Week #45 – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Welcome to 2023!  On Mondays this year, let’s discuss and have fun with books. No I’m not writing book reviews. But this website is for writers, and writers like books right? So let’s have FUN with books!

Week #45 – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, 2006

Liesel Meminger is a 9-year-old German girl living with foster parents who conceal a Jewish man during World War II. Her foster father helps Liesel learn to read and write, and she begins to steal books that the politicians are seeking to destroy. The story is narrated by Death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_Thief

It was made into a film in 2013

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_Thief_(film)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816442/

Other books with Death or a deceased narrator

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/14674.Dead_Narrators

https://www.librarything.com/list/21242/all/Dead-narrators

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/7-books-featuring-death-as-a-character/

Other books set during World War 2

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/wwii-historical-fiction/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/historical-fiction-world-war-ii/

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/33477.Fiction_Set_During_WWII

Books like The Book Thief

https://whatshotblog.com/books-like-the-book-thief/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/similar/878368-the-book-thief

Have you read The Book Thief? Do you think it works to be narrated by Death? Tell us in the comments!