Adult Authors by last name Y-Z

Carlos Ruiz Zafón and Markus Zusak

The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print.

A man brings his 10-year-old son to the library and allows him to choose one book to keep. But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find.

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books.

This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.