The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Detroit

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
418 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 American English
685 Them Joyce Carol Oates 1969 American English
3377 Ordinary People Judith Guest 1976 American English
3444 The Kandy Kolored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby Tom Wolfe 1965 American English
5356 52 Pick Up Elmore Leonard 1974 American English
5998 The Cipher Kathe Koja 1991 American English
6186 Iacocca Lee Iacocca 1984 American English
7993 A Relative Stranger Charles Baxter 1990 American English
8433 Arc of Justice Kevin Boyle 2004 American English
8790 What Work Is Philip Levine 1991 American English
8895 Yoga For People Who Can’t Be Bothered To Do It Geoff Dyer 2003 British English
8925 The End Of Men Hanna Rosin 2012 American English
9321 The Beautiful Room Is Empty Edmund White 1988 American English
9324 The Hacker Crackdown Bruce Sterling 1992 American English
9328 In Search Of Excellence Tom Peters, Robert H. Waterman, Jr. 1982 American English
11287 The Girls Who Went Away Ann Fessler 2006 American English
11489 When Everything Changed Gail Collins 2009 American English
12116 Broken Monsters Lauren Beukes 2014 South African English
12187 American Street Ibi Zoboi 2017 American English
12258 Her Cherry Muhanji 1990 American English
13256 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13327 Olio Tyehimba Jess 2016 American English
13574 The Sound Of The City Charlie Gillett 1970 British English
13885 Stitches David Small 2009 American English
14056 Sweet Soul Music Peter Guralnick 1986 American English
14498 Nowhere To Run Gerri Hirshey 2001 American English
14984 Vida Marge Piercy 1979 American English
14984 Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond 2023 American English
15898 La Salle And The Discovery Of The Great West Francis Parkman 1869 American English
16532 The Other America Michael Harrington 1962 American English
17120 Killshot Elmore Leonard 1989 American English
17120 You Don’t Have To Live Like This Benjamin Markovits 2015 American English
17120 Eva's Man Gayl Jones 1976 American English
17120 Braided Lives Marge Piercy 1982 American English
17120 Detroit Dan Georgakas 1975 Unknown English
17120 Patron Saints Of Nothing Randy Ribay 2019 American English
17120 Hip Hop Is History Questlove 2024 American Unknown
17120 Please Kill Me Legs McNeil 1996 American English
17114 Malcolm X Malcolm X 1965 American English
17120 Paper Lion George Plimpton 1966 American English
17120 The Summer Game Roger Angell 1972 American English
17120 Veeck As In Wreck Bill Veeck, Ed Linn 1962 American English
17120 The Glory Of Their Times Lawrence Ritter 1966 American English
17120 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17120 How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N' Roll Elijah Wald 2009 American English
17120 Diego & Frida J. M. G. Le Clezio 1993 French French
17120 Dilla Time Dan Charnas 2022 Unknown English
17120 Romney McKay Coppins 2023 American English
17120 The New Geography Of Jobs Enrico Moretti 2012 American English