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Markus Zusak Books in Order

Markus Zusak has written 8 books, published between 1999 and 2025. The first book is The Underdog (1999) and the newest is Three Wild Dogs (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1999–2025
Confirmed
4 of 8 titles
Pages on record
2,081 in 6 of 8 books
Reading time
35–52 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,081 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Markus Zusak, author of the Wolfe Brothers series

Markus Zusak is an Australian-German writer, born 23 June 1975, and the recipient of the 2014 Margaret Edwards Award. The Book Thief (2005) and The Messenger (2002, also listed as I Am the Messenger) became international bestsellers. The catalogue holds 8 Zusak books from The Underdog (1999) to Three Wild Dogs (2025); Fighting Ruben Wolfe and Getting the Girl are books 2 and 3 of the Wolfe Brothers series. Bridge of Clay appeared in 2018.

Markus Zusak received a Michael L. Printz Honor and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for his work.

How many Markus Zusak books are there?

Markus Zusak has 8 books, released between 1999 and 2025. 1 of them belong to the Wolfe Brothers series.

Markus Zusak Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Markus Zusak books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers 2) by Markus Zusak (2000)
  2. Cover of When Dogs Cry by Markus Zusak (2001)
  3. Cover of Getting the Girl (Wolfe Brothers 3) by Markus Zusak (2001)
  4. Cover of I Am the Messenger / The Messenger by Markus Zusak (2002)
  5. Cover of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2005)
  6. Cover of Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak (2018)
  1. 1
    The UnderdogWolfe Brothers #11999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  2. 2
    Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers 2)2000 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000224
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  3. 3
    When Dogs Cry2001 · 204 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001204
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  4. 4
    Getting the Girl (Wolfe Brothers 3)2001 · 227 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001227
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  5. 5
    I Am the Messenger / The Messenger2002 · 316 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002316
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  6. 6
    The Book Thief2005 · 566 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005566
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  7. 7
    Bridge of Clay2018 · 544 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018544
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  8. 8
    Three Wild Dogs2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Markus Zusak books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Wolfe Brothers in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Underdog

Standalone books

7 books

7 Markus Zusak titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Markus Zusak books in order?

You only need to read Markus Zusak books in order within the Wolfe Brothers series, which holds 1 of the 8 Markus Zusak books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Markus Zusak

Start with The Underdog (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Markus Zusak book?

Three Wild Dogs (2025) is the newest Markus Zusak book released so far.

Is there a new Markus Zusak book coming?

No next Markus Zusak book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Markus Zusak has won

Wikidata records 6 awards for Markus Zusak. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Margaret Edwards Award2014Won
  • Zilveren Zoen2008Won
  • Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis2007Won
  • Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser2007Won
  • Kathleen Mitchell Award2006Won
  • National Jewish Book Awards2006Won

Markus Zusak at a glance

Still publishing
Markus Zusak published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Markus Zusak books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
2,081 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Markus Zusak books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2000s.

What the Markus Zusak books are about

6 of the 8 Markus Zusak books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: brothers is tagged on 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.