Best New Orleans Books

1.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,763 ratings
2.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,865 ratings
3.
Mina and the Undead (Mina and the Undead, #1)
Mina and the Undead (Mina and the Undead, #1)
by: Amy McCaw
3.84 avg rating — 1,829 ratings
4.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,543 ratings
5.
Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans
Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans
by: Dan Baum
4.22 avg rating — 5,187 ratings
6.
Zeitoun
Zeitoun 4.05 avg rating — 79,608 ratings
7.
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer 3.64 avg rating — 30,278 ratings
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The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.10 avg rating — 122,714 ratings
9.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,807 ratings
10.
L'Immortalite: Madame Lalaurie and the Voodoo Queen
L'Immortalite: Madame Lalaurie and the Voodoo Queen 3.71 avg rating — 262 ratings
11.
The Feast of All Saints
The Feast of All Saints
by: Anne Rice
3.88 avg rating — 18,587 ratings
12.
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast 4.17 avg rating — 3,064 ratings
13.
1 Dead in Attic: Post-Katrina Stories
1 Dead in Attic: Post-Katrina Stories 4.11 avg rating — 3,920 ratings
14.
The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square
The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square 4.01 avg rating — 1,580 ratings
14.
New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City
New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City 3.95 avg rating — 859 ratings
16.
Why New Orleans Matters
Why New Orleans Matters 3.96 avg rating — 1,302 ratings
17.
Purple Cane Road (Dave Robicheaux, #11)
Purple Cane Road (Dave Robicheaux, #11) 4.17 avg rating — 8,725 ratings
18.
A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, #1)
A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 3,540 ratings
19.
Bienville's Dilemma: A Historical Geography of New Orleans
Bienville's Dilemma: A Historical Geography of New Orleans 4.39 avg rating — 205 ratings
20.
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital 3.93 avg rating — 39,324 ratings
21.
The Neon Rain (Dave Robicheaux, #1)
The Neon Rain (Dave Robicheaux, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 27,686 ratings
22.
The Complete Vampire Chronicles (Vampire Chronicles, #1-#4)
The Complete Vampire Chronicles (Vampire Chronicles, #1-#4)
by: Anne Rice
4.40 avg rating — 6,224 ratings
23.
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
24.
New Orleans Noir
New Orleans Noir 3.76 avg rating — 799 ratings
25.
The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld
The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld 3.84 avg rating — 608 ratings
26.
City of Refuge
City of Refuge 4.04 avg rating — 1,142 ratings
27.
Last Car to Elysian Fields (Dave Robicheaux, #13)
Last Car to Elysian Fields (Dave Robicheaux, #13) 4.14 avg rating — 6,421 ratings
28.
A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau
A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau 3.70 avg rating — 375 ratings
29.
Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans 3.73 avg rating — 4,473 ratings
30.
The Thanatos Syndrome
The Thanatos Syndrome 3.54 avg rating — 2,070 ratings
31.
New Orleans Mourning (Skip Langdon, #1)
New Orleans Mourning (Skip Langdon, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 3,778 ratings
32.
Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red Light District
Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red Light District
by: Al Rose
4.18 avg rating — 275 ratings
32.
Gumbo Ya-Ya: Folk Tales of Louisiana
Gumbo Ya-Ya: Folk Tales of Louisiana 3.99 avg rating — 418 ratings
34.
What Went Missing and What Got Found
What Went Missing and What Got Found 4.50 avg rating — 54 ratings
34.
Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva!
Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva! 4.10 avg rating — 403 ratings
36.
Liquor (Rickey and G-Man #2)
Liquor (Rickey and G-Man #2) 3.94 avg rating — 2,774 ratings
37.
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
38.
Rampart Street
Rampart Street 3.88 avg rating — 328 ratings
38.
Bellocq: Photographs from Storyville, the Red-Light District of New Orleans
Bellocq: Photographs from Storyville, the Red-Light District of New Orleans 4.35 avg rating — 170 ratings
40.
Fever Season (Benjamin January, #2)
Fever Season (Benjamin January, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 1,747 ratings
40.
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge 3.83 avg rating — 3,684 ratings
42.
New Orleans City Guide, 1938
New Orleans City Guide, 1938 4.12 avg rating — 34 ratings
43.
Soul Kitchen (Rickey and G-Man, #4)
Soul Kitchen (Rickey and G-Man, #4) 3.98 avg rating — 1,336 ratings
44.
Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of the Night Tripper
Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of the Night Tripper really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 326 ratings
45.
Song for My Fathers: A New Orleans Story in Black and White
Song for My Fathers: A New Orleans Story in Black and White 4.19 avg rating — 162 ratings
46.
Letters from New Orleans
Letters from New Orleans 3.93 avg rating — 245 ratings
47.
Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans
Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans 4.03 avg rating — 912 ratings
48.
The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans
The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans 3.80 avg rating — 666 ratings
49.
The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux, #16)
The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux, #16) 4.19 avg rating — 15,110 ratings
49.
Imogene in New Orleans (Imogene and the Boys #1)
Imogene in New Orleans (Imogene and the Boys #1) 3.34 avg rating — 492 ratings
51.
Merrick (The Vampire Chronicles, #7)
Merrick (The Vampire Chronicles, #7)
by: Anne Rice
3.77 avg rating — 44,760 ratings
52.
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief 4.06 avg rating — 442,614 ratings
53.
Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City
Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City
by: Jed Horne
3.89 avg rating — 622 ratings
54.
Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3)
Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 16,825 ratings
55.
