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Books mentioned in this topic
Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator (other topics)Dragon Teeth (other topics)
The Essex Serpent (other topics)
Ghosts of the Green Swamp (other topics)
Heat (other topics)
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FICTION:
Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Pet Alligator by Homer Hickman
Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Ghosts of the Green Swamp by Lee Gramling
Heat by Donna Grant
Highfire by Eoin Colfer
In His Majesty's Service by Naomi Novik
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore
The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne
Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard
Million Dollar Road by Amy Conner
Relic by Douglas J. Preston
The Snake, The Crocodile, and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
The Snakes by Sadie Jones
Swamp Thing, Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen
The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir of Lady Trent by Marie Brennan
Trouble in Mudbug by Jena Deleon
You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister
NON-FICTION:
Alligators in B-Flat; Improbable Tales from the Files of Real Florida by Jeff Klinkenberg
Dance of the Reptiles: Rampaging Tourists, Marauding Pythons, Larcenous Legislators, Crazed Celebrities and Tar-Balled Beaches: Selected Columns by Carl Hiaasen
Everglades: America's Wetland by Mac Stone
The Everglades: River of Grass by Marjorie Stoneman Douglas
Florida's Turtles, Lizards, and Crocodilians: A Guide to Their Identification and Habits by R.D. Bartlett
Florida's Unexpected Wildlife: Exotic Species, Living Fossils, and Mythical Beasts in the Sunshine State by Michael Newton
The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers by Bryan Christy
A Naturalist in Florida: A Celebration of Eden by Archie Carr
50 Hikes in Central Florida by Sandra Friend
The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise by Michael Grunwald
YA & KIDS:
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Ultimate Reptileopedia: The Most Complete Reptile Reference Ever by Christina Wilsdon
Deep in the Swamp by Donna M. Bateman
Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book!) By Julie Falatko
Verdi by Janell Cannon