Anatomy of a Literary Pageturner

Definitions: A page turner is:

1. a really good book that you can’t put down.

2. a style of book: a plot-driven thriller that keeps you in suspense so that at every moment, you want to see what happens next.

3. a physical format. It’s a book with large fonts, large margins, and lots of space between lines. This means few words per page, which means you turn the pag…