Miami is known as the “Magic City,” but how did it earn that designation? To learn more about the history of this famous city, browse the titles in our recommended reading list. Step into the local art scene to discover how Miami artists transformed the city into a hub of global artistic exchange. Be transported back in time with Gary Monroe’s photos of South Beach and learn about famed architect Alfred Browning Parker and renowned journalist Jane Wood Reno. Read about the history of African Americans in Miami, and enjoy delicious recipes from the Versailles Restaurant.
Miami's Art Boom
From Local Vision to International Presence
To Tell a Black Story of Miami
The Extraordinary Life of Jane Wood Reno
Miami's Trailblazing Journalist
The Last Resort
Jewish South Beach, 1977–1986
Center of Dreams
Building a World-Class Performing Arts Complex in Miami
Before the Pioneers
Indians, Settlers, Slaves, and the Founding of Miami
The Discipline of Nature
Architect Alfred Browning Parker in Florida
White Sand Black Beach
Civil Rights, Public Space, and Miami's Virginia Key
Black Miami in the Twentieth Century
George Merrick, Son of the South Wind
Visionary Creator of Coral Gables
The Versailles Restaurant Cookbook
Miami for Families
A Vacation Guide for Parents and Kids
Miami, Revised Edition
City of the Future
Miami Architecture
An AIA Guide Featuring Downtown, the Beaches, and Coconut Grove
Digging Miami
Tales from the 5th Street Gym
Ali, the Dundees, and Miami's Golden Age of Boxing
Designing the Good Life
Norman M. Giller and the Development of Miami Modernism
South of the South
Jewish Activists and the Civil Rights Movement in Miami, 1945-1960