This book is a masterpiece. I'm not going to summarize it for you, because a summary is easy to find. Also, do not be fooled; this isn't a young adult book. Not that young adults shouldn't read it -- I think they should. But adults should not feel that they are above this book in the least.

The Book Thief offers something that we seldom see; a Holocaust story from a German civilian's perspective. And in this story, Zusak manages to do something I've been striving for for years in my writing, without getting very far. He makes a story that is simultaneously joyful and sad, which I think makes it all the more heartbreaking. I can not recommend The Book Thief highly enough. Read it. This is a book that is bound to be a classic.

(On a side note, woah, this book has some stellar characters)