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page-turners

  • plural
    of page-turner.
    page-turner
    noun
    a book so exciting or gripping that one is compelled to read it very rapidly.

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Emily was followed by a slew of page-turners in similar, breathy vein: Bella, Harriet, Imogen and Prudence.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025

Her true genre is uplifting, forward-thinking, character-driven science fiction: cozy page-turners attuned to diplomacy, tea drinking, alien minds and the urgent power of self-definition.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2023

Ackerman juggles literary fiction with speculative detours and military page-turners like “2034,” which imagines a future conflict with China.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023

Marcinko co-wrote military page-turners featuring himself as protagonist.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2021

I love page-turners, especially when they are as unusual as this novel.

From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow