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Books About Detroit

This list contains mostly non-fiction (and a bit of fiction) about the Motor City. A few might be more about the suburbs.
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Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis (Mark Binelli)
Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis
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Mark Binelli
Detroit: An American Autopsy (Charlie Leduff)
Detroit: An American Autopsy
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Charlie Leduff
Detroit: A Biography (Scott Martelle)
Detroit: A Biography
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Scott Martelle
Detroit: 138 Square Miles (Julia Reyes Taubman)
Detroit: 138 Square Miles
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Julia Reyes Taubman
Detroit Rock City (Steve Miller)
Detroit Rock City
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Steve Miller
Detroit Noir (John C. Hocking)
Detroit Noir
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John C. Hocking
Detroit: The Dream Is Now (Michel Arnaud)
Detroit: The Dream Is Now
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Michel Arnaud
Devil's Night and Other True Tales of Detroit (Ze'ev Chafets)
Devil's Night and Other True Tales of Detroit
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Ze'ev Chafets
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
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Jeffrey Eugenides
Violence in the Model City (Sidney Fine)
Violence in the Model City
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Sidney Fine
The Origins of the Urban Crisis (Thomas J. Sugrue)
The Origins of the Urban Crisis
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Thomas J. Sugrue
What Work Is (Philip Levine)
What Work Is
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Philip Levine
How to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass (Aaron Foley)
How to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass
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Aaron Foley
Better Made in Michigan: The Salty Story of Detroit's Best Chip (Karen Dybis)
Better Made in Michigan: The Salty Story of Detroit's Best Chip
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Karen Dybis
The Witch of Delray: Rose Veres & Detroit's Infamous 1930s Murder Mystery (Karen Dybis)
The Witch of Delray: Rose Veres & Detroit's Infamous 1930s Murder Mystery
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Karen Dybis
The Faygo Book (Jim Grimm)
The Faygo Book
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Jim Grimm
Writing My Wrongs (Shaka Senghor)
Writing My Wrongs
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Shaka Senghor
My Name Is...: Portraits and Table Stories From the Capuchin Soup Kitchen (Vincent Reyes)
My Name Is...: Portraits and Table Stories From the Capuchin Soup Kitchen
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Vincent Reyes
The Grande Ballroom (Leo Early)
The Grande Ballroom
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Leo Early
Things I Do in Detroit (Dave Krieger)
Things I Do in Detroit
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Dave Krieger
Detroit: City of Race and Class Violence (B.J. Widick)
Detroit: City of Race and Class Violence
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B.J. Widick
313: Life in the Motor City (John Carlisle)
313: Life in the Motor City
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John Carlisle
Coney Detroit (Katherine Yung)
Coney Detroit
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Katherine Yung
Detroitland (Richard Bak)
Detroitland
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Richard Bak
Detroit I Do Mind Dying (Dan Georgakas)
Detroit I Do Mind Dying
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Dan Georgakas
AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture (Eric J. Hill)
AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture
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Eric J. Hill
Detroit Then and Now (Cheri Y. Gay)
Detroit Then and Now
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Cheri Y. Gay
Lost Detroit: Stories Behind the Motor City's Majestic Ruins (Dan Austin)
Lost Detroit: Stories Behind the Motor City's Majestic Ruins
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Dan Austin
Detroit's Cass Corridor (Armando Delicato)
Detroit's Cass Corridor
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Armando Delicato
Legends of Le Detroit (Marie Caroline Watson Hamlin)
Legends of Le Detroit
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Marie Caroline Watson Hamlin
Detroit Disassembled (Andrew Moore)
Detroit Disassembled
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Andrew Moore
Boneyards: Detroit Underground (Richard Bak)
Boneyards: Detroit Underground
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Richard Bak
A History of Wayne State University in Photographs (Evelyn Aschenbrenner)
A History of Wayne State University in Photographs
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Evelyn Aschenbrenner
Getting Ghost: Two Young Lives and the Struggle for the Soul of an American City (Luke Bergmann)
Getting Ghost: Two Young Lives and the Struggle for the Soul of an American City
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Luke Bergmann
The Heidelberg Project: A Street of Dreams (Linda McLean)
The Heidelberg Project: A Street of Dreams
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Linda McLean
Connecting the Dots: Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project (Jerry Herron)
Connecting the Dots: Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project
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Jerry Herron
The Detroit True Crime Chronicles: Tales of Murder and Mayhem in the Motor City (Scott M. Burnstein)
The Detroit True Crime Chronicles: Tales of Murder and Mayhem in the Motor City
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Scott M. Burnstein
The Snow Killings: Inside the Oakland County Child Killer Investigation (Marney Rich Keenan)
The Snow Killings: Inside the Oakland County Child Killer Investigation
38
Marney Rich Keenan
Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story (David Marainiss)
Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story
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David Marainiss
The Ruins of Detroit (Yves Marchand)
The Ruins of Detroit
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Yves Marchand
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