Detroit in literature

Detroit, Michigan, and its suburbs, is the setting for a number of novels and short story collections, including:

• Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Voyage au bout de la nuit, 1932 (Journey to the End of the Night, 1934)
• Harriette Arnow, The Dollmaker 1954
• Rainelle Burton, The Root Worker, 2001
• Jim Daniels, Detroit Tales 2003
• Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides 1993 and Middlesex 2002
• Arthur Hailey, Wheels 1971
• Gary Hardwick, The Executioner's Game 2005
• William X. Kienzle, The Rosary Murders 1979
• Elmore Leonard, City Primeval: Detroit at High Noon 1980
• Joyce Carol Oates, them 1968
• Harold Robbins, The Betsy 1971
• James O'Barr, The Crow 1981
• Marge Piercy, "Braided Lives"
• Patrick O'Leary, Door Number Three 1995
• Jeffry Scott Hansen Warpath 2003
• Paul Clemens, Made in Detroit 2005
• Alexander C. Irvine, The Narrows 2005
• Joe Borri, Eight Dogs Named Jack 2007
• Frank Anthony Polito, Band Fags! 2008