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Markus Zusak

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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 over thirty languages. As well as re...more


Average rating: 4.32 · 341,900 ratings · 46,399 reviews · 10 distinct works · Similar authors
The Book Thief
4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 303,249 ratings — published 2005 — 117 editions
I am the Messenger
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 33,946 ratings — published 202 — 50 editions
Getting the Girl (Wolfe Bro...
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 1,993 ratings — published 2001 — 17 editions
Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe...
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,268 ratings — published 2000 — 21 editions
Underdog (Wolfe Brothers, #1)
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 600 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions
Underdogs (Wolfe Brothers, ...
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 393 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
Bridge of Clay
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings4 editions
NUEVA NOVELA
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2013
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 3,075 ratings — published 1892 — 117 editions
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3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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“Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.”
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“The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.”
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“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
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