The phrase "arresting book" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a book that captures the reader's attention or is very engaging.
Example: "The novel was so well-written that it was truly an arresting book, keeping me up all night."
Alternatives: "captivating book" or "gripping book".
S. Neil Fujita, a graphic designer who used avant-garde painting and photography to create some of the most striking album covers of the 1950s, and who designed the visually arresting book jackets for "In Cold Blood" and "The Godfather," died on Saturday in Greenport, on the North Fork of Long Island.
Peter Mendelsund is best known for his smart, witty, and visually arresting book jackets for Martin Amis, Ben Marcus, Stieg Larsson, Tom McCarthy, and James Gleick, among many others, as well as for his repackaging of classics by Simone de Beauvoir, Franz Kafka, and James Joyce.
By Peter Terzian August 5, 2014 Peter Mendelsund is best known for his smart, witty, and visually arresting book jackets for Martin Amis, Ben Marcus, Stieg Larsson, Tom McCarthy, and James Gleick, among many others, as well as for his repackaging of classics by Simone de Beauvoir, Franz Kafka, and James Joyce.
Two symbols of life in the 1950s as Alan Ehrenhalt imagines it to have been open his strange but arresting book.
More than 150 stunning color photographs complete this arresting book.
Now, an arresting book is about to take hold of our collective vision of rural China.
As Tosches has proved before, in arresting books such as "In the Hand of Dante," he knows a lot about some fascinating things — music, literature, alcohol, and sex.
If the Spielberg version encourages a new American audience to read and appreciate these sweet, charming and visually arresting books, the way the rest of the world does, that may be its greatest accomplishment.
This tale of psychologically damaged caseworker Carrie and her tendency to get too close to her psychologically damaged clients is one of the most disturbing and arresting books I have come across in some time.
Even when he had the big Barbican show over here in 1990, people were baffled, and it was considered a flop.' The Guide was followed by other equally arresting books, including Los Alamos and The Democratic Forest.
Among the most creative and arresting books the history of science has yet produced, this book holds direct and significant lessons for contemporary struggles over climate change and climate knowledge.
