My Brother's Keeper (Davenport novel)

Published in 1954 by Charles Scribner, it was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection and was later reprinted as a 1956 Cardinal paperback with a cover painting by Tom Dunn.

Inspired by the 1947 New York Times articles detailing items taken from the Collyers' brownstone after their deaths, Davenport constructed a tale of the Holt brothers, one a failing concert pianist and the other a naval architect, and the events that prompted them to become recluses in later life.

The back cover blurb of the 1956 Cardinal paperback edition described the story with hyperbolic highlights: When the novel was published, it was reviewed in The Washington Post and other newspapers of note.

An anonymous critic for Time (November 8, 1954) made clear the connection with the Collyer brothers: As noted in Variety, motion picture options on Davenport's novel have spanned decades, yet it has never been filmed.

Homer & Langley, a 2009 novel by E. L. Doctorow, was inspired by the story of the Collyer brothers, although the author made several changes from historic fact for his narrative.