If you're looking for something that's easy to read, 
 The Book Thief 
 is NOT your choice, but if you're looking for a truly GREAT book - read this one. What makes this story unique, what makes it different from all other stories about Nazi Germany and WW2? Usually, such stories focus on the difficulties for the Jews, the horrors of the war, but 
 The Book Thief 
 tells us about a young German girl, which had lost her family and has to get used to living with her foster parents during these hard times. That's exactly what we learn from the book - that these were hard times for everyone (Germans, Jews - People). There was no black and white, nothing was clear. 
 Other things amazing about this book: 
 1. Yes, it's not at all short, but that's done for a reason. While reading these 500+ pages, you really get to love its characters - even the bitchy and annoying ones. You get to love the small German town (Molching), its most familiar Himmel Street and almost pray for it to survive the war. The author has done a brilliant job in making the reader very attached to the characters. That's why it's so hard to face and accept what happens in the end of the story. 
 2. The story is narrated by Death. As you read, you get to smile (and sometimes freak-out) at all those sarcastic "side-notes" made by this unusual narrator, such as "It kills me sometimes, how people die". 
 3. It's almost impossible to mention all themes that this book covers because there are so many: Destruction vs Creation (always side-by-side), Love, Friendship, Cruelty... Death, ambiguity of thievery. 
 4. The book is literally a fount of quotes, one of my favorite being "The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you" and "I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right". 
 5. Books normally don't make me cry (movies do), but this one... really did. After reading I kept staring at a blank wall for some minutes, speechless. 
 The Book Thief 
 won't leave anyone indifferent. It's a must-read and I hope that one day this story will become classic.