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Books & Books Miami Reading Lists

October 16, 2020


Explore what makes Miami, Miami at home with a good book!

 

Lately, Miami may not feel like the Miami we know and love but, in honor of CultureFest 305, Books & Books has put together lists of some fiction and non-fiction titles that capture the city we all call home, or casa.

 

Books for Kids:

  • Good Night Florida (Good Night Our World) by Adam Gamble
  • Life of – La Vida de Walter by Patty Rodriguez
  • Vámonos: Havana by Patty Rodriguez
  • Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas by Sandra Neil Wallace
  • Miami! #7 (Recipe for Adventure) by Giada de Laurentiis
  • Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume
  • The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya
  • Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno
  • Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maritza Moulite & Maika Moulite

 

Books for Adults:

  • A Nervous Man Shouldn’t Be Here in the First Place: The Life of Bill Baggs by Amy Paige Condon
  • Black Miami in the Twentieth Century (Florida History and Culture) by Marvin Dunn
  • The Year of Dangerous Days: Riots, Refugees, and Cocaine in Miami 1980 by Nicholas Griffin
  • Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza
  • Shtetl in the Sun: Andy Sweet’s South Beach 1977-1980 by Andy Sweet
  • George Merrick, Son of the South Wind: Visionary Creator of Coral Gables by Arva Moore Parks
  • Miami: City of the Future by TD Allman
  • Miami (Vintage International) by Joan Didion
  • Miami Noir: The Classics (Akashic Noir) edited by Les Standiford
  • Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean by Les Standiford
  • Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami by Roben Farzad
  • The Global Edge: Miami in the Twenty-First Century by Alejandro Porter and Ariel Armony
  • Squeeze Me: A Novel by Carl Hiaasen
  • The Prince of los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood by Richard Blanco
  • Back to Blood: A Novel by Tom Wolfe
  • How to Leave Hialeah (Iowa Short Fiction Award) by Jennine Capo-Crucet
  • Miami Blues (Hoke Moseley Detective Series #1) by Charles Wileford
  • Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy by Carlos Eire
  • 15 Views of Miami edited by Jaquira Diaz
  • Making Good Time: True Stories of How We Do, and Don’t, Get Around in South Florida edited by Lynne Barrett
  • Arquitectonica by Alaistar Gordon
  • Purvis Young by Purvis Young (Artist), Mera Rubell (Introduction by), Juan Valadez (Introduction by), published by Rubell Museum
  • In the Spirit of Miami Beach (Icons) by David Leddick
  • Walls of Change: The Story of the Wynwood Walls by Jessica Goldman

 

Founded in 1982 by Mitchell Kaplan, Books & Books has become one of the most well-respected independent bookstores in the country. It’s a local landmark with an inspiring commitment to a deep and rich selection of great books and author events, fined tuned to the interests and reading habits of its local community. Books & Books has five locations concentrated in Miami, FL, with stores in Key West and in the Cayman Islands.

 


 


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