Unoriginal ideas elevated by great execution

The interesting [thread on good ideas with bad execution ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1lgvp7h/what_book_to_you_is_the_epitome_of_good_idea_bad/)made me wonder about the reverse: Do you have examples of books that use very common ideas, structures and storylines but still stand out just based on the quality of the writing (prose, depth and subtlety in the characters etc)?