The concept of “the page-turner” has always been a little slippery. Typically, the term refers to books with gripping, plot-heavy narratives. Readers want to know what happens next, pages get turned, everybody’s happy. Think thrillers, mysteries, adventures—that sort of story.
 
But really, you can have a page-turner in any genre, as we found out when we crunched some numbers for this collection of recommended titles. We examined the average time it takes to finish a book, as determined by Goodreads readers marking a book “currently reading” to “read.” By feeding the numbers into our supercomputer, we’ve determined the superior page-turners in a number of genres.
 
Some fun facts: The majority of the titles gathered below were completed by readers in fewer than seven days. And the fastest book on average? Rebecca Serle’s One Italian Summer. Readers devoured this book’s 272 pages in an average of three days.
 
Scroll over the book covers to learn more about each title, and add the ones that pique your interest to your Want to Read shelf. If you have any page-turner recommendations of your own—or any land-speed records you wish to report—give us the details in the comments section.

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