The Recurring Cast
Markus Zusak books in order · Markus Zusak reading order · 6 books · 1999 to 2018 · Mostly set in Sydney

Markus Zusak Books in Order and Reading Order

Literary and generalLiterary fictionFamily and book club

Markus Zusak wrote The Book Thief, narrated by Death, about a girl who steals books in Nazi Germany. It has sold millions of copies around the world.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip.

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Markus Zusak books in order

Markus Zusak’s first book is The Underdog (1999). There are 6 books in all, published from 1999 to 2018, across 2 series and groups.

The Markus Zusak reading order: each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

The Wolfe Brothers

3 books · Set in SydneyLiterary fictionFamily and book club
  1. 1The Underdog1999With Cameron WolfeBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Fighting Ruben Wolfe2000With Cameron WolfeBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Getting the Girl2001With Cameron WolfeBuy on Amazon

Novels

3 books · Mostly set in SydneyLiterary fiction
  1. 1I Am the Messenger2002With Ed KennedyBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Book Thief2005With Liesel Meminger · Set in the fictional Molching, GermanyBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Bridge of Clay2018With Clay DunbarBuy on Amazon

Who appears in which book

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Characters

9 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

The Wolfe family

Leads

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