Barro's books on the Great Depression

I've just notices "FiveBooks", which purports to offer "the best 5 books on everything". Recently they provide an interview with Robert Barro (or "wheel" as he's known to his mates), where he cites the following:

• Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960
• Macroeconomic Effects from Government Purchases and Taxes
• Identifying Government Spending Shocks: It’s All in the Timing
• Essays on the Great Depression
• The Great Depression in the United States from a Neoclassical Perspective

What I found of interest is that although he's fairly dismissive of FDR's Folly, the question is raised by the interviewer. Here's what I have on my reading list:

• Higgs, Robert, (1997) “Regime Uncertainty: Why the Great Depression Lasted So Long and Why Prosperity Resumed After the War” The Independent Review, 1(4)
• “The New Deal Didn’t Always Work, Either: by Tyler Cowen New York Times, November 23rd 2008
• Reed, Lawrence W., (1981) “Great Myths of the Great Depression” Mackinac Center for Public Policy

The reason I include them is not because I think they're the definitive account, but that they contain insights (and evidence) that is under appreciated. I definitely see them as complements to the "standard" approach rather than substitutes. But it's interesting that someone like Barro is engaging with these ideas.