I have not read most of those on your list, Kat.

If I were asked to name some really fine writers I've read, then I'd pick...

Mark Twain
H.G. Wells
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
H. Ryder Haggard
Rudyard Kipling
C.S. Forester
Sri Aurobindo

I don't tend to read modern novels much, so I'm sure I've missed out on a lot of great contemporary writers.