In Dogs Don't Talk, Philip asks Ben if he likes Grand Theft Auto. Ben answers that he doesn't play it, because he prefers Call of Duty.
Patrick from Rubbernecker occasionally plays Grand Theft Auto with his Only Friend Weird Nick. At the end of the book, when he and Nick are rushing to prevent his mother's suicide, he thinks that driving in real life isn't much like Grand Theft Auto.
ANNO: Mutationem: One of the viewable messages comes from a 'Grand Theft Audry', saying they're furious that the car they stole was just taken from them.
Midnight Fight Express: The Warriors and the Earth Smashers are purple and green respectively, with their bitter rivalry echoing that of the Ballas and the Grove Street Families. The Motel stage even features a scene where a member of the Earth Smashers (who resembles Big Smoke and is named "Large Soda") defects to the Warriors.
NewsThump: The satirical site has created spoof "Grand Theft Tory" cover art in the distinctive style of the games, a Take That! aimed at the Conservative government. The pictured politicians include Rishi Sunak with a huge pile of cash, a disgruntled Boris Johnson with a bottle of booze and an enraged Suella Braverman.
Waterford Whispers News: The Irish satirical site created a "Grand Theft Ireland" spoof cover, with the images including a nun selling a baby, gleeful politicians, a distraught man receiving a eviction notice, a rough sleeper and a newly fed vulture.
South Park: In "Grounded Vindaloop", Butters decides to live out what he thinks is a VR version of Grand Theft Auto as he goes rogue against his parents, hijacks a car, and attempts to pick up a prostitute.
