The Book Thief
Australian novelist, born 1975.
The Book Thief is a 2005 novel by Markus Zusak.
In children's and young adult, coming of age
On 3 of the 14 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Markus Zusak
- First published
- 2005
- Length
- 560 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Children's and young adult, War and conflict, Coming of age
Is The Book Thief worth reading?
3 of the 14 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk) and The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency, 2022) | Listed | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Book Thief
The edition we link to is the Black Swan paperback (2014), 560 pages.
- Publisher
- Black Swan (paperback, 2014)
- Pages
- 560
- ISBN
- 9780552779739
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Book Thief
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 50% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Book Thief
If you liked The Book Thief, try Catch-22, Wolf Hall or Midnight's Children.
