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THE MODERN CLASSIC WITH OVER 17 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE

The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times.

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 neighbours during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.

A timeless novel about the resilience of the human spirit and the enduring power of stories, perfect for readers of Babel by R. F. Kuang, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah and All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.
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‘The kind of book that can be life-changing’ New York Times
‘The writing is so vivid you’ll remember it for the rest of your life.’ James Patterson
‘Life affirming, triumphant and tragic… masterfully told… a wonderful page-turner.’ Guardian

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

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“Extraordinary, resonant and relevant, beautiful and angry.” — Lisa Hilton * Sunday Telegraph * “…a beautifully balanced piece of storytelling…Unsettling, thought-provoking, life affirming, triumphant and tragic, this is a novel of breathtaking scope, masterfully told. It is an important piece of work, but also a wonderful page-turner.” * Guardian * “A moving work which will make many eyes brim.” — Marianne Brace * Independent on Sunday * “This is a weighty novel worthy of universal acclaim. A sense of dread prevades this beautifully written novel. As The Book Thief draws to a close, Death says: “There’s a multitude of stories that i allow to distract me as I work.” The story of the Book Thief, who tried to change the world in her own small way, proves one formidable and inspiring distraction.” — Lianne Kolirin * The Daily Express * “Brilliant and hugely ambitious … the kind of book that could be life-changing” * New York Times Book Review * “…breathtakingly good.” — Becky Stradwick, Buyer, Borders * The Bookseller * “A magical tale.” * Elle * “…a fantastic book…it packs a huge emotional punch.” — Angela Lockton, The Golden Treasury, London * The Bookseller * “A tonic much needed amid the ominous menace of an era of such calamity.” — Alexandra Hamlyn * FT magazine * “Quirky, engaging and beautifully written” * Woman and Home * “His faith in the transformative power of storytelling bestows this gentle but worthwhile novel with its own narrative strength and power.” — Claire Allfree * Metro * “Absorbing and searing” * Washington Post * “A major achievement” * People * “Deserves a place on the shelf with The Diary of Anne Frank – set to become a classic” * USA Today * “Zusak makes his ostensibly gloomy subject bearable in the same way Kurt Vonnegut did in Slaughterhouse 5, with grim, darkly consoling humour” * Time * “Zusak’s playfulness with language leavens the horror and makes the theme more resonant – words can save your life …It’s a measure of how sucessfully Zusak has humanized these characters that even though we know they are doomed, it’s no less devastating when Death finally reaches them” * Publishers Weekly * “One of the most highly anticipated young-adult books in years” * The Wall Street Journal * “‘Elegant, philosophical and moving. A work to read slowly and savour. Beautiful and important” * Kirkus Reviews * “Both gripping and touching, a work that kept me up late into the night feverishly reading the last 300 pages” * Cleveland Plain-Dealer * “Zusak’s novel is a highwire act of inventiveness and emotional suppleness” * The Australian *