Welcome to the final segment of the Tricentennial Reading List, as Susan Larson discusses books, both on the list and worthy of mention.
Lagniappe List
Katrina Books – Nonfiction
- Voices Rising: Stories from the Katrina Narratives Project, edited by Rebeca Antoine
- The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, by Douglas Brinkley
- Heart Like Water: Surviving Katrina and Life in Its Disaster Zone, by Joshua Clark
- Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City, by Jed Horne
- A Season of Night: New Orleans Life After Katrina, by Ian McNulty
- The Path of Destruction: Hurricane Katrina and the Coming Age of Superstorms, by John McQuaid and Mark Scheifstein
- Year Zero: A Year of Reporting from Post-Katrina New Orleans, by NolaFugees
- The Times Picayune Katrina: The Ruin and Recovery of New Orleans, by The Times-Picayune
- Why New Orleans Matters, by Tom Piazza
- 1 Dead in Attic, by Chris Rose
- The Katrinaville Chronicles: Images and Observations from a New Orleans Photographer, by David Spielman
- The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina: The Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist, by Ivor van Heerden
- The Katrina Papers: A Journal of Trauma and Recovery, by Jerry Ward
Katrina Books – Fiction
- The Floating World, by Morgan Babst
- Jesus Out to Sea and The Tin Roof Blowdown, by James Lee Burke
- Life in the Wake: Fiction from Post-Katrina New Orleans, edited by Joe Longo and Jarret Lofstead
- City of Refuge, by Tom Piazza