If You Love Memorable Characters and a WWII Story

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

"You are going to die," begins this 2006 novel. A fitting beginning to a story about hard things: a little girl and her family struggling to endure in WWII Nazi Germany. The characters are interesting and unexpected, right down to the unusual narrator. You'll see why this was an instant staple on school reading lists when it was published ten years ago, and why it has captured the hearts of readers from age 10 to 110. Beautiful, haunting, fascinating, hopeful.

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

Doerr's characters in this World War II novel are fascinating and altogether unexpected. The book’s setting couldn’t be lovelier: much of the action takes place in Saint-Malo, France, a unique walled port city on the English Channel. Haunting story, beautiful prose, and entirely deserving of its place on 2014's best-of-the-year lists.

If You Love Memorable Characters and a WWII Story

The Book Thief

All the Light We Cannot See

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If You Love Memorable Characters and a WWII Story

The Book Thief

All the Light We Cannot See

Find your next read with:

100 Book recommendations for every mood

100 Book recommendations
for every mood