Read novel about others being stopped (8)
I believe the answer is:
arrested
'being stopped' is the definition.
(arrest can mean to stop or obstruct)
'read novel about others' is the wordplay.
'novel' is an anagram indicator (letters in a new or novel order).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'others' becomes 'rest' (eg the rest of a group).
'read' is an anagram of 'ared'.
'ared' placed around 'rest' is 'ARRESTED'.
(Other definitions for arrested that I've seen before include "Checked" , "Taken into custody or stopped" , "Detained by legal authority" , "Seized and took into custody" , "Taken into custody, being serrated" .)