Literature
- Mort Castle's "I Am Your Need" (2001)
- Douglas Coupland's Polaroids from the Dead
- Edward Gorman's The Marilyn Tapes (1995)
- Doris Grumbach's "The Missing Person" (1981)
- Allan Gurganus's Blessed Assurance (1990)
- Michael Korda's The Immortals (1992)
- Norman Mailer's Of Women and Their Elegance (1980)
- Graham Masterton's Ikon (1982)
- Joyce Carol Oates's Blonde (2000) and "Three Girls" (1996)
- Andrew O'Hagan's The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe (2010)
- John Rechy's Marilyn's Daughter (1989)
- Lee Siegel's Who Wrote the Book of Love? (2005)
- Sherman Alexie's "Tourists" poem series (1997)
Based on her:
- "Wanda Oliver" in Alvah Bessie's novel The Symbol
See also: Mondo Marilyn: An Anthology of Fiction and Poetry Richard Peabody and Lucinda Ebersole (Eds), St. Martin's Press (1995), ISBN 0-312-11853-8; ISBN 978-0-312-11853-2
See also: Marilyn: Shades of Blonde Carole Nelson Douglas (ed.), Tor Books (1997), ISBN 0-312-85737-3; ISBN 978-0-312-85737-0
See also: The Mmm Girl Tara Hanks, UKA Press (2007), ISBN 1-905796-13-7; ISBN 978-1-905796-13-7
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