Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2005)

Narrated by the character of Death, the plot follows Liesel Memiger as she comes of age in 1939 Nazi Germany. Liesel is fostered by a family after her brother dies, and manages to survive the times by stealing books. Liesel learns to read and shares the books with her neighbors and the Jewish man hidden in her basement.

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