The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 16 books · 1986 to 2020 · Mostly set in Miami

Carl Hiaasen

Crime and mysteryCosy and comicNoir and hardboiled

Carl Hiaasen's comic Florida crime novels skewer developers, crooked politicians and tourists, and many feature Skink, a former state governor living wild in the Everglades.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. The children's novels are left out apart from Skink: No Surrender, written for teenagers.

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Carl Hiaasen books in order

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Skink novels

7 books · Set in FloridaCosy and comicNoir and hardboiled
  1. 1Double Whammy1987With R. J. DeckerBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Native Tongue1991Buy on Amazon
  3. 3Stormy Weather1995Buy on Amazon
  4. 4Sick Puppy2000Buy on Amazon
  5. 5Star Island2010Buy on Amazon
  6. 6Skink: No Surrender2014With SkinkBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Squeeze Me2020Buy on Amazon

Other novels

9 books · Set in MiamiCosy and comicNoir and hardboiled
  1. 1Tourist Season1986Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Skin Tight1989With Mick StranahanBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Strip Tease1993Buy on Amazon
  4. 4Lucky You1997Buy on Amazon
  5. 5Basket Case2002Buy on Amazon
  6. 6Skinny Dip2004Buy on Amazon
  7. 7Nature Girl2006Buy on Amazon
  8. 8Bad Monkey2013With Andrew YancyBuy on Amazon
  9. 9Razor Girl2016With Andrew YancyBuy on Amazon

Characters

6 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Skink and friends