Fantasy for non-fantasy fans

[innocentize]

As a kid, I really liked Harry Potter, Worst Witch, Magic Faraway Tree etc - all the obvious ones. I really want to find that enjoyment of fantasy as an adult.

I know there’s a lot of adult fantasy but it often seems to be quite romance/historical based, lots of complex worlds and systems. Is there anything which is more like ‘normal person sudd let immersed in fantasy world’ in the same way Harry Potter or magic faraway tree are, but for adults?

A couple of suggestions from me:

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinnihan - normal guy with a pampered cat gets dragged into becoming essentially a character in a real life Hunger Games type game after the majority of the population is killed. It sounds bonkers & is but it’s funny & the cat (Princess Donut) is fabulous.

Also The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton - about our world but it has witches & pirates who’s magic normal people can’t see, but there are rival groups vying for power in the flying battle houses.

You may enjoy Sarah Addison Allen’s books. They’re all set in the Deep South & all have a thread of magic running through them- I love them.