a book so exciting or gripping that one is compelled to read it very rapidly.
Origin
1970-75
British Dictionary definitions for page turner
page-turner
noun
1.
an exciting novel, such as a thriller, with a fast-moving story
Slang definitions & phrases for page turner
page turner
noun phrase
A book that is so absorbing that one reads it without stopping, although not necessarily for serious literary or intellectual quality: a book that unquestionably deserves the description page turner(1976+)