The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Sept 2006 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Allan Corduner

About this audiobook

DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.
 
The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul.
 
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

Ratings and reviews

This book had no right to make me cry the way it did. Did I know who was going to die? Absolutely, because we're told early on. Did it still break my heart? Absolutely; and don't get me thinking about it again or I might start crying again. I'm not big on war books, because it's war and I think some people have an unhealthy obsession with wars (especially WWII), but I think this is worthwhile. Audiobook had an excellent narrator.

This was a wonderful experience I'm so greatful for my own life thank you.terry

Love this book. Great listen or read. Make sure the tissue box is closed for the end.

About the author

Markus Zusak is the author of I Am the Messenger, winner of the Children's Book Council Book of the Year in Australia, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and Getting the Girl. The author lives in Sydney, Australia.