1. When I’m not reading the book, I want to be reading it. I resent having to set it aside for any reason and I am eager to get back to the story.
2. I know without a doubt which character is which. I may not be privy to his or her inner-most thoughts, but I definitely know who is who.
3. A good book does not require me to continually refer to earlier chapters in order to orient myself to the chapter I’m currently reading.
4. A good book gives me a reason to care what happens next and to whom it happens.
Give me solid, straightforward storytelling any day. 
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All great ways to know it’s a great book.
Read Game of Thrones, now reading Clash of Kings.
LOVE IT! We can go into all these pseudo intellectual terms but the best way of knowing a book is good is what you have written above! Mwah! S
Oh no! It’s the Outlander Brigade! Take cover! ;^)
Hey, Penny, I love Outlander. I just wish she would have stopped there and ended it differently. I’ll love Jamie Fraser forever!
Hey, thanks Steph! I kinda think I’m right about this.
Sandra - the first three books are amazing. Maybe throw in the fourth. I’m lukewarm about his newest. (LOL) Takes him forever to get out a book.
Just IMO, Amber!
I SO want to read Outlander and Game of Thrones. I HAVE to find the time.
Ciara, Outlander is a gem among gems. Game of Thrones is simply amazing.