The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Random House Children's Books, Dec 18, 2007 - Young Adult Fiction - 592 pages

The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times.
 
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

When Death has a story to tell, you listen.

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. 

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.
 
“The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times
 
“Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today

DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.

What people are saying

Review: The Book Thief

User Review  - Goodreads

It's just a small story really, about, among other things: *A girl *Some words *An accordionist *Some fanatical Germans *A Jewish fist fighter *And quite a lot of thievery I can read pretty much ...

User Review  - take35 - Overstock.com

One of my favorite books of all times!

Contents

• Section 1: 101
• Section 2: 129
• Section 3: 199
• Section 4: 224
• Section 5: 241
• Section 6: 267
• Section 7: 307
• Section 8: 336
• Section 9: 349
• Section 10: 385
• Section 11: 420
• Section 12: 497
• Section 13: 519
• Section 14: 529

About the author

Markus Zusak is the international bestselling author of six novels, including The Book Thief and most recently, Bridge of Clay. His work is translated into more than forty languages, and has spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, establishing Zusak as one of the most successful authors to come out of Australia.
All of Zusak’s books – including earlier titles, The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, When Dogs Cry (also titled Getting the Girl), and The Messenger (or I am the Messenger) – have been awarded numerous honors around the world, ranging from literary prizes to readers choice awards to prizes voted on by booksellers.
In 2013, The Book Thief was made into a major motion picture, and in 2018 was voted one of America’s all-time favorite books, achieving the 14th position on the PBS Great American Read. Also in 2018, Bridge of Clay was selected as a best book of the year in publications ranging from Entertainment Weekly to the Wall Street Journal. 
Markus Zusak grew up in Sydney, Australia, and still lives there with his wife and two children.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Book Thief
• Author: Markus Zusak
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books, 2007
• ISBN: 0307433846, 9780307433848
• Length: 592 pages
• Subjects: Young Adult Fiction / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes; Young Adult Fiction / Historical / Holocaust; Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Death & Dying