The Greatest Books of All Time Set in New Orleans

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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
182 The Moviegoer Walker Percy 1961 American English
203 A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole 1980 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
2732 Lost Souls Poppy Z. Brite 1992 American English
2985 The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice 1985 American English
3316 City Of Night John Rechy 1963 American English
3613 The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett 2020 American English
3637 The Jazz Book Joachim-Ernst Berendt 1953 German German
4898 The Foxes Of Harrow Frank Yerby 1946 American English
5097 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
6646 Exquisite Corpse Poppy Z. Brite 1996 American English
7858 Phantom Evil Heather Graham Pozzessere 2011 American English
8063 A Paradise Built In Hell Rebecca Solnit 2009 American English
8284 The Other Side Of Desire Daniel Bergner 2009 American English
8844 Zeitoun Dave Eggers 2009 American English
9080 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9191 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9223 The Passenger Cormac McCarthy 2022 American English
9611 The Tin Roof Blowdown James Lee Burke 2007 American English
10195 Rebel Beverly Jenkins 2019 American English
10610 The 272 Rachel L. Swarns 2023 Unknown English
10723 Rampart Street David Fulmer 2006 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
12963 The Edge Of Water Olufunke Grace Bankole 2025 Nigerian English
13254 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
14984 Property Valerie Martin 2003 American English
15903 La Salle And The Discovery Of The Great West Francis Parkman 1869 American English
16670 Factotum Charles Bukowski 1975 American English
17130 Twelve Bar Blues Patrick Neate 2001 British English
17130 Blood Dazzler Patricia Smith 2008 American English
17130 The Pelican Brief John Grisham 1992 American English
17028 The Slave Dancer Paula Fox 1973 American English
17130 Miss Ravenel's Conversion From Secession To Loyalty John W. DeForest 1867 American English
17130 The Grandissimes, A Story Of Creole Life George Washington Cable 1880 American English
17130 The Witching Hour Anne Rice 1990 American English
17130 Jitterbug Perfume Tom Robbins 1984 American English
17130 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward 1990 American English
17130 Abraham Lincoln Seth Grahame-Smith 2010 American English
17130 Things We Lost To The Water Eric Nguyen 2021 Unknown English
17130 North American Lake Monsters Nathan Ballingrud 2013 American English
17130 Galveston Nic Pizzolatto 2010 American English
17130 Black Like Me John Howard Griffin 1961 American English
17130 The Unthinkable Amanda Ripley 2008 American English
17130 Accordion Crimes Annie Proulx 1996 American English
17130 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17130 Sirens & Muses Antonia Angress 2022 Unknown English
17130 All We Can Save Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2020 Unknown English
17130 The 272 Rachel L. Swarns 2023 Unknown English
17130 Go Back And Get It Dionne Ford 2023 Unknown English
17130 The Great Displacement Jake Bittle 2023 Unknown English
17130 Pentimento Lillian Hellman 1973 American English
17130 November Road Lou Berney 2018 American English
17130 Hot Blooded Lisa Jackson 2001 American English
17130 Lancelot Walker Percy 1977 American English
17130 In The Shadow Of Statues Mitch Landrieu 2018 American English
17130 The Complete Fiction Of H.P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft American English
17130 Absolute Fear Lisa Jackson 2007 American English