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Cathy and Rick discuss their beloved Florida books — along with some they can do without. No matter what you love to read, there's something on this list for every Florida-phile.

Books We Suggest

Fireworks Every Night by Beth Raymer

The Mango Opera by Tom Corcoran

The Travis McGee Series by John D. MacDonald

Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen

Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen

Mostly Dead Things and With Teeth by Kristen Arnett

Sinkhole, by Davida Breier

Florida by Lauren Groff (check out this podcast with her as a guest)

The Florida Keys Skunk Ape Files by Brad Bertelli

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Sunshine State by Sarah Gerard

Lay That Trumpet In Our Hands Susan Carol McCarthy

Islands of Cedars by Shana Smith

Lost in the Everglades by Lucy Salamanca (Also: Lost in the Everglades by Carolyn Keene)

Key West Food Critic Lucy Burdette

Secrets in the Shadows and Darkness at Fairwinds by Marina Malcolm (real name Charlotte Douglas)

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