The Reading Passport: Books set in Florida
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Millions of people visit Florida every year looking for fun and sun. With the many amusement parks and sandy beaches in the state, this should not be surprising. What maybe many of these visitors don't know is that Clearwater is the city with the highest rate of lightning strikes in the U.S., that Key West has more bars per capita than any other city in the country, that the first suntan lotion was invented in 1944 by a pharmacist in Miami Beach, and that the first ATM machines were installed in Miami to serve rollerbladers. The Sunshine State is worth a visit, both in person and through any of the following books:
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📚 The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead - Historical Fiction
📚 Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen (Shadow Country Trilogy #1-3) - Historical Fiction
📚 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston - Literary Fiction
📚 Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (Dexter #1) - Mystery/Thriller
📚 Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2) - Mystery/Thriller
📚 Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen - Humor
📚 Best State Ever: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland by Dave Barry - Nonfiction/Humor
📚 Paper Towns by Jogn Green - Romance/YA
📚 Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow - Science Fiction
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