Which 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Anthony Doerr follows a blind French girl and a German boy during World War II?

Anthony Doerr’s 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel following a blind French girl and a German boy during World War II is All the Light We Cannot See.

Published in 2014, the novel alternates between Marie-Laure LeBlanc, who loses her sight as a child, and Werner Pfennig, a German orphan with an exceptional talent for radio technology. Their stories converge in occupied France during the final years of World War II.

The novel is known for short, shifting chapters and a structure that moves across different dates and locations. Its historical setting includes the German occupation of France, military radio transmissions, resistance activity, and the legendary Sea of Flames diamond.

The book is often compared with The Book Thief because both are popular World War II novels involving young protagonists. However, The Book Thief was written by Markus Zusak and did not win the Pulitzer Prize; Doerr’s novel received the Fiction prize in 2015.