Best New Orleans Books

100.
The Client
The Client 4.06 avg rating — 458,552 ratings
102.
Coming Through Slaughter
Coming Through Slaughter 3.87 avg rating — 6,860 ratings
102.
The House on Coliseum Street
The House on Coliseum Street 3.69 avg rating — 303 ratings
104.
Almost Innocent
Almost Innocent 4.05 avg rating — 143 ratings
105.
New Orleans Sketches
New Orleans Sketches 3.52 avg rating — 468 ratings
106.
Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate
Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate 4.14 avg rating — 8,954 ratings
106.
Mercy (Buchanan-Renard, #2)
Mercy (Buchanan-Renard, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 22,124 ratings
108.
Black Like Me
Black Like Me 4.11 avg rating — 69,184 ratings
109.
The Yellow House
The Yellow House 3.89 avg rating — 25,004 ratings
110.
The Great Divorce
The Great Divorce 3.63 avg rating — 258 ratings
111.
Dixie City Jam (Dave Robicheaux, #7)
Dixie City Jam (Dave Robicheaux, #7) 4.11 avg rating — 7,643 ratings
112.
Dead Water (Benjamin January, #8)
Dead Water (Benjamin January, #8) 4.15 avg rating — 798 ratings
112.
A Walk on the Wild Side
A Walk on the Wild Side 3.92 avg rating — 1,601 ratings
114.
Geographies of New Orleans: Urban Fabrics Before the Storm
Geographies of New Orleans: Urban Fabrics Before the Storm 4.63 avg rating — 35 ratings
115.
Burning Angel (Dave Robicheaux, #8)
Burning Angel (Dave Robicheaux, #8) 4.06 avg rating — 6,778 ratings
116.
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain 3.95 avg rating — 9,279 ratings
117.
The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans
The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans 3.73 avg rating — 2,173 ratings
118.
Creole Belle (Dave Robicheaux, #19)
Creole Belle (Dave Robicheaux, #19) 4.19 avg rating — 8,235 ratings
119.
Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans
Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings
120.
Misisipi
Misisipi 3.48 avg rating — 157 ratings
120.
Taste the Heat (Love and Games, #1)
Taste the Heat (Love and Games, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 1,330 ratings
120.
Rescued By A Kiss (The New Orleans Go Cup Chronicles, #1)
Rescued By A Kiss (The New Orleans Go Cup Chronicles, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 537 ratings
120.
The Infinite
The Infinite 3.65 avg rating — 261 ratings
120.
Fanny Newcomb And the Irish Channel Ripper
Fanny Newcomb And the Irish Channel Ripper 4.43 avg rating — 47 ratings
120.
Yes & I Love You (Say Everything, #1)
Yes & I Love You (Say Everything, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 9,694 ratings
120.
The Seer
The Seer
by: Eva Shaw
3.93 avg rating — 68 ratings
120.
Once on Esplanade: A Cycle Between Two Creole Weddings
Once on Esplanade: A Cycle Between Two Creole Weddings 3.63 avg rating — 30 ratings
128.
The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories
The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,477 ratings
129.
A Good Night for Ghosts (Magic Tree House, #42)
A Good Night for Ghosts (Magic Tree House, #42) 4.08 avg rating — 4,085 ratings
130.
Babylon Rolling
Babylon Rolling 3.54 avg rating — 352 ratings
131.
Plenty Enough Suck to Go Around: A Memoir of Floods, Fires, Parades, and Plywood
Plenty Enough Suck to Go Around: A Memoir of Floods, Fires, Parades, and Plywood 3.76 avg rating — 212 ratings
131.
The Trouble with City Planning: What New Orleans Can Teach Us
The Trouble with City Planning: What New Orleans Can Teach Us 3.53 avg rating — 34 ratings
131.
Doll-baby
Doll-baby 3.95 avg rating — 16,025 ratings
134.
Mardi Gras Indians
Mardi Gras Indians 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings
134.
Historic Photos of New Orleans
Historic Photos of New Orleans 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
134.
