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