
Author guide
Carl Hiaasen Books in Order
Carl Hiaasen is an American journalist, columnist, and author born and raised in Florida. He worked for the Miami Herald as an investigative reporter and columnist while developing a career as a novelist. His adult fiction combines crime, satire, environmental concerns, and dark humor, usually in vividly portrayed Florida settings. He also wrote novels for young readers, including Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp, Skink—No Surrender, Squirm, and Wrecker; nonfiction books; and collections of his Miami Herald columns. His first three novels were co-written with Bill Montalbano.
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Tourist Season
The first Carl Hiaasen solo novel and a strong introduction to his Florida-set satirical crime fiction.

Hoot
A widely accessible entry point to his fiction for young readers.

Bad Monkey
A self-contained later novel that introduces the Andrew Yancy series.
Read in order
Books by series
character series · ongoing
Skink
A series featuring the eccentric former Florida governor Clinton Tyree, known as Skink, across adult novels and a young-adult novel.
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Double WhammyAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 1987
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Native TongueAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 1991
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Stormy WeatherAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 1995
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Sick PuppyAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2000
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Skinny DipAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2004
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Star IslandAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2010
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Skink—No SurrenderAmazon ↗Book 7 · young-adult-novel · 2014
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (14)
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Powder BurnAmazon ↗novel · 1981
- Trap LineAmazon ↗
novel · 1982
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A Death in ChinaAmazon ↗novel · 1984
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Tourist SeasonAmazon ↗novel · 1986
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Skin TightAmazon ↗novel · 1989
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Strip TeaseAmazon ↗novel · 1993
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Lucky YouAmazon ↗novel · 1997
- Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the WorldAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1998
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Basket CaseAmazon ↗novel · 2002
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Nature GirlAmazon ↗novel · 2006
- The Edible ExileAmazon ↗
novella · 2014
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Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never HearAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2018
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Squeeze MeAmazon ↗novel · 2020
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Fever BeachAmazon ↗novel · 2025
Nonfiction (1)
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The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous SportAmazon ↗memoir · 2008