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* American author Stephen King quotes the chorus of "Hurt" in the opening pages of the final book of his ''Dark Tower'' series, ''The Dark Tower'' (2004). In an interview with The NIN Hotline, he said, "I've always been a TrentRez fan—and Nails. "Hurt" says all you need to know about what life takes away. What it ALWAYS takes away in the end. A song like that is a treasure because it vocalizes what we all feel but somehow can't say. Of course the Cash video blew me away, but that song (and the Bad Company lyric) have been in my head for a couple of years now."[http://www.theninhotline.net/news/archives/backissue/04/10#1097116302]
* In book #12 of ''Animorphs,'' Cassie tells Rachel that she told her mom that NIN stood for "Nice is Neat".
* In Marisha Pessl's "Special Topics In Calamity Physics" one of the protagonists (Milton) wears a Nine Inch Nails shirt ("He had rolled up the long sleeves of his Nine-Inch-Nails-shirt[...]).
* In the graphic novel ''Johnny the Homicidal Maniac'' by Jhonen Vasquez, the band "Nine Inch Heels" is referenced several times. The logo is very similar to that of Nine Inch Nails.
* Trent and Nine Inch Nails are mentioned several times in the novel ''Glamorama'' by Bret Easton Ellis. Protagonist Victor Ward makes reference to "Hurt" specifically.