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Markus Zusak is the author of five books, including the international bestseller, The Book Thief, which has topped bestseller lists ranging from the New York Times in America, the Sunday Times in the UK, as well as countries in Europe, South America and Asia.

His first three books, The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe and When Dogs Cry, released between 1999 and 2001, were all published internationally and garnered a number of awards in Australia.

The Messenger, published in 2002, won the 2003 CBC Book of the Year Award (Older Readers) and the 2003 NSW Premier's Literary Award (Ethel Turner Prize), as well as receiving a Printz Honour in America.

In 2005, The Book Thief was released and is now translated into ...more


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Average rating: 4.29 · 166,217 ratings · 31,226 reviews · 9 distinct works
The Book Thief
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 146,994 ratings — published 2006 — 87 editions
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I Am the Messenger
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 16,786 ratings — published 2002 — 28 editions
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Getting the Girl (Wolfe Brothe...
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 1,261 ratings11 editions
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Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Br...
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 703 ratings — published 2001 — 19 editions
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Underdog (Wolfe Brothers, #1)
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 202 ratings8 editions
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Underdogs (Wolfe Brothers, #1-...
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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Bridge of Clay
4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
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Boktjuven
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More of Markus's books…
“Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.”
Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

“The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.”
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.”
Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

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