I almost exclusive read fanfic. Very easy to find something you like. But during the times where I'm not fixated on a particular fandom I have no desire to read fanfic but find myself still wanting to read something
I'm not a big fan of grand all encompassing plots about politics or disasters or some such, i prefer tight personal stories. I'm lowkey obsessed with "growth" stories of a character going through incredible hardship but coming out on top in the end probably with help of other characters. I'm not sure how well something like this translates to books since i don't know anything about these characters at the start of a story and thus don't care about them
I also enjoy:
Fantasy and fantasical elements in general but I'm not really into high fantasy since it's more likely to contain fantasy politics which i don't like
Mysteries/detectives. I've read a couple Sherlock Holmes books and enjoyed them a decent amount but i haven't gone into the genre any deeper than that
Action. What else can i say, well written action is always exciting to read
I'm also not big on romance. If it's well written I don't mind it but it will never be the main pull for me. Found family is my jam tho
by Duck_Lake
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I see you appear to be a fan of Baldur’s Gate 3, have you read any of the Forgotten Realms novels? That might be a good place for you to start. Many games either have tie in media or are based on books so you might find them easier to get into and then branch out from there.
The most well known of the Forgotten Realms books would probably be the Drizzt books by R. A. Salvatore.