You can refer to an exciting novel, such as a thriller, as a page-turner.
It's an extraordinarily compelling page-turner that also happens to be a major workof literature.
page-turner in British English
noun
an exciting novel, such as a thriller, with a fast-moving story
page turner in American English
any book, esp. a novel, which is so interesting, exciting, suspenseful, etc. thatit draws the reader along, though it may be of little or no literary worth
Examples of 'page-turner' in a sentence
page-turner
Can't wait to read epic novel, am sure it's going to be a page-turner.
Bénédicte Newland and Pascale Smets AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR (2005)