The Book Thief
Markus Zusak · 1998
How long does it take to read The Book Thief?
About 11 hours
556 pages at 50 pages an hour. 23 days at 30 minutes a day. Work out your own time.
The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. “The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times
How long does it take to read The Book Thief?
The Book Thief is 556 pages, so it takes about 11 hours to read at an average pace of 50 pages an hour. A relaxed reader at 35 pages an hour needs about 16 hours; a fast reader at 70 pages an hour, about 8 hours.
How many days to read The Book Thief at 20 minutes a day?
About 34 days, reading 20 minutes a day at 50 pages an hour.
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