What makes a great novel?

Lord Hades by Peter James West (1), Characters and Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card (1), Telling Lies for Fun and Profit by Lawrence Block (1), The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers by Betsy Lerner (1), The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams (1), A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan (1), Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan (1), Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan (1), Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind (1), The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan (1), The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan (1), The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan (1), Walking on Glass by Iain Banks (1), The Talisman by Stephen King (1), Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire (1), Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland (1), Animal Farm by George Orwell (1), Different Seasons by Stephen King (1), Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov (1), The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (1), Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1), Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story by Stephen King (1), On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (1), Desperation by Stephen King (1), Insomnia by Stephen King (1)