Andrew Yancy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Bad Monkey |
2013 |
Buy |
| Razor Girl |
2016 |
Buy |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Naked Came the Manatee |
1997 |
Buy |
| Writers on Writing |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2007 |
2007 |
Buy |
Black Lizard Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Death in China |
1984 |
Buy |
| Powder Burn |
1981 |
Buy |
| Trap Line |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Sinners of San Ramon |
1989 |
Buy |
Juvenile Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Hoot |
2002 |
Buy |
| Flush |
2005 |
Buy |
| Scat |
2009 |
Buy |
| Chomp |
2012 |
Buy |
| Squirm |
2018 |
Buy |
| Wrecker |
2023 |
Buy |
Mick Stranahan Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Hardleers |
1989 |
N/A |
| Skin Tight |
1989 |
Buy |
| Skinny Dip |
2004 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Team Rodent : How Disney Devours the World |
1998 |
Buy |
| Kick Ass: Selected Columns of Carl Hiaasen |
1999 |
Buy |
| Paradise Screwed: Selected Columns of Carl Hiaasen |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Downhill Lie / Fairway to Hell |
2008 |
Buy |
| Dance of the Reptiles |
2014 |
Buy |
| Assume the Worst |
2018 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Edible Exile |
2013 |
Buy |
Skink Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Double Whammy |
1987 |
Buy |
| Native Tongue |
1991 |
Buy |
| Stormy Weather |
1995 |
Buy |
| Honds |
2000 |
N/A |
| Sick Puppy |
2000 |
Buy |
| Skinny Dip |
2004 |
Buy |
| Star Island |
2010 |
Buy |
| Skink–No Surrender |
2014 |
Buy |
| Some sites considerSqueeze Meas part of this series, where Skink plays a very small role. |
- |
N/A |
| Squeeze Me |
- |
N/A |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Tourist Season |
1986 |
Buy |
| Strip Tease |
1993 |
Buy |
| Lucky You |
1997 |
Buy |
| Basket Case |
2002 |
Buy |
| Nature Girl |
2006 |
Buy |
| Bad Monkey |
2013 |
Buy |
| Razor Girl |
2016 |
Buy |
| Squeeze Me |
2020 |
Buy |
| Fever Beach |
2025 |
Buy |
Carl Hiaasen is an American novelist and journalist who has spent his career writing about Florida, both as a Miami Herald columnist and as the author of darkly comic crime novels. Since his first co-written thrillers in the early 1980s, Hiaasen has published extensively across adult fiction, young adult novels, and non-fiction, all united by his obsessive love for Florida and his fury at those who damage it.
His adult novels feature a rotating cast of eccentric characters fighting against developers, corrupt politicians, and environmental criminals. The recurring character Skink, a former Florida governor who lives in the swamps and wages one-man wars against polluters, appears across ten books. Hiaasen has also written six young adult novels beginning with Hoot (2002), which bring his environmental concerns to younger readers. His non-fiction collections gather his newspaper columns, which are as sharp and funny as his fiction.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Carl Hiaasen written?
Carl Hiaasen has written 44 books across nine series.
What was Carl Hiaasen's first book?
Carl Hiaasen’s first book is Powder Burn, published in 1981.
How does Carl Hiaasen's journalism influence his fiction?
Hiaasen has been a columnist for the Miami Herald for decades, and his journalism about Florida’s environmental destruction, political corruption, and rampant development feeds directly into his novels. Many of his fictional villains are based on the kinds of real-life scammers, developers, and politicians he has covered as a reporter.