Like I already mentioned also I think Dune, books from Babylon 5 and the Lord of the Rings are excellent books. I can however tell you that I rather enjoyed Heir to the Empire, I like what I've seen for much of the Tales of the Jedi comics and the direct novelizations of both movie trilogies so far have been alright.
Now this is just how I find it, I'm not generalizing the material as crap, only that it is crap to me. I wouldn't characterize NJO lazy either, however the entire concept of the Yuuzhan Vong I find unoriginal, dumb and not particularly insteresting at least for the SW setting. The NJO to me was the worst thought out and written series in the SW EU.
however I have not found the content of the vast majority of EU to be good at all, particularly post-RotJ novels outside of Zahn's Original Heir to the Empire Trilogy. I enjoy reading a lot as my username might suggest to you.
