• Deadly Hall (1971)
• The Ghosts' High Noon (reprint 1990)

  This mystery is set in turn of the century New Orleans, where the politics, love and murder take center stage.

• Papa La-Bas (1969)

  Set in 19th century New Orleans. Senator Judah P. Benjamin and Richard Macrae witness a murder and become surrounded by dark magic and violence.

• [666 plus 666 plus 666 equals 1998]: The Year of the Beast (1996)

  When a U.S. senator turned vice president is assassinated during the Sugar Bowl, the FBI and the Secret Service are drawn to New Orleans to find the people responsible.

• Paul Marchand, F.M.C. (1998)

  Paul Marchand is a Free Man of Color that returns to New Orleans to find himself the benefactor of a will that makes him a rich and powerful man. To claim his inheritance, he must denounce his wife and children.

• The Awakening (1892). Many reprints

  A classic story of a woman's liberation from the restrictions of society. Set in 1890s Louisiana. Edna Pontellier and her children arrive in a Gulf Coast resort town to spend an idyllic summer and a romance sparks an awareness of unfulfillment in Edna.

• The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories (1988)

  A classic story of a woman's liberation from the restrictions of society. Set in 1890s Louisiana. Edna Pontellier and her children arrive in a Gulf Coast resort town to spend an idyllic summer and romance sparks an awareness of unfulfillment in Edna.

• Bayou Folk ; and, A Night in Acadie (1894, repr. 1999)(Penguin classics)

  The first published book by this important writer.

• A Vocation and a Voice : Stories (1991)(Penguin classics)

  Twenty-three of Chopin's short stories, focusing on women's issues.

Claire, Cherie

• A Cajun Dream (1998). Romance fiction with some gambling law included.

• Appointment in New Orleans ().

• All I Have Is Blue (1992)

  A New Orleans cop, Skinny, rescues a boy from drowning and no sooner has the boy been returned to his aunt, that his aunt is shot dead. Skinny becomes involved in the situation.

• No Special Hurry (1988)

  The author's second book. Set in New Orleans.

• Profit and Sheen (1986)

  The first book by the author. Set in New Orleans.

• Skinny Man (1991)

  Author's third book. New Orleans setting.

• Blood and Thunder: A Nathan Heller Novel (1995)

  Nate Heller is a personal bodyguard for Louisiana's controversial governor, Huey Long. After Long is murdered, Heller is summoned by his wife clear up some disparities in the case.

• The Big Easy (1977). This novel loaned its name but not much of its plot to the hit film starring Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin.

• Every Dead Thing (Pocket Star Books, 2000).

• Funny as a Dead Relative (1994)

  Kimmey Kruse is a stand up comic who returns to her Cajun home to solve the mystery of her murdered cousin.

• The Person in the Potting Shed (1980)

•  John Corrington received a JD from Tulane University.
  

• A Civil Death (). 

  One in a  series featuring a newspaper man, his girlfriend, and his friend on the NOPD.
  

• A Project Named Desire (1987)

  Author's second book in the series. Set in the Crescent City.

• So Small a Carnival (1986)

  A New Orleans reporter has an idea that could win him the Pulitzer Prize–if he can stay alive long enough to print it.

• The White Zone (1990)

  A mystery featuring New Orleans policeman Rat Trapp. Set in California.