Start with high-confidence cajun & creole cooking books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Emeril's Delmonico
Emeril Lagasse
For the Love of the South
Amber Wilson
New Orleans Cookbook
Rima Collin, Richard Collin
Rufus Estes' Good Things to Eat
Rufus Estes
Chef Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen
Paul Prudhomme
New Orleans
Charles D. Chamberlain
City Eats: New Orleans
Beth D’Addono
Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations
Kevin Belton
Kevin Belton's Cookin' Louisiana
New Orleans Cocktails
Sarah Baird
Cooking for the Culture
Toya Boudy
Lonely Planet New Orleans 10 10th Ed.
Regis St Louis, Joel Balsam
Salt and Shore
Sammy Monsour, Kassady Wiggins