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