The phrase "a sort of book" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that resembles a book but may not fit the traditional definition of one.
Example: "This is a sort of book that combines poetry and visual art, creating a unique reading experience."
Alternatives: "a type of book" or "a kind of book".
I have grown used to thinking of myself as a sort of book.
Keynes's General Theory is a famously difficult book — but it opens with three sparkling chapters, a sort of book within the book, that gives readers a very good sense of where he's going and why it matters.
Mr. Keillor took aim at the pomposity: Monsieur Levy "is a French writer with a spatter-paint prose style and the grandiosity of a college sophomore; he rambled around this country at the behest of The Atlantic Monthly and now has worked up his notes into a sort of book".
Certainly the London bobby derives from Robert Peel, who in 1829 gave the capital its first city-wide police force; another version, long dead, was a peeler.In Latin form, personal names have spawned botanical adjectives and nouns: fuchsia, eg. Many trades use an inventor's name: Lewis, a kind of gun or of sheep-shears; yapp, a sort of book binding.
Bernard-Henri Lévy is a French writer with a spatter-paint prose style and the grandiosity of a college sophomore; he rambled around this country at the behest of The Atlantic Monthly and now has worked up his notes into a sort of book.
Yes, this is the Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's baseball team and the unassuming lead character in Michael Lewis's best‑selling tome Moneyball – which, since its release in 2003, has became a sort of Book of Genesis for sports analytics proselytisers; shining a light on terrain once shrouded in darkness and superstition.
The New Mexico-based artist Isaac Salazar makes these amazing sculptures by folding the pages of a book (with a few cuts made with an exacto knife)—a sort of book-based origami.
The New Mexico-based artist Isaac Salazar makes these amazing sculptures by folding the pages of a book (with a few cuts made with an exacto knife) — a sort of book-based origami.
By Macy Halford February 1 ,2011 The New Mexico-based artist Isaac Salazar makes these amazing sculptures by folding the pages of a book (with a few cuts made with an exacto knife) — a sort of book-based origami.
The result is a sort of book-length prose-poem that will both amuse you and allow you to take a closer look at your surroundings.
Several friends who have very good books out are making the publishing rounds this week, and so my schedule has become a sort of miniature book festival — and you are welcome to join in at your computer later this afternoon.
