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Books Set in Florida:


Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Paper Towns by John Green
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (1st book in Dexter series)
Duma Key by Stephen King
The Brethren by John Grisham
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
Tripwire by Lee Child
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich (1st book in series)
Big Trouble by Dave Barry
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession by Susan Orlean
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen
by Florida RoadkillTim Dorsey (1st Serge Storms Mystery)
Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen
Turtle In Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
Basket Case by Carl Hiaasen
Sanibel Flats by Randy Wayne White (1st book in Doc Ford series)
Star Island by Carl Hiaasen
Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard
Strip Tease by Carl Hiaasen
Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard
Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen
A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith
Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen
Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard
Lucky You by Carl Hiaasen
Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White
Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen
Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
Skin Tight by Carl Hiaasen
Junonia by Kevin Henkes
Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen
Scat by Carl Hiaasen
Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives by Thomas French
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
Tricky Business by Dave Barry
Abandon by Meg Cabot (1st book of the Abandon Trilogy)
Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

The Cypress House by Michael Koryta

Flashback by Nevada Barr


The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

FYI, found this project made by middle school students on the web. This is my dream - an app that does this for you as you enter the isbn or title!


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Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise
Orange Crush by Tim Dorsey
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement (1st Dixie Hemingway Mystery)
Pronto: A Novel by Elmore Leonard (1st book in Raylan Givens series)
The Deep Blue Goodbye by John D. MacDonald
Wither by Lauren DeStefano (1st book in The Chemical Garden series)
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
Dream Man by Linda Howard
Darkness by John Saul
Cloaked by Alex Flinn
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
Once a Runner by John L. Parker Jr.
Orchid Beach by Stuart Woods (1st book in Holly Barker series)
On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott (1st book in Cheerleader Trilogy)
Chimera by Rob Thurman (1st book in Chimera series)
Hurricane Bay by Heather Graham
The Paperboy by Pete Dexter
Like Coffee and Doughnuts by Elle Parker (1st Dino Martini Mystery)
Fathom by Cherie Priest
Recessional by James A. Michener
I Love Him to Pieces by Evonne Tsang
Between Friends by Kristy Kiernan
Saints of Augustine by P.E. Ryan
The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George
Runaway by Heather Graham (1st book of Florida Civil War series)
Cool Hand Luke: A Novel by Donn Pearce
The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff
Killer Move: A Novel by Michael Marshall
Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens
Naked Came the Manatee by Carl Hiaasen
Dark Horse by Tami Hoag (1st book in Elena Estes series)
A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
Retribution by Jilliane Hoffman (1st book in C.J. Townsend series)
Mama Does Time by Deborah Sharp (1st Mace Bauer Mystery)
The Everglades: River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas
The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King (1st book of Max Freeman series)
Kick Ass: Selected Columns of Carl Hiaasen by Carl Hiassen
Under Cover of Daylight by James W. Hall (1st book of Thorn series)
Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt
Florida Straits by Laurence Shames
Artifacts by Mary Anna Evans (1st Faye Lonchamp Mystery)
Pilgrim in the Land of Alligators: More Stories about Real Florida
Paradise Screwed: Selected Columns by Carl Hiaasen
Bones of Coral by James W. Hall
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

More books set in Florida:



An Appetite for Murder by Lucy Burdette
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt
Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall
Captiva by Randy Wayne White
Citrus County by John Brandon
Crazy in Paradise by Deborah Brown
Devil in the Grove by Gilbert King
The Everglades: River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Gone by Randy Wayne White (1st book in Hannah Smith series)
Hemingway's Girl by Erika Robuck
Insane City by Dave Barry
Killing Mister Watson by Peter Matthiessen
Last Train to Paradise by Les Standiford
The Man Who Invented Florida by Randy Wayne White
The Mango Opera by Tom Corcoran
The Mangrove Coast by Randy Wayne White
Miami Blues by Charles Willeford
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (1st book in series)
Ninety-two in the Shade by Thomas McGuane
North of Havana by Randy Wayne White
Sea Creatures by Susanna Daniel
Shark River by Randy Wayne White
Skink--No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen
Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm
Tampa by Alissa Nutting
Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World by Carl Hiaasen
Ten Thousand Islands by Randy Wayne White
Wakulla Springs by Andy Duncan
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani

