Markus Zusak
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Markus Zusak

Teens | Fiction | Self Development

Markus Zusak is the author of five books, including the international bestseller, The Book Thief, which spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, and is translated into more than forty languages - establishing Zusak as one of the most successful authors to come out of Australia.

To date, Zusak has held the number one position at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, the New York Times bestseller list, as well as in countries across South America, Europe and Asia.

His books, The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, When Dogs Cry (also titled Getting the Girl), The Messenger (or I am the Messenger) and The Book Thief have been awarded numerous honours ranging from literary prizes to readers choice awards to prizes voted on by booksellers.

Zusak's much-anticipated new novel, Bridge of Clay, is set for release in October 2018 in the USA, the UK and Australia, with foreign translations to follow.

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    • The Book Thief

    • By: Markus Zusak
    • Narrated by: Allan Corduner
    • Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 21,069
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 17,988
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 18,023

    It's just a small story really, about, among other things, a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Glad I took a chance.

    • By Robert on 08-20-11

    Regular price: $41.27

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • Bridge of Clay

    • By: Markus Zusak
    • Narrated by: Markus Zusak
    • Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 205
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 184
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 182

    As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father’s disappearance....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Give it time.

    • By Kenneth W. Cole on 11-14-18

    Regular price: $31.50

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    • I Am the Messenger

    • By: Markus Zusak
    • Narrated by: Marc Aden Gray
    • Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 915
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 732
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 733

    Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of a future....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Clever read

    • By Tony B on 05-14-07

    Regular price: $35.93

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • La ladrona de libros

    • By: Markus Zusak
    • Narrated by: Mercè Montalà
    • Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 271
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 241
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 245

    Érase una vez un pueblo donde las noches eras largas y la muerte contaba su propia historia....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • Muy buena historia

    • By Rodrigo on 05-28-15

    Regular price: $22.67

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    • The Underdog

    • By: Markus Zusak
    • Narrated by: Stig Wemyss
    • Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      3 out of 5 stars 17
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 15
    • Story
      3.5 out of 5 stars 14

    One day we will fight again, but for now we are wolves in a cage, waiting to be let out....

    Regular price: $13.99

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    • Getting the Girl

    • By: Markus Zusak
    • Narrated by: Stig Wemyss
    • Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 17
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 16
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 16

    Cameron Wolfe is the quiet one in his family, not a soccer star like his brother Steve or a charming fighter with a new girl every week like his brother Rube....

    Regular price: $17.99

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    • Fighting Ruben Wolfe

    • By: Markus Zusak
    • Narrated by: Stig Wemyss
    • Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      3.5 out of 5 stars 11
    • Performance
      3.5 out of 5 stars 9
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 8

    One day we will fight again, but for now we are wolves in a cage, waiting to be let out....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Fantastic!

    • By M. Zullo on 09-04-17

    Regular price: $13.99

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    • The Underdog

    • By: Markus Zusak
    • Narrated by: Stig Wemyss
    • Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      0 out of 5 stars 0
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      0 out of 5 stars 0
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    My name’s Cameron Wolfe. I have a little bit of sense. I don’t have much sense. My older brother Ruben gets me into plenty of trouble....

    Regular price: $18.07

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