New Orleans: The Making of an Urban Landscape (Center Books)
New Orleans: The Making of an Urban Landscape (Center Books) 4.10 avg rating — 49 ratings
134.
Sandrine's Letter to Tomorrow
Sandrine's Letter to Tomorrow really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 136 ratings
134.
Elysian Fields
Elysian Fields 3.76 avg rating — 29 ratings
139.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,913 ratings
140.
Violin
Violin
by: Anne Rice
3.34 avg rating — 19,854 ratings
141.
The Axeman's Jazz
The Axeman's Jazz 3.69 avg rating — 9,590 ratings
142.
Spoiled
Spoiled 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
142.
Killers of a Certain Age (Killers of a Certain Age, #1)
Killers of a Certain Age (Killers of a Certain Age, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 112,210 ratings
144.
Huey Long
Huey Long 4.23 avg rating — 2,111 ratings
145.
Fabulous New Orleans
Fabulous New Orleans 4.23 avg rating — 108 ratings
145.
We're Still Here Ya Bastards: How the People of New Orleans Rebuilt Their City
We're Still Here Ya Bastards: How the People of New Orleans Rebuilt Their City 4.02 avg rating — 128 ratings
147.
Creole New Orleans: Race and Americanization
Creole New Orleans: Race and Americanization really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 64 ratings
148.
Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color
Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color 4.29 avg rating — 95 ratings
149.
Keepsake Crimes (A Scrapbooking Mystery, #1)
Keepsake Crimes (A Scrapbooking Mystery, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 3,291 ratings
150.
Mules and Men
Mules and Men 4.10 avg rating — 6,334 ratings
151.
The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld
The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld 3.60 avg rating — 4,804 ratings
151.
Burn (Anna Pigeon, #16)
Burn (Anna Pigeon, #16) 3.68 avg rating — 5,599 ratings
153.
Jitterbug Perfume
Jitterbug Perfume 4.23 avg rating — 79,709 ratings
154.
Lost River (Storyville, #4)
Lost River (Storyville, #4) 3.94 avg rating — 190 ratings
155.
Lives of the Saints
Lives of the Saints 4.16 avg rating — 316 ratings
155.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,020 ratings
157.
Bourbon Street: The Dreams of Aeneas in Dixie
Bourbon Street: The Dreams of Aeneas in Dixie 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
157.
Jass (Storyville, #2)
Jass (Storyville, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 385 ratings
157.
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers)
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers)
by: Don Brown
4.04 avg rating — 9,073 ratings
160.
Sugarcane Academy: How a New Orleans Teacher and His Storm-Struck Students Created a School to Remember
Sugarcane Academy: How a New Orleans Teacher and His Storm-Struck Students Created a School to Remember 3.70 avg rating — 118 ratings
161.
Sold Down the River (Benjamin January, #4)
Sold Down the River (Benjamin January, #4) 4.22 avg rating — 1,299 ratings
162.
Feet on the Street: Rambles Around New Orleans
Feet on the Street: Rambles Around New Orleans 3.36 avg rating — 357 ratings
163.
Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton 4.18 avg rating — 83 ratings
164.
Sergeant Stone, Sentinel of the Crescent City
Sergeant Stone, Sentinel of the Crescent City 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
165.
Madame Vieux Carré: The French Quarter in the Twentieth Century
Madame Vieux Carré: The French Quarter in the Twentieth Century 3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings
166.
Bohemian New Orleans: The Story of the Outsider and Loujon Press
Bohemian New Orleans: The Story of the Outsider and Loujon Press 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings
166.
Saratoga Trunk
Saratoga Trunk 3.72 avg rating — 807 ratings
168.
The Axeman's Jazz (Skip Langdon, #2)
The Axeman's Jazz (Skip Langdon, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 2,585 ratings
169.
The Incomplete, Year-by-Year Selectively Quirky, Prime Facts Edition of the History of The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
The Incomplete, Year-by-Year Selectively Quirky, Prime Facts Edition of the History of The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
170.
