The phrase "authoritative reading" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing a definitive or accepted interpretation of a text or subject matter.
Example: "The professor provided an authoritative reading of the novel, clarifying its themes and historical context."
Alternatives: "definitive interpretation" or "accepted analysis".
Post-punk made him the intellectual gymnast he is today (his weblog - http://blissout.blogspot.com - is a dizzying but authoritative read).
While their pragmatic and wide-ranging approach to food justice might not be appreciated by environmental purists, the authors' stock of common-sense solutions and genuine concern makes Food Justice an interesting and authoritative read.
It's also the experience of being in Blume's authoritative hands, reading a dramatic story about daily life told in a funny, orderly, honest style.
Incidentally, medieval Islamic scholarship readily acknowledges the resulting ambiguity by admitting more than one authoritative way of reading many Qurʾānic words as long as these readings are considered to have been transmitted from early authorities.
What Browne systematically studied were the facts about the natural world, about history, and about religion, which were 'commonly' included in authoritative encyclopaedias and classical textbooks read by the literate and wealthy.
That would be fraught with danger, as we realized while reading an authoritative article by Mrs. Brooke Marshall in an issue of House & Garden.
Rather, it needs a clearer, more authoritative reason to read it.
The book is a gripping read, authoritative, revelatory and impeccably researched.
His first major work, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965), was an authoritative and widely read narrative based on Haley's interviews with the Black Muslim spokesman.
In response to their questions, he said he recommends they read authoritative books on the subject.
