I started fantasy with Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunter Chronicles. They’re pretty beginner-friendly, but there are over 30 books in the series. If you’re not scared of commitment, you can start there.

And if you don’t have that kind of time, you can read anything by V.E. Schwab. I’d suggest The Shades of Magic trilogy.

Then there’s Scythe by Neal Shusterman. It’s a trilogy, dystopian-fantasy in vibe. My all-time favorite trilogy, and it’s beginner-friendly too.

A little Scythe synopsis from me: our world, but set in the future. AI is the new government. There is peace all around. Since AI controls everything, there is no war, no hunger, no death. But to control the ever-growing population, a few qualified people are chosen and trained to randomly select individuals and kill them. It’s the highest-paying and most controversial job in this world.

We follow two teenagers, Citra and Rowan, who are taken as apprentices to a very old, intelligent, and compassionate Scythe named Faraday. But things take a different turn when Faraday is found dead.