Poland:
- Stanislaw Lem (Science Fiction)
Austria:
- Wolf Haas (dark humour, detective stories)
Sweden:
- stieg Larsson (crime fiction - he wrote The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
- Astrid Lindgreen (children’s books)
England:
- Douglas Adams (science fiction, he wrote the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy)
- Oscar Wilde
- j.r.r. Tolkien - the lord of the rings , the hobbit
- Agatha Christie - crime novels
Germany:
- Walter Moers ( Fantasy but his own kind, not elves and orks)
- Erich kästner (famous for his children’s books that also are good reads for adults, famous for being present when the Nazis burned his books)
- Michael Ende (the best childrens books, and some actually too deep for children, “Momo”, “The Neverending Story” to name 2)
- Herman Hesse (must read for people between 15-25)
I knew i forgot something. :D thanks.