Louisiana Literary Award Winners

1.
A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating — 63,055 ratings
2.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,783 ratings
3.
Huey Long
Huey Long 4.23 avg rating — 2,111 ratings
4.
Edwin Edwards Governor of Louisiana
Edwin Edwards Governor of Louisiana 3.82 avg rating — 128 ratings
5.
The Sugar Masters: Planters and Slaves in Louisiana's Cane World, 1820--1860
The Sugar Masters: Planters and Slaves in Louisiana's Cane World, 1820--1860 3.77 avg rating — 48 ratings
6.
Africans In Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth-Century
Africans In Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth-Century 4.40 avg rating — 85 ratings
7.
The Thanatos Syndrome
The Thanatos Syndrome 3.54 avg rating — 2,070 ratings
8.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 4.18 avg rating — 14,106 ratings
9.
The Tragedy of Brady Sims
The Tragedy of Brady Sims 3.84 avg rating — 970 ratings
10.
Ain't There No More: Louisiana's Disappearing Coastal Plain (America's Third Coast Series)
Ain't There No More: Louisiana's Disappearing Coastal Plain (America's Third Coast Series) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
11.
Legendary Louisiana Outlaws: The Villains and Heroes of Folk Justice
Legendary Louisiana Outlaws: The Villains and Heroes of Folk Justice 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
12.
Billy Cannon: A Long, Long Run
Billy Cannon: A Long, Long Run 3.99 avg rating — 72 ratings
13.
Bourbon Street: A History
Bourbon Street: A History 4.30 avg rating — 115 ratings
14.
Louisiana Eats!: The People, the Food, and Their Stories
Louisiana Eats!: The People, the Food, and Their Stories 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
15.
A Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation
A Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation 3.60 avg rating — 668 ratings
16.
The Louisiana Populist Movement, 1881-1900
The Louisiana Populist Movement, 1881-1900 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
17.
Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table
Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table 3.96 avg rating — 905 ratings
18.
After the Hunt Lousiana's Authoritative Collection of Wild Game and Game Fish Cookery
After the Hunt Lousiana's Authoritative Collection of Wild Game and Game Fish Cookery 4.59 avg rating — 29 ratings
19.
Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family
Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family 3.75 avg rating — 340 ratings
20.
Inside the Carnival: Unmasking Louisiana Politics
Inside the Carnival: Unmasking Louisiana Politics 4.17 avg rating — 82 ratings
21.
Charting Louisiana: Five Hundred Years of Maps
Charting Louisiana: Five Hundred Years of Maps 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
22.
A Troubled Dream: The Promise and Failure of School Desegregation in Louisiana
A Troubled Dream: The Promise and Failure of School Desegregation in Louisiana 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
23.
From Chaos to Continuity: The Evolution of Louisiana's Judicial System, 1712-1862
From Chaos to Continuity: The Evolution of Louisiana's Judicial System, 1712-1862 it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
24.
Marie Adrien Persac: Louisiana Artist
Marie Adrien Persac: Louisiana Artist 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
25.
Louisiana in the Age of Jackson: A Clash of Cultures and Personalities
Louisiana in the Age of Jackson: A Clash of Cultures and Personalities 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
26.
My Louisiana Sky
My Louisiana Sky 3.99 avg rating — 2,819 ratings
27.
Louisiana Buildings, 1720–1940: The Historic American Buildings Survey
Louisiana Buildings, 1720–1940: The Historic American Buildings Survey 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
28.
Madaline: Love and Survival in Antebellum New Orleans
Madaline: Love and Survival in Antebellum New Orleans 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
29.
Race and Democracy: The Civil Rights Struggle in Louisiana, 1915-1972
Race and Democracy: The Civil Rights Struggle in Louisiana, 1915-1972 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
30.
Washington Through a Purple Veil: Memoirs of a Southern Woman
Washington Through a Purple Veil: Memoirs of a Southern Woman 3.76 avg rating — 42 ratings
31.
