John Saul is my favourite because his books have creeped me out since I was a kid. He has a hell of an imagination

I also really like:
Judy Blume
Cathy Glass
Harold Kushner
Sophie Kinsella
Samantha Chase
Khaled Hosseini
DJ Palmer
Elena Ferrante

I am starting to re-read the Aubrey-Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brian, and they are truly wonderful. The characters age and grow through their lives and through the books.

Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide series. Very funny and great speculative fiction at the same time.

I read a fair amount of detective fiction; Tana French, P.D. James come to mind.

Jane Austen might have been my favorite if only she had written more. Her books are also great re-reads and I seem to find something new every time.

John Le Carre for cold war spy thrillers.

Alan Furst for WWII era thrillers.

Then there's science fiction, but this list has gone on far enough!

Uh, so many to mention on top of which is Dostoyevsky …

The list includes:

Milan Kundera, Nikos Kazantzakis, Herman Hesse, John Paul Sartre, Marquez, and …

Jack London. I like the themes he wrote about.
I used to like Stephen King and Jo Nosbø but at some point I lost interest in reading more stories by them.

Not really an author. Eugene Sledge, WITH THE OLD BREED AT PELELIU AND OKINAWA. A memoir of his experience as a Marine in WWII Very compelling

I love S.T. Coleridge, Edgar Allen Poe, Lord Byron, Nathanial Hawthrone, to name a few.

John Steinbeck...great books about our society and the human condition.

Umberto Ecco : Genius

My pick would be Edgar Allen Poe.

Why?

Because he's horrifically and delightfully detailed in his horror.

henry rollins
he keeps it real

I love Steinbeck but Grapes of Wrath was the most depressing book I've ever read.

I have a few…
James Baldwin
Anais Nin
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Manuel Puig