a page-turner一本引人入勝的書。turn a page意思是「翻一頁」，而「翻到第幾頁」可以說turn to page No……所以，a page-turner就是讓你在看一本書時看到忘我，這本書仿佛可以自動翻頁，引申為一本「好看得不得了的書」
看看老外聊天時怎麼用a page-turner：
Linda: This novel is a real page-turner.
Gordon: Oh really? Is it sort of like a Sherlock Holmes novel or something?
Linda: Not exactly. It's a suspense novel.
Gordon: If it's so interesting, then I' ll get a
сoрy.
Linda: Don't bother. They just made a movie out of it. Want to go and see it?
琳達：這本小說相當引人入勝。戈登：真的嗎？是像福爾摩斯那一類的嗎？
琳達：不完全相同，它是本懸疑小說。
戈登：如果這麼有趣，那我也去買一本來看。
琳達：別麻煩了，他們剛把小說翻拍成電影呢，要去看嗎？
a page-turner例句精選：
People say ( that) this book is a page-turner.
人們說這本書讓人愛不釋手。
It is a page-turner and is the most attractive non-fiction book I've read this year.
這是我今年看過的非小說類書中最引人入勝的一本。
I never expected the book to be such a page-turner. I could not put it down till I reached the end.
我從沒想到這本書可真是引人入勝。我看到最後一頁才捨得放下來。
拓展學習：
must-read 必讀的
tribute 稱頌；貢獻
neglected 被忽略的；冷門的
make a movie out of 改編成電影
make a stir 引起騷動
thumb through 隨便翻