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New Orleans is featured in a number of works of fiction. 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. ==Books== Authors who have repeatedly or frequently used New Orleans as a setting for their fiction include James Lee Burke, Poppy Z. Brite, Truman Capote, Nancy A. Collins, Barbara Hambly, Lafcadio Hearn, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Anne Rice, James Sallis, Julie Smith, and Alexandrea Weis. The most significant novel featuring the city may be the Pulitzer Prize-winning ''A Confederacy of Dunces'' by John Kennedy Toole (1980). Works that feature the city include: * ''Albert, Himself'' by Jeff W. Bens * ''The Anti-Vampire Tale'' (2010) by Lewis Aleman * ''The Awakening'' (1899) by Kate Chopin * ''Blue Moon Over New Orleans'' by Anna Mayhall Munding (post WWII mystery novel set in New Orleans) * ''Blues and Trouble: Twelve Stories'' by Tom Piazza (the first short story, "Brownsville", is set in New Orleans) * ''Chasing the Devil's Tail'' (2001) and sequels by David Fulmer (jazz mysteries featuring Valentin St. Cyr) * ''City of Refuge'' by Tom Piazza *''Clarimonde'' by Napier Bartlett (features a Creole tale and a description of New Orleans during the American Civil War) *''The Client'' (1993) and ''The Pelican Brief'' (1992) by John Grisham * ''The Coffee Shop Chronicles of New Orleans - Part 1'' (2010) by David Lummis * ''Cold Streak'' (2008) by Lewis Aleman * ''A Confederacy of Dunces'' (1980) by John Kennedy Toole * ''Crescent City'' (1984) by Belva Plain *''The Crystal City'' (2003) by Orson Scott Card (features an alternate-history version of New Orleans in which it is controlled by the Spanish and called 'Nueva Barcelona' or 'Barcy') * ''A Density of Souls'' (2000) by Christopher Rice * ''Dinner at Antoine's'' (1948), ''Crescent Carnival'' (1942), and others by Frances Parkinson Keyes * ''Exquisite Corpse'' by Poppy Z. Brite * ''Faces in Time'' by Lewis Aleman (2009) * ''Fantasy Lover'' (2006) and sequels, comprising ''The Dark-Hunter Series'' by Sherrilyn Kenyon * ''Fat White Vampire Blues'' (2003) and sequel by Andrew Fox * ''The Feast of All Saints'' (1979) by Anne Rice * ''Fleur deKey'' a debut French Quarter mystery by (vickie pettee ) * ''Flying Solo: An Unconventional Aviatrix Navigates Turbulence in Life'' by (Jeannette Vaughan ) * The three ''Frankenstein'' books by Dean Koontz, Kevin J. Anderson, and Ed Gorman (Son'' (2005), ''City of Night'' (2005), and ''Lost Souls'' (2010) ) * ''A Free Man of Color'' (1997) and sequels (The Benjamin January Mysteries) by Barbara Hambly * ''Gone with the Wind'' (1936) by Margaret Mitchell (location of Rhett and Scarlett's honeymoon) * ''The Grandissimes'' (1880) by George Washington Cable * ''A Hall of Mirrors'' (1967) by Robert Stone * ''Hoodoo Money'' by Sharon Cupp Pennington * ''Interview with the Vampire'' (1976) and sequels, collectively known as ''The Vampire Chronicles'', by Anne Rice * The epic fiction ''Jitterbug Perfume'' (1984) by Tom Robbins uses modern day New Orleans as one of four major settings along with 8th-century Bohemia, modern day Seattle, and modern day Paris *''Junkie'' (1953) by William S. Burroughs * ''Lafitte the Pirate'' by Lyle Saxon, the basis for the 1938 film The Buccaneer and the 1958 remake of the same name * ''Life on the Mississippi'' (1883) by Mark Twain (Chapter XLI: "The Metropolis of the South") * The ''Liquor'' series (2004) by Poppy Z. Brite * ''Lives of the Mayfair Witches'' (1990-1994) by Anne Rice * "Madam: A Novel of New Orleans" (2014) by Cari Lynn and Kellie Martin (based on true events of Storyville and Madam Josie Arlington) * ''Manon Lescaut'' (1731) by Antoine François Prévost (features the early French colony at New Orleans at one point in the book) * ''The Map of Moments'' (2009) by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon (forthcoming) * ''Midnight Bayou'' (2001) and ''Honest Illusions'' (1992) by Nora Roberts * ''Misisipi'' (2012) by Michael Reilly, climaxing during the events of Hurricane Katrina * ''Monsieur Motte'' (1888) by Grace King * ''Mosquitos'' (1927) and ''Pylon'' (1935) by William Faulkner (the latter novel takes place in "New Valois," a thinly disguised New Orleans) * ''Moth'' (1993) and sequels (Lew Griffin mysteries) by James Sallis * ''The Moviegoer'' (1961) by Walker Percy (winner of the 1962 National Book Award) * ''Mules and Men'' (1935) by Zora Neale Hurston * ''To My Senses, Recovery, Sacrifice'' by Alexandrea Weis * ''Neon Rain'' (1987) and sequels (Dave Robicheaux mysteries) by James Lee Burke * ''New Orleans, Mon Amour'' (2006) by Andrei Codrescu (collection of essays and short stories) * ''New Orleans Mourning'' (1990) and sequels (Skip Langdon mysteries) by Julie Smith * ''New Orleans Noir'' (2007) edited by Julie Smith (short stories by various authors) * ''Off Magazine Street'' (2005) by Ronald Everett Capps, the basis for the 2004 film ''A Love Song for Bobby Long'' * Outside Child (2007) by (Alice Wilson-Fried ) (Silver Medalist in the 2008 IPPY Awards) * ''Paul Marchand, F.M.C.'' (1921) by Charles Chesnutt * ''A Quiet Vendetta'' (2005) by R. J. Ellory * ''Side Effects: A New Orleans Love Story'' by Patty Friedmann * ''Tranquility Denied'' (2007) by novelist A. C. Frieden * ''Twelfth Night'' by Michael Llewellyn * ''Unmasked'' by Jody Gerbig *''Violets and Other Tales'' (1895) and ''The Goodness of Saint Rocque and Other Stories'' (1899) by Alice Dunbar-Nelson * ''Voodoo Dreams'' and '' Voodoo Season'' (1993) by Jewell Parker Rhodes * ''A Walk on the Wild Side'' (1956) by Nelson Algren, the basis for the 1962 film ''Walk on the Wild Side'' * ''John Raven Beau'' by O'Neil De Noux named Best Police Book of 2011 by police-writers.com. * ''Zeitoun'' (2009) by Dave Eggers 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Orleans in fiction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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