page-turner

noun

page-turn·​er ˈpāj-ˌtər-nər How to pronounce page-turner (audio)
: an engrossing book or story

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Boox has also recently released a Bluetooth page-turner called Tappy, which lets users turn ebook pages remotely – ideal for reading in bed, when multitasking like when cooking or relaxing in the bath. New Atlas, 29 May 2026 Race, bad bosses and the fly-on-the-wall fun of watching office politics and micro-aggressions play out makes this workplace suspense novel a total page-turner (as well as a binge-worthy limited television series). Laura Zigman, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026 But this one was a page-turner. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026 Like Mary McCarthy’s The Group, Rona Jaffe’s The Best of Everything, and even top-tier Sex and the City episodes, this story casts a smart, sociological eye on ambitious American women’s experiences while also being a compulsive page-turner. Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for page-turner

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of page-turner was in 1972

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“Page-turner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/page-turner. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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