The phrase "a thorough book" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a book that is comprehensive and covers a subject in great detail.
Example: "The author has written a thorough book on the history of art, providing insights into various movements and key figures."
Alternatives: "an in-depth book" or "a comprehensive book."
The result is a "judicious and thorough book" that "is likely to be the most comprehensive and balanced study of the life and career of Robert F. Kennedy for a long time to come," Michael Lind wrote here in 2000.
Smil has written a remarkably broad and thorough book.
Otherwise Engaged is an immensely, almost depressingly, thorough book, dutifully listing all the film and stage performances, without really pinnng down Bates's place in our culture, or telling you much about the detail in his work.
To commemorate your time spent in the Live Music Capital of the World, they'll direct you to stalwarts such as Waterloo Records, where University of Texas freshmen shore up their vinyl collection, or across the street at the giant, lovely, and shockingly thorough Book People, an independent bookstore where you'll pay entirely too much money for Tao Lin's garbage.
And although it is disappointing and perfunctory next to Mr. Bergen's slim yet thorough book, it has a thoughtful, opinionated quality rare among current documentaries.
This extremely thorough book can help you create a roadmap for your agent or survivors that can be very handy when tragedy strikes.
Absolutely the most thorough book on Chernobyl, with unmatched research, a sharp sociological vision, and concern with organizational power.
But that doesn't render Salewicz's indefatigably thorough book entirely beside the point.
All the research in this very thorough book still cannot outbalance this common-sense rule.
5), is justly disappointed with Rick Meyerowitz's decision to limit his "breathlessly thorough" book on National Lampoon to just the magazine: "No 'Radio Hour,' no albums, no stage shows".
