✨ The Magic City 

If you’ve spent any time in Miami, you know there’s a certain something in the air (and it’s not just the humidity). Miami has a little bit of everything and something for everyone. There’s the salty breeze and blue waves; the diversity in cuisine, activities and people; and we can’t forget Books & Books! July 28 marks the 126th year since Miami’s founding. Whether you’re a fan of Books & Books from afar or a local customer, here’s some titles for your perusal to learn more about the city Books & Books call home!

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We Suggest…

PRE-ORDERS:

LIFEGUARD TOWERS: MIAMI by Tommy Kwak

THE HISTORY OF MIAMI HIP HOP: THE STORY OF DJ KHALED, PITBULL, DJ CRAZE, AND OTHER CONTRIBUTORS TO SOUTH FLORIDA’S SCENE by John Cordero


AVAILABLE NOW:

IN MIAMI IN THE 1980S: THE VANISHING ARCHITECTURE OF A “PARADISE LOST” by Max Creasy, Kersten Geers and Charlotte Von Moos

GODLIS: MIAMI by David Godlis

THE YEAR OF DANGEROUS DAYS: RIOTS, REFUGEES, AND COCAINE IN MIAMI 1980 by Nicholas Griffin

LONELY PLANET MIAMI & THE KEYS 9 by Anthony Ham, Adam Karlin, Regis St Louis

MIAMI NOIR: THE CLASSICS edited by Les Standiford 

MIAMI COOKS: RECIPES FROM THE CITY’S FAVORITE RESTAURANTS by Sara Liss

DISPOSABLE CITY: MIAMI’S FUTURE ON THE SHORES OF CLIMATE CATASTROPHE by Mario Alejandro Ariza

EVERYTHING INSIDE: STORIES by Edwidge Danticat

LA BRAVA by Elmore Leonard

15 VIEWS OF MIAMI by Jaquira Díaz

THE 500 HIDDEN SECRETS OF MIAMI: UPDATED AND REVISED by Jen Karetnick

MAKING GOOD TIME: TRUE STORIES OF HOW WE DO, AND DON’T, GET AROUND IN SOUTH FLORIDA by Lynne Barrett

WALLPAPER* CITY GUIDE MIAMI by Lisa Petrole

LUXE MIAMI

MIAMI COCKTAILS: AN ELEGANT COLLECTION OF OVER 100 RECIPES INSPIRED BY THE MAGIC CITY by Gabriel Urrutia

HOTEL SCARFACE: WHERE COCAINE COWBOYS PARTIED AND PLOTTED TO CONTROL MIAMI by Roben Farzad

CANDIDS MIAMI by Manny Hernandez

THE GLOBAL EDGE: MIAMI IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY by Alejandro Portes and Ariel C. Armony

MIAMI AT NIGHT by Bill Brothers

WELCOME TO FAIRYLAND: QUEER MIAMI BEFORE 1940 by Julio Capó

CONTINENTAL DRIFT by Russell Banks

TOURIST SEASON by Carl Hiaasen

MIAMI, REAL AND IMAGINED by Hank Klein

ESCAPE TO MIAMI: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE CUBAN RAFTER CRISIS by Elizabeth Campisi

BLACK MIAMI IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by Marvin Dunn

THE PRINCE OF LOS COCUYOS: A MIAMI CHILDHOOD by Richard Blanco

111 PLACES IN MIAMI AND THE KEYS THAT YOU MUST NOT MISS by Gordon Streisand

THE MONOCLE TRAVEL GUIDE TO MIAMI edited by Tyler Brule

MIAMI THEN AND NOW® by Arva Moore Parks and Carolyn Klepser

MIAMI TRANSFORMED: REBUILDING AMERICA ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE CITY AT A TIME by Manny Diaz

MIAMI: CITY OF THE FUTURE by T. D. Allman

LEARNING TO DIE IN MIAMI: CONFESSIONS OF A REFUGEE BOY by Carlos Eire

MIAMI ARCHITECTURE: AN AIA GUIDE FEATURING DOWNTOWN, THE BEACHES, AND COCONUT GROVE by Allan T. Shulman, Randall C. Robinson Jr. and James F. Donnelly

MIAMI CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS by Paul Clemence

MIAMI: THE MAGIC CITY by Seth H. Bramson

MIAMI BLUES by Charles Willeford

LAST TRAIN TO PARADISE: HENRY FLAGLER AND THE SPECTACULAR RISE AND FALL OF THE RAILROAD THAT CROSSED AN OCEAN by Les Standiford  

FLORIDA POEMS by Campbell McGrath

MIAMI by Joan Didion