Adult Fiction:
TOURIST SEASON (1986)
DOUBLE WHAMMY (1987)
SKIN TIGHT (1989)
NATIVE TONGUative Tongue (1991)
STRIP TEASE (1993)
STORMY WEATHER (1995)
LUCKY YOU (1999)
SICK PUPPY (2000)
BASKET CASE (2002)
SKINNY DIP (2004)
NATURE GIRL (2006)
STAR ISLAND (2010)
BAD MONKEY (2013)

Co-authored with Bill Montalbano:
POWDER BURN (1981)
TRAP LINE (1982)
A DEATH IN CHINA(1984)

Young Adult Fiction:
HOOT (2002)
FLUSH (2005)
SCAT (2009)
CHOMP (2012)
SKINK – NO SURRENDER (2014)

Nonfiction:
TEAM RODENT: How Disney Devours the World (1998)
KICK ASS: Selected Columns of Carl Hiaasen (1999)
PARADISE SCREWED: Selected Columns of Carl Hiaasen (2001)
THE DOWNHILL LIE: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport (2008)
DANCE OF THE REPTILES (2014)