Suddenly Last Summer
Suddenly Last Summer 3.94 avg rating — 7,607 ratings
56.
I Hear You Knockin : The Sound of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues
I Hear You Knockin : The Sound of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues 4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings
57.
Chasing the Devil's Tail (Storyville, #1)
Chasing the Devil's Tail (Storyville, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 934 ratings
58.
Madam: A Novel of New Orleans
Madam: A Novel of New Orleans
by: Cari Lynn
3.73 avg rating — 1,371 ratings
59.
Off Magazine Street
Off Magazine Street 3.72 avg rating — 541 ratings
60.
Lords of Misrule: Mardi Gras and the Politics of Race in New Orleans
Lords of Misrule: Mardi Gras and the Politics of Race in New Orleans 3.72 avg rating — 110 ratings
61.
Hotel
Hotel 4.08 avg rating — 17,632 ratings
62.
Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #2)
Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #2)
by: Anne Rice
3.88 avg rating — 64,931 ratings
62.
The Keepers of the House
The Keepers of the House 4.01 avg rating — 13,373 ratings
64.
Taltos (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #3)
Taltos (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #3)
by: Anne Rice
3.82 avg rating — 56,055 ratings
65.
My New Orleans: The Cookbook (Volume 1) (John Besh)
My New Orleans: The Cookbook (Volume 1) (John Besh)
by: John Besh
4.20 avg rating — 934 ratings
66.
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #1)
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #1)
by: Sara Gran
3.70 avg rating — 11,465 ratings
67.
Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery
Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery 3.88 avg rating — 236 ratings
68.
Complete Novels and Stories
Complete Novels and Stories 4.25 avg rating — 646 ratings
68.
Blackwood Farm (The Vampire Chronicles, #9)
Blackwood Farm (The Vampire Chronicles, #9)
by: Anne Rice
3.89 avg rating — 34,534 ratings
68.
Storyville
Storyville 3.79 avg rating — 742 ratings
71.
Graveyard Dust (Benjamin January, #3)
Graveyard Dust (Benjamin January, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 1,388 ratings
72.
Inventing New Orleans: Writings of Lafcadio Hearn
Inventing New Orleans: Writings of Lafcadio Hearn really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 103 ratings
73.
Rising Tide: the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America
Rising Tide: the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America 4.22 avg rating — 5,752 ratings
74.
Die Upon a Kiss (Benjamin January, #5)
Die Upon a Kiss (Benjamin January, #5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,017 ratings
75.
Wet Grave (Benjamin January, #6)
Wet Grave (Benjamin January, #6) 4.18 avg rating — 957 ratings
76.
A Morning for Flamingos (Dave Robicheaux, #4)
A Morning for Flamingos (Dave Robicheaux, #4) 4.19 avg rating — 8,537 ratings
77.
A Life in Jazz
A Life in Jazz 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings
78.
Madame Lalaurie, Mistress of the Haunted House
Madame Lalaurie, Mistress of the Haunted House 3.60 avg rating — 349 ratings
79.
Dinner at Antoine's
Dinner at Antoine's 3.69 avg rating — 543 ratings
80.
The Sound of Building Coffins
The Sound of Building Coffins 3.93 avg rating — 481 ratings
81.
Old Creole Days
Old Creole Days 3.49 avg rating — 157 ratings
82.
Yellow Jack
Yellow Jack 3.49 avg rating — 486 ratings
83.
Carnival of Fury: Robert Charles and the New Orleans Race Riot of 1900
Carnival of Fury: Robert Charles and the New Orleans Race Riot of 1900 3.92 avg rating — 112 ratings
84.
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas 4.41 avg rating — 640 ratings
85.
Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II
Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II 4.22 avg rating — 41 ratings
86.
Crescent Carnival
Crescent Carnival 3.99 avg rating — 173 ratings
87.
The Commander's Palace: New Orleans Cookbook
The Commander's Palace: New Orleans Cookbook 4.12 avg rating — 64 ratings
88.
Katrina: The Ruin And Recovery of New Orleans
Katrina: The Ruin And Recovery of New Orleans 4.54 avg rating — 48 ratings
88.
Bourbon Street: A History
Bourbon Street: A History 4.30 avg rating — 115 ratings
90.
We Dream of Water
We Dream of Water 4.03 avg rating — 30 ratings
91.
City of Masks (Cree Black, #1)
City of Masks (Cree Black, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 2,203 ratings
91.
The Casquette Girls (The Casquette Girls, #1)
The Casquette Girls (The Casquette Girls, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 4,411 ratings
93.
Very New Orleans: A Celebration of History, Culture, and Cajun Country Charm
Very New Orleans: A Celebration of History, Culture, and Cajun Country Charm 4.16 avg rating — 269 ratings
94.
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? 4.19 avg rating — 226 ratings
95.
Managing Ignatius: The Lunacy of Lucky Dogs and Life in New Orleans
Managing Ignatius: The Lunacy of Lucky Dogs and Life in New Orleans 3.58 avg rating — 263 ratings
96.
Out of the Easy
Out of the Easy 4.03 avg rating — 70,091 ratings
97.
Ruined (Ruined, #1)
Ruined (Ruined, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 13,968 ratings
98.
The Wrecked, Blessed Body of Shelton Lafleur
The Wrecked, Blessed Body of Shelton Lafleur really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 55 ratings
99.
Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes 3.10 avg rating — 1,344 ratings
100.
Obituary Cocktail: The Great Saloons of New Orleans
Obituary Cocktail: The Great Saloons of New Orleans 4.41 avg rating — 63 ratings
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