"devour a book" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to someone eagerly reading a book, typically one they are enjoying. For example, "He can't put his book down - it's almost like he's trying to devour it!".
We devour a book, try to digest raw facts and attempt to regurgitate other people's ideas, even though they might be half-baked.
I was mystified at first as to how I was able to tolerate, let alone devour, a book so devoted to two of my least-favorite literary topoi (pedophilia, lifestyles of the rich and glamorous).
The owner of this shop Monseiur Labisse (played with deft economy by Christopher Lee) introduces her to books on film and together with Hugo they devour a book about film from 1920.
In fifth grade, he devoured a book by Dick Smith, the special-effects makeup artist famous for "The Exorcist" and "Amadeus".
Ms. Kjellberg's other daughter devours a book about Ulysses with periodic romps outdoors when she grows antsy.
He managed to break 100 in his first round and devoured a book supplied by Seagraves: "Ben Hogan's "Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf".
But that's hardly the biggest advantage of an omnivore who devoured a book a day on the subway in high school and has spent 15 years working in bookstores.
It is something of a cliché for a reviewer to claim he devoured a book in a single sitting, and I have to admit that is not the case here.
One night Mr. Fu devoured a book, smuggled in by a foreign Christian teacher, about the redemption of an opium addict who went on to establish a drug-treatment center.
Searching for a way back to happiness, Kolby devoured a book titled Beyond Backpacking written by his uncle Ray Jardine, an aeronautical engineer turned outdoor inventor, author, and adventurer.
Perhaps most important in my view, a cold offers the opportunity for a little uninterrupted reading, the chance to devour a whole book in one sitting, an indulgence most of us no longer enjoy.
