I've been a voracious reader of fiction for about 55 years.  I'll start anything, only finish it if it's good.  A partial list of authors/books I like is:  Nevil Shute (Pastoral);  Hemingway (A Moveable Feast);  George Orwell (1984);  Martin Amis (London Fields); Frances Fyfield; Frederick Forsyth (Day of the Jackal); Ken Follett (Eye of the Needle); Jerzy Kozinski (The Painted Bird); Martin Cruz Smith (Polar Star); Frank Herbert (Dune); ... to be continued