Books Set in New Orleans

From A Confederacy of Dunces to Anne Rice's vampires, A Streetcar Named Desire to Walker Percy's Garden District — New Orleans is one of America's richest literary cities.

11 novels mapped, with every real-world location, the history of each place, and what's there today.

All 11 maps set in New Orleans

• A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole locations map
• A Hall of Mirrors by Robert Stone locations map
• A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams locations map
• City of Refuge by Tom Piazza locations map
• Dinner at Antoine's by Frances Parkinson Keyes locations map
• The Awakening by Kate Chopin locations map
• The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke locations map
• The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice locations map
• The Witching Hour by Anne Rice locations map
• The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom locations map
• Why New Orleans Matters by Tom Piazza locations map

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