The most important thing in reading is that it should capture your mind and imagination, till u finish a book and complete it.or even after completing it the memory should linger on.
According to me to acheive this it requires good quality writing.
Best authors who can do this to me are as follows :
1.P.G.Wodehouse
( no one can match him in humor-clean and imaginative )
2.Gregory Mcdonald
( fletch series is absolultey hialrious )
3.J.K.Rowling
( harry potter series-great work and attention to details keeps you capticated )
4.w.somerset maugham
( master of story telling-most modernd day story teller , i think are influenced by this great author, specially for short stories )
5.Arthur Conan Doyle
( detective story telling master -sherlock holmes is a legend )
6.Agastha Christie
( creator of herecule poirot and maple, great writing and ideas )
7.Edgar Wallace
( great story telling , with a hnt of humor and ingenuity )
8.Arthur Hailey
( his works is full of details about various fields )
9.Colin Dexter
( british author-inspector morse is very captivating )
10.Satyajit Ray
( yes, his feluda series is very good, read it to believe it )