unputdownable
adjective
un·put·down·able
ˌən-ˌpu̇t-ˈdau̇n-ə-bəl 
: unable to be set aside : riveting
an unputdownable book
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The term has become shorthand for the kind of fizzy, unputdownable books that lend themselves to lounging all day with a drink bearing a tiny umbrella by your side.
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 July 2025
Trillin’s stories of print media and how things used to be came to mind a great deal while reading Graydon Carter’s unputdownable new memoir, When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
The book’s lush, engaging prose makes for a truly unputdownable read.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
This dystopian story is immersive and unputdownable, shifting back and forth in time to paint a picture of both the lead-up and the aftermath of society’s destruction.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
While all of Lodge’s books were funny and generally unputdownable, there was a message in them.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
This delicate balance is what transforms a good thriller into an unputdownable page-turner.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
A bit The Great Gatsby, a bit Edith Wharton, and entirely unputdownable.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2024
When they're done right, dark and twisty stories have an unputdownable quality that keeps readers coming back for more.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 July 2025
Trillin’s stories of print media and how things used to be came to mind a great deal while reading Graydon Carter’s unputdownable new memoir, When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
The book’s lush, engaging prose makes for a truly unputdownable read.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
This dystopian story is immersive and unputdownable, shifting back and forth in time to paint a picture of both the lead-up and the aftermath of society’s destruction.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
While all of Lodge’s books were funny and generally unputdownable, there was a message in them.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
This delicate balance is what transforms a good thriller into an unputdownable page-turner.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
A bit The Great Gatsby, a bit Edith Wharton, and entirely unputdownable.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2024
When they're done right, dark and twisty stories have an unputdownable quality that keeps readers coming back for more.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Unputdownable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unputdownable. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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