Paranormal in new orleans, louisiana fiction, books with southern romance. As the air grows warm, i find myself listening to her music as she sings of summer in the city and selling butterflies on street corners. Josie moraine is the spirited 17yearold daughter of a brothel prostitute in 1950s new orleans. This is one of the best, more recently published books, set in new orleans. See our list of books both old and new that will take you back to new orleans. Not to mention the many novels of vampire conjurer anne rice. Ive read a confederacy of dunces, and a couple out of james lee burkes dave robichaux series wondering what are locally considered the classic works of literature set in new orleans.
I originally published this post in january 2016 under the title of childrens books about new orleans. When a little girl is kidnapped on sams watch he is haunted by guilt, grief, and ghosts from his own troubled past. Taking place three decades before the civil war, these historical mysteries have just about everything you could want in a new orleans story. In julie smith, temple found a perfect editor for the new orleans volume, for she is one who knows and loves the city and its writers and knows how to bring out the best in both. Mardi gras and new orleans crime fiction today is mardi gras or fat tuesday. Ive expanded my list again to include more new orleans books that might not take place exactly at mardi gras, as well as several ebooks. A benjamin january historical mystery set in new orleans and haiti a benjamin january mystery. Crime fiction canada a database of canadian mystery fiction, movies and television shows. Benjamin january investigates the murder of a mysterious englishman in this absorbing new orleansset mystery. James salliss lew griffin series is all new orleans humidity and long, hot, steamy nights. New orleans is a city on the mississippi river, nicknamed as the big easy and known for its round the clock life. Whether its tassels, banners, masks, or beads, louisiana is getting ready for the biggest holiday of the year. One of the longestrunning series set in new orleans is the benjamin january mystery series by barbara hambley. An africanamerican pi griffin drifts through the big easythe gothic cemeteries, cheap motels and barsseemingly with no plan beyond the next page.
Pages in category novels set in new orleans the following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. The 30 best new books of summer 2020 new beach reads 2020. The author of groove interrupted transports us to the world of fats domino and professor longhair, and tells us how and where to sample the citys unique music culture. Best romantic suspense novels set in new orleans 6. Novels set in new orleans new orleans forum tripadvisor. New orleans noir explores the dark corners of our city in eighteen stories, set both pre and postkatrina. I also love the sentinels of new orleans and there are many other books that i have read set there.
A reading list for new orleans by karen ginman, chatham square library june 17, 2011 regina spektors music, summer nights, and nyc are intertwined inside of me. New orleans photo by robson hatsukami morgan on unsplash. Order them on amazon, visit one of our incredible local bookstores, and call up your book club. Check out the best books about new orleans, the best novels set in new orleans, learn what famous authors have passed through town. Speculative fiction set in a dystopian world uk and south africa. Well, most of anne rices books are set in new orleans if you can stand them i loved em as a kid, but cant tell you if theyve held up. Great books set in new orleans new orleans message. Awardwinning writer tom piazza explains his fascination with new orleans. New orleans is the latest destination in our five great books set in series. The original post included tips about teaching kids about mardi gras and four book recommendations for books set in new orleans.
The best books on the music of new orleans five books. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading murder in july. For more information and updates about how new orleans is addressing the covid19 outbreak including restaurants that are currently open for takeout and delivery. Most of the books below are lesser known, but each, whether fiction or fact, offers. The best mysteries set in new orleans criminal element. Local fiction octavia books new orleans, louisiana.
Historical mystery set in new orleans a benjamin january mystery book 15 kindle edition by hambly, barbara. Krists book reads like fiction as any good recounting of new orleans history should. While it deals with many things associated with the city, it does not trade on the tropes. Five great books set in new orleans blog tripfiction. At a rare light point in the story, robicheauxs expartner clete purcel chews through a dozen hot beignets, sniffs the crawfish in the air, and contentedly thinks to himself, new orleans would always be new orleans.
The first two books in the series the long legged fly 1992 and moth 1993 are almost streamofconsciousness. As part of my research when going to a new place, i like to read some novels set there to kind of get. Paranormal in new orleans, louisiana fiction, books with southern romance, best historical novels about new orleans, historical fiction and. Five new orleans nonfiction books to read right now if youre a history lover the world that made new orleans by. For more than thirty years, the historic new orleans collection has been publishing books about the city and the gulf south as part of our mission to promote the study and preservation of our regions history and culture. Best contemporary romance novels set in new orleans. See more ideas about new orleans, mystery and books. He recommends the five books that best represent the history and culture of the city pre and postkatrina. A masterful novel set in 1920s louisiana, the missing is the story of sam simoneaux, a floorwalker at a new orleans department store. The best books on the music of new orleans recommended by keith spera. The great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed america, set the stage for that disaster with its history of flood.
Have a trip booked for february and figured i would get in the spirit by reading books set in new orleans. This article in an ongoing effort to list the books, movies, television shows, and comics that are set or filmed, in whole or part, in new orleans. I love books set in new orleans, i think it started for me with anne rices vampire chronicles and mayfair witches and my love has grown from there. Im currently reading a book called phantom evil by heather graham thats set in new orleans its supposed to have heavy romantic elements, i know not everyone likes that. Other mystery authors who set novels in new orleans. The gilda stories is speculative fiction that takes place over 200 years in a variety of. And hey, why not get some fried food into your belly while you read. New orleans is luring josie deeper in as she searches for the truth, and temptation beckons at every turn. The best books on new orleans recommended by tom piazza. A debut novelists elegy for postkatrina new orleans.
Novels set in new orleans fodors travel talk forums. See more ideas about childrens books, books and new orleans louisiana. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Ya and middle grade novels out of the easy by ruta sepetys. When british spymaster sir john oldmixton offers benjamin january a hundred dollars to find the murderer of an englishman whose body has been found floating in the new basin canal, benjamin turns him down immediately. A reading list for new orleans the new york public library. Mysteries set in australia and new zealand this list is by readers advice.
I read just about everything from and about new orleans i can get my hands on, mostly crime fiction and noir, mostly of the brooding, wandering, philosophizing variety, because if theres one thing i know about characters from new orleans its that they have strong opinions about life and how it should be lived and savored. United states novels set in new orleans when we were in savannah we read midnight in the garden of good and evil and it really enhanced our trip. Check out the best books about new orleans, the best novels set in new orleans, learn what famous authors have passed through town, where to. Historical mystery set in new orleans a benjamin january mystery book 15.
Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Burkes books are usually steeped in the pungent atmosphere of the city, and this ones no different. Four years after hurricane katrina, dan baum, the author of nine lives, picks the best books on new orleans. Set in the late 19th century on grand isle, off the coast of louisiana and in the city of new orleans, kate chopins the awakening is a bold piece of fiction that. Here are 10 books set in louisiana to read in the spirit of mardi gras.