Detroit in literature
# Detroit in literature

The role of Detroit, Michigan, and in literature has been significantly discussed, including in academic works. . The city 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
* Michael Zadoorian, Second Hand 2000, The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit 2009, Beautiful Music 2018 and The Narcissism of Small Differences 2020
