Stuck at home reading novel (9)
I believe the answer is:
ingrained
'stuck' is the definition.
'home reading novel' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'novel' indicates anagramming the letters.
'reading' is an anagram of 'grained'.
'in'+'grained'='INGRAINED'
'at' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ingrained that I've seen before include "Deep-rooted" , "Dine in rag (anag.)" , "Deep-dyed" .)