The New Orleans of Possibilities
The New Orleans of Possibilities really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
171.
New Orleans By Gaslight
New Orleans By Gaslight 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
172.
The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--the Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist
The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--the Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist 3.80 avg rating — 166 ratings
173.
Shake the Devil Off: A True Story of the Murder that Rocked New Orleans
Shake the Devil Off: A True Story of the Murder that Rocked New Orleans 3.59 avg rating — 1,239 ratings
174.
Creole World: Photographs of New Orleans and the Latin Caribbean Sphere
Creole World: Photographs of New Orleans and the Latin Caribbean Sphere 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
175.
The Great Southern Babylon: Sex, Race, and Respectability in New Orleans, 1865-1920
The Great Southern Babylon: Sex, Race, and Respectability in New Orleans, 1865-1920 3.76 avg rating — 51 ratings
176.
In Search of Buddy Bolden, First Man of Jazz
In Search of Buddy Bolden, First Man of Jazz 3.99 avg rating — 90 ratings
176.
The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life
The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life 3.49 avg rating — 303 ratings
176.
The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans: Updated Edition
The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans: Updated Edition 4.08 avg rating — 85 ratings
179.
Jazz Scrapbook: Bill Russell and Some Highly Musical Friends
Jazz Scrapbook: Bill Russell and Some Highly Musical Friends really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
179.
Island in a Storm: A Rising Sea, a Vanishing Coast, and a Nineteenth-Century Disaster that Warns of a Warmer World
Island in a Storm: A Rising Sea, a Vanishing Coast, and a Nineteenth-Century Disaster that Warns of a Warmer World 3.77 avg rating — 117 ratings
179.
Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and Lily of the West (Bloody Jack, #5)
Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and Lily of the West (Bloody Jack, #5) 4.21 avg rating — 8,959 ratings
179.
Pieces of Eight: A Story of Sex & Love, Trust & Betrayal
Pieces of Eight: A Story of Sex & Love, Trust & Betrayal 3.52 avg rating — 27 ratings
179.
Hey, Joe
Hey, Joe 3.59 avg rating — 103 ratings
179.
French Quarter
French Quarter 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
179.
Subversive Sounds: Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans
Subversive Sounds: Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings
179.
Sacrifice (Nicci Beauvoir #3)
Sacrifice (Nicci Beauvoir #3) 4.22 avg rating — 50 ratings
179.
The Haunted History of New Orleans: Ghosts of the French Quarter
The Haunted History of New Orleans: Ghosts of the French Quarter 3.98 avg rating — 296 ratings
179.
City of Night
City of Night 3.94 avg rating — 4,904 ratings
179.
Carnal Moves
Carnal Moves 3.74 avg rating — 145 ratings
179.
Delicate Devastation (The Endurers, #3)
Delicate Devastation (The Endurers, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 43 ratings
179.
Awakening (The Keeper, #1)
Awakening (The Keeper, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 484 ratings
179.
The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band: More than a Century of a New Orleans Icon
The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band: More than a Century of a New Orleans Icon 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
179.
The Laced Chameleon
The Laced Chameleon 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
179.
The Getaway Girls: A New Orleans Tale of Monsters, Mayhem and Moms
The Getaway Girls: A New Orleans Tale of Monsters, Mayhem and Moms 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings
179.
Dirt Nap Rhapsody
Dirt Nap Rhapsody 4.13 avg rating — 30 ratings
179.
Contra la fuerza del viento (Ciclo de Dreaming Spires #2)
Contra la fuerza del viento (Ciclo de Dreaming Spires #2) 4.34 avg rating — 2,028 ratings
179.
Sergeant Stone, NOPD
Sergeant Stone, NOPD 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
179.
Island Beneath the Sea
Island Beneath the Sea 4.11 avg rating — 45,458 ratings
179.
Tender Obsession
Tender Obsession liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
179.
Southern Christmas: Happy Holidays Y'all
Southern Christmas: Happy Holidays Y'all 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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