hardback, hardcover (esp. AmE), paperback
debut
first, second, etc.
a prize for the best first novel of the year

latest, new, recent
unfinished, unpublished
good, great
One day I'm going to write the great American novel.

original
acclaimed
his critically acclaimed novel

famous
classic
literary
best-selling, popular
dime (AmE,old-fashioned), pulp, trashy
contemporary, modern
19th-century, Victorian
adult, children's
autobiographical
adventure, comic, epic, epistolary, graphic, historical, romantic, satirical
Samuel Richardson's novels are all epistolary in form.

fantasy, gothic, horror, sci-fi, science-fiction
crime, detective, mystery, spy

copy
I took a copy of a Graham Greene novel on the train with me.

produce, write
publish
read
complete, finish
She completed her first novel at the age of 53.

inspire
the events that inspired the novel

translate
adapt
the process of adapting the novel for television

review

be based on sth
The novel was based on a true life story.

be set, take place
The novel was set in a small town in France.

novel about
a novel about growing up

be, sound
The plan sounded rather novel.

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
completely, totally, etc.
relatively
essentially

Novel is used with these nouns:
approach, concept, context, feature, finding, idea, insight, method, phenomenon, situation, type