page-turner
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of page-turner
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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“Red Carpet” was a New York Times Editors' Choice, called a "page-turner" by Foreign Affairs, and named one of the best books ever written about Hollywood by Esquire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
This account has no great literary merit, but it’s an undeniable page-turner with utility to anyone contemplating the lifestyle.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026
The judges said: "A novel about class ascension and a man who is remarkably detached from his desires, and a disquisition on the art of being alive. It is also an absolute page-turner."
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
Chika Unigwe’s touching page-turner “On Black Sisters Street” and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s gripping “Americanah” offer different treatments of this subject of movement.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024
Tim O’Reilly Publisher and Founder, O’Reilly and Associates Doctorow has created a rich and exciting vision of the future, and then wrote a page-turner of a story in it.
From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Doctorow, Cory
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