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Zeitoun add to list VERY VERY good

Great idea, Julie (just got a copy myself). Have added it and for some reason the book dropped into the lineup at #41. If you vote on it, it'll move up the list.
Tom

I added Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?. It's a great collection of stories. It includes 2 suggested story orders: a sequential one, and one reflecting the different recordings of the famous song.

Just added Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table
by Sara Roahen. One of the most fun and interesting reads about the city in a long time (especially if you enjoy eating there!).

midnight in the garden of good and evil takes place in Savannah, NOT New Orleans.

I would add Gumbo Ya Ya, WPA-collected folklore edited by Lyle Saxon, Robert Tallent, and Edward Dreyer. Five stars.

How about Five days at Memorial? I haven't read it, but I want to.

Wandering Ghost? Ladfadio Hearn was from New Orleans...

Rising Tide by John Barry.

Bobbi wrote: "I would add Gumbo Ya Ya, WPA-collected folklore edited by Lyle Saxon, Robert Tallent, and Edward Dreyer. Five stars."

good call. i think this is required reading for most new orleanians. i have owned a copy, but i've never read it.

Michelle wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "I would add Gumbo Ya Ya, WPA-collected folklore edited by Lyle Saxon, Robert Tallent, and Edward Dreyer. Five stars."

good call. i think this is required reading for most new orlean..."
Excellent chapter on the Axeman's Jazz. (I can't read it after dark.)

Some of these titles are somewhat down the list, which is what happens if only one person has added a book recently, registering a single "vote," or if the book hasn't attracted support it might well deserve. Be sure to check out the entire list!

Tom wrote: "Some of these titles are somewhat down the list, which is what happens if only one person has added a book recently, registering a single "vote," or if the book hasn't attracted support it might we..."

Good point. But I think a Goodreads list is a work in progress. I don't remember, but my suggestions may have been added after I made them. So it looks like I didn't read the whole list!

Right, it's a work in progress. New books will first appear at the end, but may rise in the ranking over time. Btw thanks for the reminder about Five Days at Memorial!

George Washington Cable - The Grandissimes; Old Creole Days
Charles W. Chesnutt - Paul Marchand, FMC
William Faulkner - Mosquitoes; New Orleans Sketches; Absalom, Absalom!; Pylon
Lyle Saxon - Fabulous New Orleans
Gary Boulard - Huey Long Invades New Orleans
John Howard Griffin - Black Like Me
Lafcadio Hearn - Inventing New Orleans
William Wells Brown - The Narrative of William Wells Brown
William Spralting - Sherwood Anderson and Other Famous Creoles
Ida Wells - Mob Rule in New Orleans
Grace King - Balcony Stories
Alice Dunbar-Nelson - Violets and Other Tales
Lillian Hellman - Toys in the Attic
Zora Neale Hurston - Mules and Men
Lawrence N. Powell - Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans
Nelson Algren - Walk on the Wild Side

Love your website. I'm wondering if I should be listed here. I have 2 books published, both set in New Orleans. In one, Between Extremities, I was named a Louisiana Author of Note, by an Irene Singletary of Morgana Press in New Orleans.
The second was first published in print under the title: Foreclosure (by Stargazer Press). I made a few changes in this book, retitled it Hot Blooded Murder and had a new cover designed. It is available under this title at amazon and most other book websites as an ebook. Jacqueline D'Acre

Hi Jacqueline. I've reached the limit of how many books I can add without deleting others first, but people can and have been adding books to the list on their own. By all means feel free to add your work or have a friend do it. I've noticed other writers doing it, so you deserve props for coming forward to ask first! Good luck with your books - I'll check them out.

Hi Tom--Thanks for responding. I will list my books but I can't figure out how to do it. Can you guide me? I'd sure appreciate it! Jackie

Jacqueline wrote: "Hi Tom--Thanks for responding. I will list my books but I can't figure out how to do it. Can you guide me? I'd sure appreciate it! Jackie"

Sure - there's an "Add Books to List" caption at the top of the page, a little to the right of the #1 entry (Confederacy). If you click on that, I think it'll ask what book you want to add. Follow the search prompt and when your book's Goodreads icon pops up, you should be able to add by clicking on it.

I can't get this to work! The book is Between Extremities and here's one review: A customer
4.0 out of 5 starsA very entertaining book.
July 6, 1998 - Published on Amazon.com
I join with my fellow Louisianians in giving this book a good review. The characters were very well developed. At times, the writing reminded me of John Kennedy Toole, who wrote A Confederacy of Dunces, which is also set in New Orleans. I enjoy a book most when I find myself either really liking or really disliking the characters. Such was the case with this book, especially regarding the son, Saunders. You folks who live outside of Louisiana will enjoy it as well. I hope you will give it a try.