The sweet, sweet summertime is finally upon us! With its beach days, road trips, vacation time and long warm nights, summer just feels like it was made for listening to audio books. Considering the giant virtual stack of books we have waiting to be listened to, we’re more than happy to oblige.

While the thought of indulging in audio books all summer long has us on a major high, we also know that the warm days won’t last forever. We’ll be taking some extra-long bike rides, early morning runs and a lot of weekend trips to the cottage to maximize our listening time (and our summer fun)!

So what books will we be taking on our many adventures this summer? Well we did a roundup of this season’s hottest listens, mixed in some of our favorite classic audio books and created one of the best summer must-listen lists of all-time.

Don’t worry, we didn’t forget about the young’uns. School’s out for summer and audio books are a great way to keep their brains and imaginations occupied on road trips to the beach, lazy afternoons and rainy days. Check out these great summer listens that will keep your kids entertained all summer long.

Happy summer listening!