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

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (2014)

Maurie-Laure and her father live together in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as a lockmaster. Marie-Laure goes blind at the age of 6 and her father builds an identical miniature replica of their neighborhood in order for his daughter to memorize it by touch and find her way home. Six years later, Paris becomes occupied by Nazis. In Germany, an orphan’s timeline converges with Maurie-Laure’s.

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

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (2014)

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