CITY · UNITED STATESBooks set in Detroit
42.331, -83.046
8 books · 8 authors · 1969–2015
8 books here
Most-set authors
Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1) · Jeffrey Eugenides (1) · Elmore Leonard (1) · Toni Morrison (1) · Harriette Simpson Arnow (1) · Dawnie Walton (1)
Genres
literary fiction (3) · mystery & crime (1)
Books set here
Set in Detroit (4)
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
Southside Black community Milkman home
The Dollmaker
Harriette Simpson Arnow
Detroit, Michigan, where Appalachian woodcarver Gertie Nevels is uprooted from rural Kentucky to a wartime Detroit housi
The Turner House
Angela Flournoy
east side family home Yarrow Street
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Joyce Carol Oates
Detroit — Wendell family 1937–1967
Also featuring Detroit (4)
Journey to the End of the Night
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Ford factory, American capitalism episode
Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides
Motor City Greek immigrant milieu
Out of Sight
Elmore Leonard
heist climax location
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
Dawnie Walton
Church in Detroit where Opal's journey begins before moving to New York
