sync the audiobooks again. If you use automatic syncing, select the playlist on the iPod's Music screen (in iTunes), not the Audiobooks screen. The problem is that, since they are being treated as songs, the iPod will not save the current location (when you stop listening) and offer to Resume at that location (later).

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