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Skink Books in Order

by Carl HiaasenMystery, Thriller & Suspense

8 books from Double Whammy (1987) to Squeeze Me (2020). Rated 4.3 across 20,297 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Double Whammy

    Book 1 1987 4.2 (3.8k)

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carl Hiaasen has staked out his own territory in the world of crime fiction. Set in the neon world of south Florida, his New York Times best-selling novels are colored with broad bands of zany humor and…

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  2. Native Tongue

    Book 2 1991 4.2 (1.8k)

    Ex-reporter Joe Winder had been working in the public relations department of a sleazy family entertainment park, The Amazing Kingdom of Thrills, when he chanced upon a news-breaking story inspired by the disappearance of two blue-tongued…

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  3. Stormy Weather

    Book 3 1995 4.3 (2k)

    Maybe ninety percent of the population of Dade County, Florida, have emerged unscathed from the devastating hurricane. It's the other ten percent that are causing the trouble.

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  4. Sick Puppy

    Book 4 1999 4.4 (1.1k)

    When Palmer Stoat notices the black pickup truck following him on the highway, he fears his precious Range Rover is about to be carjacked. But Twilly Spree, the man tailing Stoat, has vengeance, not sport-utility vehicles, on his mind.

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  5. Skinny Dip

    Book 5 2004 4.3 (4.3k)

    Chaz Perrone might be the only marine scientist in the world who doesn’t know which way the Gulf Stream runs. He might also be the only one who went into biology just to make a killing, and now he’s found a way–doctoring water samples so…

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  6. Star Island

    Book 6 2010 3.9 (1.6k)

    A hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane from “Florida’s most entertainingly indignant social critic” (New York Times Book Review) and the bestselling author of Squeeze Me.

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  7. Skink--No Surrender

    Book 7 2014 4.3 (1.2k)

    Richard's cousin is missing, and his best hope of finding her rests with the wily, one-eyed, ex-governor of Florida. Carl Hiaasen introduces his iconic character Skink to a younger audience in this nail-biting adventure! A National Book…

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  8. Squeeze Me

    Book 8 2020 4.4 (4.6k)

    NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER A hilarious novel of social and political intrigue, set against the glittering backdrop of Florida’s gold coast, from the author of Skinny Dip and Razor Girl “If you could use some wild escapism right now,…

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Skink is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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