The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Florida

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
68 Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston 1937 American English
914 The Yearling Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 1938 American English
1001 Red Dragon Thomas Harris 1981 American English
1157 Twice-Told Tales Nathaniel Hawthorne 1837 American English
1204 Nickel And Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich 2001 American English
1536 Rubyfruit Jungle Rita Mae Brown 1973 American English
1697 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields 1993 Canadian English
1783 A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers 2000 American English
2752 Dust Tracks on a Road Zora Neale Hurston 1942 American English
2806 Fates and Furies Lauren Groff 2015 American English
2931 Tourist Season Carl Hiaasen 1986 American English
3058 LaBrava Elmore Leonard 1983 American English
3310 Cross Creek Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 1942 American English
3444 The Kandy Kolored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby Tom Wolfe 1965 American English
3617 The Right Stuff Tom Wolfe 1979 American English
4116 Why Did I Ever? Mary Robison 2001 American English
4384 Flowers in the Attic V. C. Andrews 1979 American English
4589 The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead 2019 American English
4899 The Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt 1899 American English
5118 Swamplandia! Karen Russell 2011 American English
5330 Grant Ron Chernow 2017 American English
6279 Primary Colors Unknown 1996 American English
6735 The Deep Blue Good By John D. MacDonald 1964 American English
6737 Political Fictions Joan Didion 2001 American English
6737 The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup Susan Orlean 2001 American English
6806 America Jean Baudrillard 1986 French French
6843 The Big Short Michael M. Lewis 2010 American English
7169 The Everglades Marjory Stoneman Douglas 1947 American English
7841 Stick Elmore Leonard 1983 American English
8003 The Dreadful Lemon Sky John D. MacDonald 1974 American English
8196 The Living Beach Silver Donald Cameron 1998 Canadian English
8377 Belong To Me Shayla Black 2011 American English
8383 Guard of Honor James Gould Cozzens 1948 American English
8466 Griftopia Matt Taibbi 2010 American English
8527 Ten Tiny Breaths K.A. Tucker 2012 Canadian English
9192 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9326 The Hacker Crackdown Bruce Sterling 1992 American English
9523 Oranges John McPhee 1967 American English
10372 Complete Poems James Weldon Johnson 2000 American English
10636 Collected Stories Constance Fenimore Woolson American English
10695 The Faraway World Patricia Engel 2023 American English
10751 The Moor's Account Laila Lalami 2014 American English
10875 Darkly Dreaming Dexter Jeff Lindsay 2004 American English
10904 Rising Out Of Hatred Eli Saslow 2018 American English
10989 Stop Time Frank Conroy 1967 American English
11140 Devil in the Grove Gilbert King 2012 American English
11482 Ali Jonathan Eig 2017 American English
11515 The Other Slavery Andrés Reséndez 2016 American English
11662 Into The Raging Sea Rachel Slade 2018 American English
11662 The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams 2018 American English
11662 Fly Girls Keith O'Brien 2018 American English
11662 We The Corporations Adam Winkler 2018 American English
12609 Early Fort Myers Alberta C. Barnes Unknown Unknown
12735 Space James A. Michener 1982 American English
12825 Witchcraft For Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix 2025 Unknown English
13362 A Perfect Day For Bananafish J. D. Salinger 1948 American English
13513 The Norton Anthology Of Latino Literature Ilan Stavans 2005 Multiple English
13567 The Woman Who Lost Her Soul Bob Shacochis 2013 American English
13886 American Voyeur Benoit Denizet-Lewis 2009 American English
13971 Citrus County John Brandon 2010 American English
13971 Star Island Carl Hiaasen 2010 American English
14078 Ordinary Girls Jaquira Díaz 2019 American English
14120 They Flew Carlos Eire 2023 Unknown English
14190 Alas, Babylon Pat Frank 1959 American English
14232 Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman, Lenny Henry, Mónica Faerna 2005 British English
14348 Shadow Country Peter Matthiessen 2008 American English
14589 Two Truths And A Lie Ellen McGarrahan 2021 Unknown English
14622 Mark Twain, A Biography Albert Bigelow Paine 1912 American English
14667 Sacred Hunger Barry Unsworth 1992 British English
14985 Double Whammy Carl Hiaasen 1987 American English
14985 Paper Towns John Green 2008 American English
14985 The Sea Of Monsters Rick Riordan 2006 American English
14985 Duma Key Stephen King 2008 American English
14985 Skin Tight Carl Hiaasen 1989 American English
15914 St. Augustine Rebecca West 1933 British English
17159 Mrs. Ted Bliss Stanley Elkin 1995 American English
17159 The Complete Stories Zora Neale Hurston 1995 American English
17159 Anna In The Tropics Nilo Cruz 2003 American English
17159 Almost Astronauts Tanya Lee Stone 2009 American English
17159 Merci Suárez Changes Gears Meg Medina 2018 Mexican-American English
17159 The Game Neil Strauss 2005 American English
17159 Code To Zero Ken Follett 2000 British English
17159 The Brave Gregory Mcdonald 1991 American English
17159 Kalki Gore Vidal 1978 American English
17159 A Patriot's History Of The United States Larry Schweikart 2004 American English
17159 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward 1990 American English
17159 Tripwire Lee Child 1999 British English
17159 The Woman In Me Britney Spears 2023 American English
17159 Three Month Fever Gary Indiana 1999 American English
17159 The Orchid Thief Susan Orlean 1998 American English
17159 Say Hello To My Little Friend Jennine Capó Crucet 2024 Unknown English
17159 State Of Paradise Laura Van den Berg 2024 Unknown English
17159 Skinny Dip Carl Hiaasen 2004 American English
16909 Ninety Two In The Shade Thomas McGuane 1973 American English
17159 Once A Runner John L. Parker Jr. 1978 American English
17159 The Only Plane In The Sky Garrett M. Graff 2019 American English
17159 Florida Lauren Groff 2018 American English
17159 The Great American Bus Ride Irma Kurtz 1993 Unknown English
17159 Refugee Alan Gratz 2017 American English
17159 Haunted Ever After Jen DeLuca 2024 Unknown English
17159 Babe Robert Creamer 1974 American English
17159 Lords Of The Realm John Helyar 1994 American English
16838 Down The Fairway Bobby Jones, O.B. Keeler 1927 American English
17159 The Story Of American Golf Herbert Warren Wind 1975 American English
17159 Muhammad Ali Thomas Hauser 1991 American English
17159 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17159 Blue Skies T. C. Boyle 2023 American English
17159 Native Nations Kathleen DuVal 2024 Unknown English
17159 All Boys Aren’t Blue George Johnson 2020 American English
17159 Hoot Carl Hiaasen 2002 American English
17159 The Angelical Language, Volume I Aaron Leitch 2010 Unknown English
17159 The Green Ripper John D. MacDonald 1979 American English
17159 What I Saw And How I Lied Judy Blundell 2008 American English
17159 Mindhunter John E. Douglas 1995 American English
17159 Dead Street Mickey Spillane 2007 American English
17159 Rosalie Lightning Tom Hart 2016 American English
17159 Of Women And Salt Gabriela Garcia 2021 Unknown English
17159 All We Can Save Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2020 Unknown English
17159 Audience Of One James Poniewozik 2019 American English
17159 King Of The World David Remnick 1998 American English