New Orleans History and Culture
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Taste of Tremé: Creole, Cajun, and Soul Food from New Orleans' Famous Neighborhood of Jazz 4.37 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Creating the Big Easy: New Orleans and the Emergence of Modern Tourism, 1918-1945 3.62 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Spirit World: Pattern in the Expressive Folk Culture of New Orleans
by:
Michael P. Smith
4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings 5. 
The Fight for Home: How (Parts of) New Orleans Came Back
by:
Daniel Wolff
3.87 avg rating — 55 ratings 
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Development Drowned and Reborn: The Blues and Bourbon Restorations in Post-Katrina New Orleans
by:
Clyde Woods
4.55 avg rating — 29 ratings 10. 
The Inevitable City: The Resurgence of New Orleans and the Future of Urban America
by:
Scott Cowen
3.33 avg rating — 114 ratings 11. 
The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square
by:
Ned Sublette
4.01 avg rating — 1,580 ratings 12. 
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Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red Light District
by:
Al Rose
4.18 avg rating — 275 ratings 14. 
Spirits of New Orleans: Voodoo Curses, Vampire Legends and Cities of the Dead
by:
Kala Ambrose
3.97 avg rating — 206 ratings 
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The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
by:
Douglas Brinkley
4.17 avg rating — 3,064 ratings 18. 
Creole City: A Chronicle of Early American New Orleans
by:
Nathalie Dessens
4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings 19. 
A Trumpet around the Corner: The Story of New Orleans Jazz (American Made Music Series)
by:
Samuel Charters
3.76 avg rating — 49 ratings 20. 
Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
by:
Gary Krist
3.73 avg rating — 4,473 ratings 21. 
Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans: The Life and Times of Henry Louis Rey
by:
Melissa Daggett
3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings 22. 
City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300
by:
Jason Berry
3.66 avg rating — 90 ratings 23. 
A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau 3.70 avg rating — 375 ratings
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
by:
Sheri Fink
3.93 avg rating — 39,335 ratings 24. 
Smoke in the Cypress: A Napoleonic Officer in New Orleans
by:
Owen Pataki
4.44 avg rating — 25 ratings 26. 
Desire and Disaster in New Orleans: Tourism, Race, and Historical Memory 4.19 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans
by:
Matt Sakakeeny
4.23 avg rating — 64 ratings 29. 
City Eats: New Orleans—50 Recipes from the Best of Crescent City
by:
Beth D’Addono
4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings 
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Heart Like Water: Surviving Katrina and Life in Its Disaster Zone
by:
Joshua Clark
3.52 avg rating — 107 ratings 
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The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory
by:
Robert V. Remini
3.85 avg rating — 732 ratings 34. 
The Southern Po' Boy Cookbook: Mouthwatering Sandwich Recipes from the Heart of New Orleans 4.31 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The New Orleans of George Washington Cable: The 1887 Census Office Report 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Fear Dat New Orleans: A Guide to the Voodoo, Vampires, Graveyards & Ghosts of the Crescent City
by:
Michael Murphy
3.93 avg rating — 201 ratings 
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Witch Queens, Voodoo Spirits, and Hoodoo Saints: A Guide to Magical New Orleans
by:
Denise Alvarado
3.90 avg rating — 278 ratings 
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Building the Land of Dreams : New Orleans and the Transformation of Early America 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City
by:
Jed Horne
3.89 avg rating — 622 ratings 48. 
The Photojournalism of Del Hall: New Orleans and Beyond, 1950s–2000s 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Picturing Black New Orleans: A Creole Photographer's View of the Early Twentieth Century
by:
Arthe A. Anthony
4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings 52. 
Bellocq: Photographs from Storyville, the Red-Light District of New Orleans
by:
John Szarkowski
4.35 avg rating — 170 ratings 
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Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color
by:
Sybil Kein
4.29 avg rating — 95 ratings 56. 
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers)
by:
Don Brown
4.04 avg rating — 9,073 ratings 58. 
Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans
by:
Dan Baum
4.22 avg rating — 5,190 ratings 58. 
Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans--Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild
by:
Greg Palast
4.05 avg rating — 1,063 ratings 60. 
In Exile: The History and Lore Surrounding New Orleans Gay Culture and Its Oldest Gay Bar
by:
Frank Pérez
4.15 avg rating — 48 ratings 
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Spectacular Wickedness: Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans 3.80 avg rating — 109 ratings
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The Great Southern Babylon: Sex, Race, and Respectability in New Orleans, 1865-1920
by:
Alecia P. Long
3.76 avg rating — 51 ratings 65. 
Creole New Orleans: Race and Americanization
by:
Joseph Logsdon
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 64 ratings 65. 
New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City
by:
Andrei Codrescu
3.95 avg rating — 859 ratings 67. 
Black Rage in New Orleans: Police Brutality and African American Activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina
by:
Leonard N. Moore
4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings 67. 
New Atlantis: Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans
by:
John Swenson
4.27 avg rating — 44 ratings 69. 
Louisiana's Sacred Places: Churches, Cemeteries and Voodoo
by:
Deborah Burst
4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings 70. 
Aftermath: Corruption and Intrigue in Post-Katrina New Orleans
by:
Charles Williams
4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings 
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Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster 3.90 avg rating — 701 ratings
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The Soul of New Orleans: A Legacy of Rhythm and Blues
by:
Jeffery Hannusch
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings 74. 
Cemeteries Of New Orleans: A Journey Through The Cities Of The Dead
by:
Jan Arrigo
4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings 74. 
Murder in New Orleans: The Creation of Jim Crow Policing
by:
Jeffrey S Adler
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings 76. 
Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security
by:
Robert Block
4.21 avg rating — 160 ratings 77. 
Freedom's Dance: Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs in New Orleans
by:
Karen Celestan
4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings 78. 
Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of the Night Tripper really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 326 ratings
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Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II
by:
Jason Berry
4.22 avg rating — 41 ratings 
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Very New Orleans: A Celebration of History, Culture, and Cajun Country Charm 4.16 avg rating — 269 ratings
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Obituary Cocktail: The Great Saloons of New Orleans
by:
Kerri McCaffety
4.41 avg rating — 63 ratings 85. 
The Trouble with City Planning: What New Orleans Can Teach Us
by:
Kristina Ford
3.53 avg rating — 34 ratings 86. 
The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--the Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist
by:
Ivor van Heerden
3.80 avg rating — 166 ratings 87. 
Madame Vieux Carré: The French Quarter in the Twentieth Century
by:
Scott S. Ellis
3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings 88. 
You Are Where You Eat: Stories and Recipes from the Neighborhoods of New Orleans
by:
Elsa Hahne
4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings 
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New Orleans after the Civil War: Race, Politics, and a New Birth of Freedom 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of the Slave Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans
by:
John Bailey
3.73 avg rating — 2,173 ratings 
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Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz"
by:
Alan Lomax
4.13 avg rating — 141 ratings 95. 
The Boswell Legacy: The Story of the Boswell Sisters of New Orleans and the New Music They Gave to the World
by:
Kyla Titus
3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings 95. 
Unfinished Blues: Memories of a New Orleans Music Man (Louisiana Artists Biography Series)
by:
Harold Battiste
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings 
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Groove Interrupted: Loss, Renewal, and the Music of New Orleans
by:
Keith Spera
4.09 avg rating — 95 ratings 99. 
Huey Long Invades New Orleans: The Siege of a City, 1934-36
by:
Garry Boulard
3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings 