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The Ten Best Florida Novels


The Ten Best Florida Novels: Freaks, Pioneers, Retirees, Hurricanes

Here are 10 books set in Florida that represent us way better than a second-tier self-derided Hemingway book written "for the money."

Best Books Set in or About Florida - Goodreads

Best Books Set In Or About Florida ; 1. Their Eyes Were Watching God · Zora Neale Hurston · 3.98 ; 2. Because of Winn-Dixie · Kate DiCamillo · 4.09 ; 3. A Land ...

Ten Great Books set in FLORIDA Blog - TripFiction

We have over 110 books set in the State. Have we missed an obvious choice? Please let us know in the comments below!

10 Must-Read Books Set In Florida - Reddit

I'd add: A Land Remembered. The book follows three generations of Floridians. One of the few books I read in school that I really enjoyed.

24 Books Every Floridian Should Read - Flamingo Magazine

NONFICTION · CAT TALE: THE WILD, WEIRD BATTLE TO SAVE THE FLORIDA PANTHER BY CRAIG PITTMAN · THE EVERGLADES: RIVER OF GRASS BY MARJORY STONEMAN ...

Essential Florida Books - FloWriter.net

A Land Remembered is widely recognized as great Florida fiction, has been listed as the Best Florida Book by Florida Monthly Magazine ten times, and has ...

Best Florida books—How many have you read recently?

Travels, William Bartram, 1791 · Palmetto-Leaves, Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1873 · Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston, 1937 · The Yearling, Marjorie ...

The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Florida

This novel follows the life of Janie Crawford, a young African-American woman, in the early 20th century. She embarks on a journey through three marriages ...

Florida Fiction - Palm Beach County Library System | BiblioCommons

Their Eyes Were Watching God. by Hurston, Zora Neale ; A Land Remembered. by Smith, Patrick D. ; Stormy Weather. by Hiaasen, Carl ; Naked Came the ...

37 Great Books Set in + About Florida - Flying Off The Bookshelf

Novels Set in Florida · Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston · Florida by Lauren Groff · The Dream Life of Astronauts by Patrick Ryan.

17 recommended reads for those traveling to Florida

Marias song by Eugenia Price Historical fiction. Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen Turn of the century True Crime. Tourist Season Carl Hassan ...

Most influential Florida novels | Floridians - LibraryThing

Shadow Country or one piece of the trilogy should top the list with A Land Remembered, Alas Babylon, Their Eyes were Watching God following closely. Carl ...

Top 10 books every Floridian should read - Ace Atkins

Hall, Randy Wayne White, Tim Dorsey, Edna Buchanan, James Swain and many more. You might have read recent Florida books by St. Petersburg Times ...

19 Books Set In Florida To Spark Your Wanderlust

Widely considered one of the most historical fiction books about Florida, A Land Remembered follows the lives of three generations of the ...

Florida Reading Challenge: 32 Books Based in Florida

1. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston · 2. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · 3. Swamplandia! · 4. A Land Remembered by ...

Florida Based Books For Both Sunshine State Newbies and Old ...

Florida's Edna Ferber style epic novel, to me, is A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith. It captures the story of Florida as part of the great ...

Learn About Florida: Recommended Reading - Boca Grande ...

Dorsey, Tim, Florida Roadkill, or any of the 22 novels that follows in the series that features Serge Storms. They all take you to weird Florida with a ...

27 of the best Florida books to cozy up with this winter | Tampa

A nearly 600-page bible with a puffy, pale-almost-pastel-pink cover that's almost soft enough to sleep on after the second bottle of wine you ...

10 Great Works of Literature about Florida - Flung Magazine

If you're heading to Florida, here are 10 all-time-best books about the state that will help you better appreciate the visit.

The Great, Always Bizarre Florida Crime Fiction Tradition

What other state has produced so many good novels about crime and corruption? ; The Deep Blue Good-by by John D. MacDonald ; Skink No Surrender by ...