American Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University
Shopping Mall and
Shopping Center Studies

A typical linear open-air plan from the early 1960s can be seen in the Dewitt Shopping Center, Dewitt, New York. [Post card]
    
Fiction with Shopping Mall Settings

     Listed are works of adult fiction in English, including popular science fiction and mysteries, set in shopping malls. For availability, check your local library, book store, or www bookseller. This is a continuing project and suggestions are welcome.*  See the separate bibliography of children's and adolescent books set in shopping malls.

  *Additions thanks to A. R. Higginbotham, ECSU.
 
Adult Fiction with Shopping Mall Settings
Emil Pocock, American Studies, Eastern Connecticut State University

Bagwell, James. Mall Murder. Bangor, Maine: Booklocker, 2004.

Bogasian, Eric. Mall: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000.

Brenchley, Chaz. Mall Time. Trafalgar Square, 1992.

Busselle, Donald. The Enchanted Mall and Other Stories. North Pomfret, Vt.: Writers Club, 2000.

Hebert, Ernest. Wisper My Name. New York: Penguin, 1985.

Huff, Tanya. Long Hot Summoning. New York: Daw, 2003.

 Pearson, Ridley. The Seizing of Yankee Green Mall: A Novel. New York: St. Martins, 1987.

Somotow, S. P. The Ultimate Mallworld. Atlanta: Meisha Merlin, 2000.

Sucharitkal, Sumtow. Mallworld. New York: Tom Doherty, 1984. (First published 1981)