More books set in Florida:



90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis
The Agüero Sisters by Cristina García
American Ghost by Janis Owens
At the Moon's Inn by Andrew Lytle
Atala and Rene by François-René de Chateaubriand
Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe
Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews
Before Women Had Wings by Connie May Fowler
Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-Jaber
Black Out by Lisa Unger
Castle Cay by Lee Hanson (1st Julie Hanson Mystery)
Club Shadowlands by Cherise Sinclair (1st book in series)
Condominium: A Novel by John D. MacDonald
Contents Under Pressure by Edna Buchanan (1st book in Britt Montero series)
Continental Drift by Russell Banks
The Day of the Dolphin by Robert Merle
Disney After Dark by Ridley Pearson (1st book in Kingdom Keepers series)
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
Dream Factory by Brad Barkley
The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew
The Ethical Assassin by David Liss
Existence by Abbi Glines (1st book in the Existence Trilogy)
Fallen Too Far by Abbi Glines (1st book in Too Far series)
Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State by T.D. Allman
First & Then by Emma Mills
Florida by Christine Schutt
Forget You by Jennifer Echols
The Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus III
A Gentle Rain by Deborah Smith
Getting Old Is Murder by Rita Lakin (1st book in Gladdy Gold series)
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Gold Coast by Elmore Leonard
Happiness Key by Emilie Richards (1st book in series)
Hard Aground by James W. Hall
Heart of Palm by Laura Lee Smith
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
The Killing Song by P.J. Parrish
LaBrava by Elmore LeonardThomas Sanchez
Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy by Carlos Eire
Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt
Lost in the River of Grass by Ginny Rorby
Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks
Mangrove Squeeze by Laurence Shames
Maria by Eugenia Price (1st book in the Florida Trilogy)
Miami by Joan Didion
Midnight Rambler by James Swain (1st book in Jack Carpenter series)
Mile Zero by
Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society by Amy Hill Hearth
The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami
Murder is a Beach by Rose Pressey (1st book in Maggie, P.I. Mysteries series)
Naked in Garden Hills. by Harry Crews
Nine Minutes by Beth Flynn (1st book in Nine Minutes series)
Notes to Self by Avery Sawyer
The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher (1st book in Love Me with Lies series)
The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood by Richard Blanco
Prom Kings and Drama Queens by Dorian Cirrone
The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady by Elizabeth Stuckey-French
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson #2)
The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay
Shop Till You Drop by Elaine Viets (1st Dead-End Job Mystery)
Solomon vs. Lord by Paul Levine (1st book in series)
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
Sugar Cage by Connie May Fowler
Surface Tension by Christine Kling (1st book in Seychelle Sullivan series)
Swim to Me: A Novel by Betsy Carter
Under a Dark Summer Sky by Vanessa Lafaye (AKA Summertime)
Ten Beach Road by Wendy Wax (1st book in series)
Tight by Alessandra Torre
Trap Line by Carl Hiaasen
Tropical Depression by Laurence Shames
Unwritten by Charles Martin
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
A Wake in Ybor City by José Yglesias
Wekiva Winter by Fredric M. Hitt
Where The Boys Are by Glendon Swarthout
Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller
The Whole Truth by Nancy Pickard (1st book in Marie Lightfoot series)

The Beach


by Jaye Frances

Heartstopper by Joy Fielding

Swamp Story by Dave Barry (fiction)

Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland by Dave Barry

Oh, Florida!: How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country by Craig Pittman.

A Florida State of Mind: An Unnatural History of Our Weirdest State by James D. Wright
(all non-fiction)