He wrote a few dull books with western settings in the following years but remained stuck in his "poor boy makes good" formula.

To me she gave a dull, worthwhile book of which I already had a copy.

History no longer shall be a dull book.

The newspaper world attracted him far more than the dull books of accountancy.

And surely you're in favour of letting people read even dull books if they wish?

A birthday sweater of a book: substantial, thoughtful, practical, dull.

He boasted that he had a collection of the world's dullest books.

Jack's on the other hand, was calm, as if he had been reading a rather dull book instead of engaging in foreplay with his wife.

Such whimsy could have given us a short, dull book.

Sales problem: How do you blurb a dull book?