Flora of Louisiana
Flora of Louisiana it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
32.
The Collected Stories of John William Corrington
The Collected Stories of John William Corrington 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
33.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Louisiana
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Louisiana 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
34.
Judah P. Benjamin: The Jewish Confederate
Judah P. Benjamin: The Jewish Confederate 3.71 avg rating — 58 ratings
35.
Requiem for a Kingfish
Requiem for a Kingfish
by: Ed Reed
3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
36.
Lady's Time
Lady's Time 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
37.
Parnassus on the Mississippi: The Southern Review and the Baton Rouge Literary Community, 1935–1942
Parnassus on the Mississippi: The Southern Review and the Baton Rouge Literary Community, 1935–1942 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
38.
Grace King: A Southern Destiny
Grace King: A Southern Destiny liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
39.
Plantation homes of Louisiana and the Natchez area
Plantation homes of Louisiana and the Natchez area 4.40 avg rating — 30 ratings
40.
Marshland brace: Two Louisiana stories
Marshland brace: Two Louisiana stories 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
41.
Lost New Orleans
Lost New Orleans 3.74 avg rating — 99 ratings
42.
Yankee Autumn in Acadiana : A Narrative of the Great Texas Overland Expedition Through Southwestern Louisiana
Yankee Autumn in Acadiana : A Narrative of the Great Texas Overland Expedition Through Southwestern Louisiana 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
43.
In Search of Buddy Bolden: First Man of Jazz
In Search of Buddy Bolden: First Man of Jazz 3.99 avg rating — 90 ratings
44.
Lancelot
Lancelot 3.72 avg rating — 3,010 ratings
45.
Acadia Parish, Louisiana: A History to 1920
Acadia Parish, Louisiana: A History to 1920 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
46.
Louisiana Reconstructed, 1863--1877
Louisiana Reconstructed, 1863--1877 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
47.
The Mammals of Louisiana and Its Adjacent Waters
The Mammals of Louisiana and Its Adjacent Waters 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
48.
The Bayous (Time-Life American Wilderness Series)
The Bayous (Time-Life American Wilderness Series) 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
49.
Wildflowers of Louisiana and Adjoining States
Wildflowers of Louisiana and Adjoining States really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
50.
They came to Louisiana;: Letters of a Catholic mission, 1854-1882
They came to Louisiana;: Letters of a Catholic mission, 1854-1882 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
51.
New Orleans Jazz: A Family Album
New Orleans Jazz: A Family Album
by: Al Rose
4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
52.
Gayoso: The Life of a Spanish Governor in the Mississippi Valley 1789-1799
Gayoso: The Life of a Spanish Governor in the Mississippi Valley 1789-1799 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
53.
Henry Watkins Allen of Louisiana
Henry Watkins Allen of Louisiana 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
54.
The Civil War in Louisiana
The Civil War in Louisiana 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings
55.
Cajun Sketches: From the Prairies of Southwest Louisiana
Cajun Sketches: From the Prairies of Southwest Louisiana 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings
56.
The Siege of New Orleans
The Siege of New Orleans 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
57.
Rudolph Matas History of Medicine in Louisiana, The
Rudolph Matas History of Medicine in Louisiana, The 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
58.
Louisiana Sugar Plantations During the Civil War
Louisiana Sugar Plantations During the Civil War 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
59.
Huey Long's Louisiana: State Politics, 1920-1952
Huey Long's Louisiana: State Politics, 1920-1952 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
60.
Louisiana Birds
Louisiana Birds it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
61.
Fleur De Lys and Calumet
Fleur De Lys and Calumet 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
62.
The Golden Age of the New Orleans Theater
The Golden Age of the New Orleans Theater 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
63.
The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans
The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans 3.89 avg rating — 80 ratings
64.
Red Bone Woman A novel
Red Bone Woman A novel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
65.
Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children: . . . and Other Streets of New Orleans!
Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children: . . . and Other Streets of New Orleans! 3.80 avg rating — 310 ratings