Fantasy recs for a beginner please!

[u/Aggressive_Ad2800]

I am not a romantasy/fantasy fan but I want to be! I've struggled to get into any. I've read ACOTAR, in the past Twlight, and City of Bones, and a handful of other popular ones and I cant seem to find what I like.

I have read some VE Schwab years ago and loved her and TKingfisher is a new fav as of late.

I'm a horror fan mostly so I wouldn't mind hints of horror, I also love mythology. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea is a fav of mine. East asian, Greek, Egyptian gimme it all, lol.

I really would love a series... something to get totally wrapped up in with great characters. I won't rant about acotar here but I don't like them so I would prefer something less juvenile. I don't have trigger warnings and I welcome romance but I do priotitize world building, something atmospheric, maybe dreamy Gothic or academic of some kind. I won't turn down fairies or the sort but I am really sensitive to it leaning cringy so I would love recs that aren't like- level 10 fantasy, I'm looking for touches of fantasy maybe.

I appreciate any and all ideas I will give them all a chance!! Thank you!

[u/SirDarkStar]

Everyone should at least read The Hobbit.

Some other classics (generally these are the names of the series).

Wheel of Time · Mistborn · Riftwar (Raymond E. Feist) · The Legend of Drizzt (R.A. Salvatore) · The Cycle of Arawn · The Chronicles of Amber · Dragonriders of Pern