Other than Lewis Carroll, there are a host of authors whose books I've read and enjoyed over the years. This page will be my attempt to list them, with a link to their Goodreads page in case you want to find out more about them.
Childhood and Teenage Years
A.A. Milne - all the Winnie the Pooh books
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/81466.A_A_Milne
Arthur Ransome - the Swallows and Amazons series
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/72120.Arthur_Ransome
Alan Garner
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/47991.Alan_Garner
Louisa May Alcott - Little Women series
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1315.Louisa_May_Alcott
J.R.R. Tolkien - all his stories of Hobbits and Middle Earth
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/656983.J_R_R_Tolkien
Adulthood
Robert C Auty (Scarn series)
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3378669.Robert_C_Auty
Dan Brown https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/630.Dan_Brown
Stephanie Butland https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5276201.Stephanie_Butland
Clare Carson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9873475.Clare_Carson
Alexander Cordell
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/244523.Alexander_Cordell
Cleo Coyle https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/51488.Cleo_Coyle
A.M. Dean https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5832502.A_M_Dean
Keith Dixon https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7114833.Keith_Dixon
Frances Faviell https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/5758530.Frances_Faviell
Christopher Fowler
Elly Griffiths https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2541526.Elly_Griffiths
Joanne Harris https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9432.Joanne_Harris
Rachel Hore https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/767069.Rachel_Hore
E.W. Hornung https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26514.E_W_Hornung
Val McDermid https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5672.Val_McDermid
Peter May https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4605488.Peter_May
Sue Millard https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1988033.Sue_Millard
Kate Mosse https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9343.Kate_Mosse
George Orwell https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3706.George_Orwell
Elizabeth Peters https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16549.Elizabeth_Peters
Kathy Reichs https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26372.Kathy_Reichs
L.J. Ross https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11900421.L_J_Ross
J.K. Rowling https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1077326.J_K_Rowling
J.C. Ryan https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8544571.J_C_Ryan
J.J. Salkeld https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7436982.J_J_Salkeld
Nevil Shute https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21477.Nevil_Shute
Jodi Taylor https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8544571.J_C_Ryan
Josephine Tey https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/44023.Josephine_Tey
Rebecca Tope https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/32125.Rebecca_Tope
Nicola Upson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/984417.Nicola_Upson
Dan Waddell https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/646165.Dan_Waddell