Books: Nothing Says Summer Like The End Of The World

Seattle summers just make everything feel possible. You can see the silver linings a little better in the sunshine. And that makes it a little easier to enjoy some sad summer reads.  Right?  If you want proof, check out Sequoia Nagamatsu’s How High We Go in the Dark, a speculative fiction masterpiece published in 2022 that still has Meet Me Here co-host Katie Campbell reeling.   No one is feeding our desire for escapism fantasy on a hot summer day quite like Sequoia. And the guy has hot takes to match the heat. He joined us this week for a special bonus episode to talk about them.   If you need some help filling the void after reading “How High We Go in the Dark,” check out Sequoia and Katie’s RIYL:  We Lived on the Horizon by Erika Swyler  Light from Other Stars by Erika Swyler  Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel  The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel  Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel  The Changeling by Victor LaValle  Anything by J.G. Ballard  The Complete Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino  Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino  Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah  Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah  Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers  Noumenon trilogy by Marina J. Lostetter  Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton  The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton  A House Between Earth and the Moon by Rebecca Scherm  Event recommendation:  Sequoia Nagamatsu and Aram Mrjoian talk about the latter author’s debut novel, Waterline, at Elliott Bay Book Company on July 15, 2025  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.