# Help me figure out what book this is.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-book-this-is/352180 "2006-04-11T03:06:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-book-this-is/352180/1 "2006-04-11T03:06:54Z")
This was a book reviewed on NPR recently. The author was male, possibly from Austrailian. The book was fiction. It was about a girl, probably German, during WWII who stole books to read to Holocaust victims. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-book-this-is/352180/2 "2006-04-11T04:14:36Z")
Is this it: [link?](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5318749) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-book-this-is/352180/3 "2006-04-11T04:21:34Z")
Just in case the link doesn’t work, it’s \*The Book Thief \* by Markus Zusak. ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-book-this-is/352180/4 "2006-04-11T13:33:44Z")
Thanks! That’s it! Turns out the author is from _Australia_ :smack: