page-turners

For instance, those books that are gathering dust in your home could be page-turners at a library, school or senior-citizen center.

例如，那些在你家中累积灰尘的书籍可能在图书馆、学校或老年人活动中心爱不释手。

thrillers that are good page-turners but are saved for long plane trips.

恐怖小说很吸引人但是那是为长途飞机旅行准备的。

Books on political theory are not often page-turners; this one is.

政治学方面的书籍鲜有畅销者；然而这本书无疑会是一本畅销书。