[Grammar] Passive of "the book reads interesting"

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Mosharraf

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I would like to know what would be the passive of "The Book reads interesting".

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Welcome to Using English.

Your original sentence is not grammatical.

The book is interesting to read -- this is grammatical. However, it cannot be made into the passive, because there is no direct object.
 
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