All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel

From Anthony Doerr--the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning author of Cloud Cuckoo Land--the beautiful Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.

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Published Apr 4, 2017

544 pages

Average rating: 7.89

2,314 RATINGS

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Quiglet
Mar 26, 2025
10/10 stars
Amazing imagery.
boyleschris
Dec 15, 2024
Barb's recommendation
Khris Sellin
Jul 05, 2024
8/10 stars
Beautiful story about two teenagers living in different circumstances during World War II -- Marie-Laure, a blind girl living in Paris with her father, forced to flee from their home and end up in Saint-Malo, France, with an agoraphobic uncle; and Werner, a German orphan with a love of radios, whose singular expertise brings him to the attention of the Nazi regime -- and how their lives converge for a brief but crucial time.
Carol
Jan 15, 2022
10/10 stars
Beautifully written, beautiful story
abookwanderer
Oct 09, 2025
10/10 stars
This one has been sitting on my shelves for years and I finally picked it up in preparation for the adaptation, which I'm anxious to watch now. Beautifully written, I can see why it’s so well-loved. A book that reminds us how easily humans can become evil, but also how they can be so very good. A book I'll be thinking about for days.

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