As some of you may know, Florida has a lot of these: State bird, state mammal, state fish, state soil, state rock, state sand, state tree …

But here’s one we don’t have: A State Book. A Massachusetts legislator wanted to nominate “Moby Dick” as State Book but ran into opposition (what about Little Women or some of the other classics?), so he settled for State Epic Novel instead.

So if Florida had a State Book, what should it be? The Yearling? Something by Hiassen? Or what?

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