The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Louisiana

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
149 All the King's Men Robert Penn Warren 1946 American English
182 The Moviegoer Walker Percy 1961 American English
184 Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852 American English
203 A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole 1980 American English
271 The Awakening Kate Chopin 1899 American English
489 Manon Lescaut Abbe Prevost 1731 French French
599 A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams 1947 American English
661 Interview with the Vampire Anne Rice 1976 American English
2018 The Death Ship B. Traven 1926 German German
2492 A Lesson Before Dying Ernest J. Gaines 1993 American English
2636 An American Marriage Tayari Jones 2018 American English
2732 Lost Souls Poppy Z. Brite 1992 American English
2898 Indigo Beverly Jenkins 1996 American English
3316 City Of Night John Rechy 1963 American English
3324 Cause for Alarm Eric Ambler 1938 British English
3613 The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett 2020 American English
3637 The Jazz Book Joachim-Ernst Berendt 1953 German German
4089 Silk Alessandro Baricco 1996 Italian Italian
4876 The Earl of Louisiana A. J. Liebling 1961 American English
4899 The Foxes Of Harrow Frank Yerby 1946 American English
5098 A Hunger Like No Other Kresley Cole 2006 American English
5306 Lee's Lieutenants Douglas Southall Freeman 1943 American English
5329 Grant Ron Chernow 2017 American English
5460 The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom 2019 American English
5806 Five Days at Memorial Sheri Fink 2013 American English
6004 Pylon William Faulkner 1935 American English
6472 The Neon Rain James Lee Burke 1987 American English
6982 American Prison Shane Bauer 2018 American English
7216 Atala François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand 1801 French French
7859 Phantom Evil Heather Graham Pozzessere 2011 American English
8064 A Paradise Built In Hell Rebecca Solnit 2009 American English
8258 Strangers In Their Own Land Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016 American English
8285 The Other Side Of Desire Daniel Bergner 2009 American English
8382 American War Omar El Akkad 2017 Canadian English
8844 Zeitoun Dave Eggers 2009 American English
9080 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9087 Toys In The Attic Lillian Hellman 1960 American English
9191 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9611 The Tin Roof Blowdown James Lee Burke 2007 American English
10027 How To Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 2018 Unknown English
10195 Rebel Beverly Jenkins 2019 American English
10610 The 272 Rachel L. Swarns 2023 Unknown English
10660 Louisiana Maurice Denuzière 1977 French French
10724 Rampart Street David Fulmer 2006 American English
10770 Huey Long T. Harry Williams 1969 American English
11453 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler 1992 American English
11651 American Musicians Ii Whitney Balliett 1996 American English
11661 Brown Kevin Young 2018 American English
12248 Sister Citizen Melissa Harris-Perry 2011 American English
12490 They Bloom At Night Trang Thanh Tran 2025 Unknown English
12833 Little Altars Everywhere Rebecca Wells 1992 American English
12964 The Edge Of Water Olufunke Grace Bankole 2025 Nigerian English
13255 Tales From The Haunted South Tiya Miles 2015 Unknown English
13575 The Sound Of The City Charlie Gillett 1970 British English
14011 The Life And Times Of Little Richard Charles White 1984 British English
14056 Sweet Soul Music Peter Guralnick 1986 American English
14232 Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward 2023 American English
14232 Under A White Sky Elizabeth Kolbert 2021 American English
14347 Fortune Smiles Adam Johnson 2015 American English
14730 Tragic Magic Wesley Brown 1978 American English
14773 Slippy Mc Gee Marie Conway Oemler 1917 American English
14984 Wild at Heart Barry Gifford 1990 American English
14984 The Freedom Maze Delia Sherman 2011 American English
14984 Property Valerie Martin 2003 American English
14984 The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman Ernest J. Gaines 1971 American English
15564 A Private Cathedral James Lee Burke 2020 American English
15776 Deep Summer Gwen Bristow 1937 American English
15908 La Salle And The Discovery Of The Great West Francis Parkman 1869 American English
16682 Factotum Charles Bukowski 1975 American English
17150 Twelve Bar Blues Patrick Neate 2001 British English
17150 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Rebecca Wells 1996 American English
17150 Delicious Foods James Hannaham 2015 American English
17150 Blood Dazzler Patricia Smith 2008 American English
17150 The Pelican Brief John Grisham 1992 American English
17050 The Slave Dancer Paula Fox 1973 American English
17150 Miss Ravenel's Conversion From Secession To Loyalty John W. DeForest 1867 American English
17150 The Grandissimes, A Story Of Creole Life George Washington Cable 1880 American English
17150 Cadillac Jukebox James Lee Burke 1996 American English
17150 A Patriot's History Of The United States Larry Schweikart 2004 American English
17150 The Witching Hour Anne Rice 1990 American English
17150 Jitterbug Perfume Tom Robbins 1984 American English
17150 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward 1990 American English
17150 Abraham Lincoln Seth Grahame-Smith 2010 American English
17150 Things We Lost To The Water Eric Nguyen 2021 Unknown English
17150 The Boy Tami Hoag 2018 American English
17150 The Woman In Me Britney Spears 2023 American English
17150 North American Lake Monsters Nathan Ballingrud 2013 American English
17150 Galveston Nic Pizzolatto 2010 American English
17150 Black Like Me John Howard Griffin 1961 American English
17150 Empire Of The Summer Moon S.C. Gwynne 2010 American English
17150 The Unthinkable Amanda Ripley 2008 American English
17150 Accordion Crimes Annie Proulx 1996 American English
17150 Everybody's All American Frank Deford 1981 American English
17150 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17150 Native Nations Kathleen DuVal 2024 Unknown English
17150 Sirens & Muses Antonia Angress 2022 Unknown English
17150 All We Can Save Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2020 Unknown English
17150 Robert Penn Warren's All The King's Men Harold Bloom 2000 American English
17150 Klan War Fergus M. Bordewich 2023 Unknown English
17150 Crossings Ben Goldfarb 2023 Unknown English
17150 The 272 Rachel L. Swarns 2023 Unknown English
17150 Go Back And Get It Dionne Ford 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Great Displacement Jake Bittle 2023 Unknown English
17150 Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets I Told You Lucinda Williams 2023 American English
17150 Pentimento Lillian Hellman 1973 American English
17150 November Road Lou Berney 2018 American English
17150 Hot Blooded Lisa Jackson 2001 American English
17150 Lancelot Walker Percy 1977 American English
17150 King And The Dragonflies Kacen Callender 2020 American English
17150 In The Shadow Of Statues Mitch Landrieu 2018 American English
17150 The Complete Fiction Of H.P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft American English
17150 Absolute Fear Lisa Jackson 2007 American English