Recommended Reading

Fiction

The Perez Family (W. W. Norton & Co. Inc.) by Christine Bell -- Cuban immigrants from the Mariel Boat Lift exchange their talents for an immigration deal in Miami.

Miami, It's Murder (Avon) by Edna Buchannan -- Miami's Agatha Christie keeps you in suspense with her reporter protagonist and her life as an investigative crime solver in Miami.

To Have and Have Not (Scribner) by Ernest Hemingway -- One of the many must-reads by Key West's most famous resident.

Naked Came the Manatee (Ballantine Books) by Carl Hiassen -- Thirteen Miami Herald writers contributed to this hilarious story about the discovery of Castro's head.

Killing Mister Watson (Vintage Books USA) by Peter Matthiessen -- A fascinating story about the settlement of the Everglades and the problems that ensued.

Nonfiction

Miami (Vintage) by Joan Didion -- An intriguing compilation of impressions of the Magic City.

Miami, the Magic City (Centennial Press) by Arva Moore Parks -- An authoritative history of the city.

The Everglades: River of Grass (Pineapple Press) by Marjory Stoneman Douglas -- Eco-maniacs will love this personal account of the treasures of Florida's most famous natural resource.